Mark Deklin

Mark Deklin (born 3 December 1967) is an American stage, television, and film actor and fight director. --- Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He made many appearances on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and at regional theaters. Deklin guest-starred on television series including Sex and the City, Charmed, Frasier, CSI: Miami, Desperate Housewives, Nip/Tuck, Better off Ted, Two and a Half Men, The Mentalist, Hot in Cleveland, Hawaii Five-0. He starred as Dr. Matthew Shaw in the TV series Justice from 2006 to 2007, as Elliott Mayer in The Ex List in 2008, as Trammell Thatcher in Lone Star in 2010, and as Blake Reilly in GCB in 2012. --- AS AN ACTOR: The New York Times' D.J.R. Bruckner calls Deklin "likable and dangerous", praising his "notable theatrical gifts," while Robert Hurwitt of the San Francisco Chronicle describes him as "gently captivating" ("subtle and heartbreaking," according to John Lahr of The New Yorker), Olly Cromack of Blogontherails calls him as "incredibly smart and brilliantly gifted" and Clifford Ridley of the Philadelphia Inquirer describes him as "perfect...simply delicious." AS A FIGHT DIRECTOR: Kevin Kline's Broadway performance of Cyrano de Bergerac was credited by TheaterMania's Dan Balcazo as being "magnificent...thanks in no small part to fight director Mark Deklin", while Peter Ritter of Variety praised Deklin's "cleverly choreographed swordfights" and Ben Brantley of the New York Times described his work as having "the swashbuckle of an Errol Flynn flick."