Mark Duplass
Biography
Mark Duplass, an American filmmaker and actor born in New Orleans, started making films with his brother Jay when they founded Duplass Brothers Productions in 1996. Together they wrote and directed The Puffy Chair (2006), Baghead (2008) and Cyrus (2010), plus the television series Togetherness and Room 104. Their style relied on improvisation, many takes and heavy editing. His screen credits include Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), Greenberg (2010), Paddleton (2019), Tully (2018), The Lazarus Effect (2015), Blue Jay (2016), The One I Love (2014), Language Lessons (2021) and Backrooms (2026), along with television roles in The League and Goliath. He helped write and acted in the horror movie Creep (2014) and its follow-up Creep 2 (2017). For playing Chip Black on The Morning Show, he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He was also lead singer of the band Volcano, I'm Still Excited!! and co-wrote the book Like Brothers.
49years old
Turns 50 on December 7in 55 days
- Born New Orleans
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Mark David Duplass
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 20 years2006 to 2026
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Santa Clara University gave Duplass the title of Frank Sinatra Artist-in-Residence for the 2022-2023 term, announcing the honor on July 22, 2022.
Mark Duplass movies on Netflix
Backroomsas Phil
Biosphereas Billy
7 Daysas Daddy
Language Lessonsas Adam
Bombshellas Doug Brunt
Paddletonas Michael
Duck Butteras Mark
Tullyas Craig
Creep 2as Aaron
Blue Jayas Jim
The Lazarus Effectas Frank
21 Years: Richard Linklateras Self - Filmmaker
Creepas Josef
Mercyas Uncle Lanning
Tammyas Bobby
The One I Loveas Ethan
Darling Companionas Bryan
People Like Usas Ted
Safety Not Guaranteedas Kenneth
Your Sister's Sisteras Jack
Greenbergas Eric Beller (Beller's Party)
Marsas Charlie Brownsville
Hannah Takes the Stairsas Mike
The Puffy Chairas Josh
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Patrick Brice directed two of these films, Alex Lehmann two. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.








Films together
Karan Soni3 films together, 2012 to 2021
Karan Soni's page 7 Days2021IMDb rating 6.5Duplass as DaddySoni as Ravi
Creep 22017IMDb rating 6.4Duplass as AaronSoni as Dave
Safety Not Guaranteed2012IMDb rating 6.9Duplass as KennethSoni as Arnau
Mel Eslyn3 films together, 2011 to 2018
Mel Eslyn's page Duck Butter2018IMDb rating 5.2Duplass as MarkEslyn as The Producer / AD
The One I Love2014IMDb rating 7.0Duplass as EthanEslyn as Victoria
Your Sister's Sister2011IMDb rating 6.7Duplass as JackEslyn as Photography Studio Crew
Allison Janney2 films together, 2014 to 2019
Charlize Theron2 films together, 2018 to 2019
Elisabeth Moss2 films together, 2012 to 2014
Elisabeth Moss's page The One I Love2014IMDb rating 7.0Duplass as EthanMoss as Sophie
Darling Companion2012IMDb rating 5.2Duplass as BryanMoss as Grace
Olivia Wilde2 films together, 2012 to 2015
Olivia Wilde's page The Lazarus Effect2015IMDb rating 5.2Duplass as FrankWilde as Zoe
People Like Us2012IMDb rating 7.0Duplass as TedWilde as Hannah
Patrick BriceDirector, 2 films, 2014 to 2017
Alex LehmannDirector, 2 films, 2016 to 2019
Also two films together5 more actors
- Greta GerwigGreenberg (2010) and Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)
- Katie AseltonCreep (2014) and The Puffy Chair (2006)
- Jay DuplassDuck Butter (2018) and 21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)
- Jeremy MackieThe One I Love (2014) and Your Sister's Sister (2011)
- Patrick BriceCreep 2 (2017) and Creep (2014)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Mark Duplass's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$671 million
15 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 15 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$401M59.8% of the total
- 2$100M15.0% of the total
- 3$64M9.6% of the total
- 4$61M9.2% of the total
- 5$16M2.3% of the total
- 6$12M1.9% of the total
- 7$6.3M0.9% of the total
- 8$4.4M0.7% of the total













