Marc Singer

Singer is a beloved fixture of 1980s genre television and film, and The Beastmaster is exactly the kind of sword-and-sorcery cheese that found a second life through endless cable replays. He brought a sincere, square-jawed earnestness to Dar that made the whole goofy enterprise weirdly endearing. But it's his role as Mike Donovan in V that earns him real sci-fi cred; that miniseries was a genuine cultural event, and he anchored its human-resistance heart. He never became an A-lister, yet he carved out a durable niche as a leading man in cult favorites. A pure comfort-watch actor.

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Marc Singer (born January 29, 1948) is a Canadian-American actor. He is best known for starring as Dar in the fantasy film The Beastmaster (1982) and its sequels, and as resistance fighter Mike Donovan in the 1980s science fiction television miniseries and series V.

Name (English)

Marc Singer

Name (Japanese)

マーク・シンガー

Reading

まーく・しんがー

Born

January 29, 1948 (age 78)

Origin

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Occupation

Actor / Stage actor / Television actor / Film actor / Film director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Singer
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182464

Tags

• Born in British Columbia
• Actor
• Stage actor
• Television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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