- Born
- Birth nameMarcus Frank Harelik
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Mr. Harelik, a native Texan, grew up in the only Jewish family in the small town of Hamilton in central Texas, where his two biographical plays, The Immigrant and The Legacy, take place.
With Randal Myler, he co-wrote Hank Williams: Lost Highway, a biographical musical about the life of the country singer Hank Williams.
The Immigrant, The Musical, is based upon his play.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mark Harelik
- SpouseSpencer Kayden(October 2004 - present) (1 child)
- Portraying lawyers and other people of authority.
- His 1991 play "The Immigrant", a telling of his Jewish grandparents' immigration to rural Texas and their first 30 years of life there, was the most widely produced play in the country. It has had presentations done at nearly every major theater in the country, among them the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles, Theater Forty in Los Angeles, A.C.T. in San Francisco, the Denver Center Theater Company, the Alley Theater in Houston, and well over a hundred more theaters in cities and towns nationwide.
- A native Texan who grew up in the only Jewish family in the small town of Hamilton in central Texas, where his two biographical plays, "The Immigrant" and its sequel, "The Legacy," take place.
- Wrote the book for the new musical "The Immigrant," based on his play. In 2002, the musical adaptation played at the Denver Center Theater and the Coconut Grove in Miami.
- Played Judas in three shows at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts: "Godspell", "Jesus Christ, Superstar", and Robert Patrick's play, "Judas".
- Younger brother, Matt Harelik, plays piano for country singer Johnny Lee of Urban Cowboy (1980) fame, best known for his number one country hit, "Lookin' For Love".
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