Mark Douglas Lutz is a Canadian actor, who is best known for playing Groosalugg in the television series Angel and for writing and starring in Victor, a two-hour film on the life and death of Victor Davis.

Mark Lutz
Born
Mark Douglas Lutz
EducationUniversity of Guelph (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

He also guest starred in Friends.

Early life and education

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At the age of 13, he moved to Hong Kong and he lived there for five years before moving to North York, Ontario. His swimming career was highlighted by setting Ontario High School records and swimming internationally for his country, including World Cups and the Olympic trials. Lutz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Guelph.

Career

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Lutz starred in a biopic about the late Canadian Olympic swimmer Victor Davis.[1] As well as starring in it, he also wrote the script and co-produced it. Victor was filmed in 2007 and was telecast on January 13, 2008, on CBC Television and was the highest rated movie-of-the-week in ten years for the network.

Lutz also appeared as the Groosalugg "Groo" on the TV series Angel. He also played James on Ghost Whisperer.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Specimen Blaine Masterson
1997 Inner Action Marcus
1999 Dick Hunky Secret Service Man
2002 Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road Frank
2006 A Lobster Tale Eddie Johnson
2009 Bitch Slap Deiter von Vondervon
2013 E.M.S. Jake Thor Also writer and producer
2018 Anon Bekerman Uncredited

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Boogies Diner Clark Episode: "The Wrong Man"
1995 Due South RCMP Officer Graham Episode: "The Man Who Knew Too Little"
1995 The Hardy Boys Chet Morton Episode: "The Curse"
1996 Side Effects Dr. David Brown Episode: "You Can Run"
1996 A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story Mike Jansen Television film
1997 Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women Soldier #1 Television film
1997 The Third Twin Adam Sloane Television film
1997 Face Down Face Down Television film
1998 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy Hal Television film
1998 Once a Thief Bizarro Mac Episode: "The Last Temptation of Vic"
1998 PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Bobby Fossett Episode: "The Kiss"
1998 Once a Thief: Family Business Bizarro Mac Television film
1998–1999 Power Play Jukka Branny-Acke 13 episodes
1999 La Femme Nikita McDaniel Episode: "Third Party Ripoff"
1999 Relic Hunter Frank Newhouse Episode: "Diamond in the Rough"
1999 Earth: Final Conflict Vernon Getz Episode: "Pad'ar"
1999 External Affairs Mahavolitch Television film
1999, 2001 The Wonderful World of Disney Harper Jason / Morton Wagner 2 episodes
2000 The Zack Files Jerome Episode: "Crypt Seeker"
2000 Harry's Case Tony Westwood Television film
2001 Queer as Folk Steve Episode: "Surprise!"
2001 Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 Ty Conner Television film
2001 The Facts Of Life (TV Reunion Movie) Harper Jason
2001 Mutant X Eric Tanner Episode: "Lit Fuse"
2001, 2002 Doc Kevin Drucker 2 episodes
2001–2002 Angel The Groosalugg 9 episodes
2002 ER Randall Episode: "It's All in Your Head"
2002 Friends Mona's Date Episode: "The One with the Tea Leaves"
2006 Twins Trevor Episode: "Blonde Ambition"
2006 What About Brian Mitchell Peidmont Episode: "Moving Day"
2008 Victor Victor Davis Television film; also writer and producer
2010 Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side James Tyler 8 episodes
2012 Flashpoint Ronnie Birch 2 episodes
2013 Air Emergency Michael Marx Episode: "Catastrophe at O'Hare"
2013 King & Maxwell Tom Taylor Episode: "Pilot"
2013 Finding Christmas Sean Tucker Television film
2013 Transporter: The Series Dan Cleef 3 episodes
2015 Asteroid: Final Impact Steve Thomas Television film
2019 Departure Gavin Malley 4 episodes
2020 Killer Prom Tony Wilson Television film

References

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  1. ^ MacKinnon, John (January 11, 2018). "Victor hits the Small Screen". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
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