Section 1. Highlights

Each fact here comes with a story.  Go on, ask him. 

The more 'conventional' bio info is below, in "Section 2. Biography."

 It so happens that, at various times and places, Markus has...

directed Dom Irerra and Jeff Cesario,

been critiqued by Jason Sudeikis,

taken advice from Eddie Brill,

witnessed Drew Carey hit on his wife,

stepped on the directing toes of Academy award-nominated director Jonathan Penner,

borrowed a "Merlin" costume from Michael Crawford,

disrobed for camera with Sam Tripoli,

been brought to Jackie Mason's dressing room,

complimented John Pinnette on his weight loss,

felt notably surprised to bump into Jimmy Brogan at a Sizzler,

chased after Rita Rudner to get her to endorse a charity organization,

danced hand-in-hand with Jon Voight,

turned down a (non-sexual) blunt offer from Sarah Silverman,

been roasted by Shuli Egar,

lounged backstage with Harry Blackstone, Jr.,

received cigars from Elon Gold,

toured Penn Jillette's house and got his picture taken there when Penn wasn't home,

offended David Feldman,

held an umbrella over Vivica A. Fox,

accepted peak-minutes cell phone calls from Jay Leno,

forecast the future to Andy Dick,

sat through a "horse-whisperiing" session just to be introduced to Jewel,

accidentally heckled Marc Maron,

falsely accused Ray Romano of stalking him,

watched Ellen Degeneres dance with his wife for what seemed like an extended time,

interrupted David Wain during a rehearsal,

physically intimidated Fred Savage,

was upstaged by The Greg Wilson,

demanded $10 from Patton Oswalt to see Patton Oswalt,

won praise from Mitzi Shore,

vacuumed for Faye Dunaway,

performed a magic trick in synagogue for Mark Schiff,

briefly joined James Brown's entourage,

had Patrick Stewart confirm that William Shakespeare was a Klingon,

and accosted Steve Carrell at a shopping mall,

at least one of which fulfilled a lifelong dream.

     ... though he doesn't usually drop names like this, really.

Section 2. Biography

Markus Kublin started performing stand-up comedy in Boston and Providence following his graduation from Rhode Island College. He moved to Las Vegas in 1994, where his first film role was as the nameless Rookie Cop in Edipus Running. He went on to play lead roles in Caesar’s Magical Empire at Caesar’s Palace, Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton, Casanova’s Escape at The Venetian, as well as playing King Arthur in the Royal Court of The Excalibur. Between the tights, spandex, knickers, and robes he went for 8 years without wearing pants at work.

A founding member of Las Vegas’ premiere comedy troupe, “The Mutiny,” Markus appeared in several long-running improv shows at all the Station Casinos. At the same time, he co-wrote the hit musical Verbotten Vegas and wrote the critically-acclaimed one-act plays Gothic Love Story, and Waiting for Love, which was later adapted into the short film, Reservations for Two, which he also directed.

Arriving in Hollywood in 2004, Markus quickly earned credits on reality television shows such as Invasion of the Hidden Cameras for Fox, Vegas Weddings Unveiled for GSN, and The Starlet for the WB. His other writing credits include three other short films, Opportunity Knocks for NPR’s Marketplace, as well as comedy pieces for the 2007, '08, and '09 Chabad Telethon, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC. 

In 2009, Markus hosted his own live talk show, It’s Getting Late with Markus Kublin at the legendary IOWest Theatre in Hollywood.  The show was produced by Michael McCarthy in association with The Comedy Lab and had the highest attendance in the Lab's history.

He is a regular contributor to Top Story! Weekly at I.O. West  - winner of the Del Close Award for "Best Scripted Show" 2 years running.  In June, 2010, Markus also began to write monologue jokes for The David Feldman Comedy Podcast.  Feldman's growing Internet popularity led to the show being picked up by Pacifica Radio in the fall of 2010 and is carried locally in Los Angeles on KPFK 90.7-FM, with stations in Berkely, Houston, New York, and Washington, DC.

Markus has worked with screen legends Tony Curtis, Faye Dunaway, Martin Landau, Frankie Avalon, and, yes, Charo.

He has opened for Lewis Black, Vic Dunlop, Mario Cantone, Benny Baker, Kevin Knox, Patrice O'Niel, Rich Cheisler, Bill Burr, Mitch Hedberg, Doug Stanhope, Steve White, as well as Sonny Turner, Morris Day and the Time, and many, many more.

Markus currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the talented actress and comedian Miriam Kublin, and their three children.