Born on March 17, 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mark Boone Jr. is an American actor known for playing crooked cops and other authority figures. He began his acting career alongside his good friend, director Steve Buscemi. The two of them did stand-up comedy together, in front of audiences in New York and New Jersey.
Mark Boone Jr. has quickly risen to fame since his early appearances on several 1980 movies. Some of his earlier credits include roles in films like Variety, The Way It Is, Slaves of New York and Last Exit to Brooklyn. In 1990, he appeared as Shockley in Die Hard 2, starring Bruce Willis. Boone’s next parts were small ones, playing a garage manager in Law & Order and as a repairman on The Wonder Years. He was later seen on Seinfeld, and Bakersfield P.D. and on Buscemi’s Trees Lounge in 1996. Mark Boone Jr. gained more prominence for his performances in 2 Fast 2 Furious, Get Carter, The General’s Daughter, Se7en and The Thin Red Line. He became prominent in more action thriller blockbusters during the 2000s, getting a role in Christopher Nolan’s Memento, 2004’s Full Clip, and Nolan’s Batman Begins in 2005. In 2007, he portrayed the character Beau Brower in 30 Days of Night, starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George and Danny Huston. The next year, he joined the cast of the FX series Sons of Anarchy, portraying the character Bobby.