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My Take
Mark Duplass represents, to me, the do-it-yourself ethos at its most appealing. With his brother Jay he built Duplass Brothers Productions and helped define mumblecore, that scrappy, low-budget, talk-heavy style where the drama lives in awkward silences and real faces. He acts, directs, writes, and produces, yet he keeps choosing small human stories over spectacle, and I love that restraint. There is a New Orleans warmth to his work, an unforced intimacy that bigger budgets often sand away. Duplass keeps proving you do not need money to make something that lingers, and that quiet stubbornness is exactly why I keep paying attention.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mark Duplass
- Name (Japanese)
- マーク・デュプラス
- Reading
- まーく・でゅぷらす
- Born
- December 7, 1976 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Occupation
- actor / film director / screenwriter / film producer / television actor
2. Background
- High school
- Jesuit High School
- University
- City College of New York
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Mark Duplass born?
Born December 7, 1976 (age 49).
Where is Mark Duplass from?
Mark Duplass is from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
What does Mark Duplass do?
Mark Duplass works as actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, television actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.