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name: "Mark Lainer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-lainer"
fi1m_id: "mark-lainer"
imdb_id: "nm0481884"
tmdb_id: 1996565
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T02:09:53.197521+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mark Lainer

## Identity

Mark Lainer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-lainer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-lainer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0481884
- **TMDB ID:** 1996565
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481884/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1996565

Actor. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481884/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1996565

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Free Guy*](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md) (67)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mark Lainer is an American actor. He is originally from Worcester, Massachusetts, attended Worcester Academy and graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College with a degree in neuroscience. Before pursuing acting he worked as a bookkeeper and accountant, interned as a research biologist, and spent time volunteering in East Africa.

Lainer trained in improvisation in New York and performed with several troupes before moving into screen work. His credits include the role of Hostage in *Free Guy* (2021), Norm Davis in *FBI* (2018), Sheriff Bobby Erdy in *Bones* (2005), a phone company technician in *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), Martin Pennymaker in *Clarissa Explains It All* (1991) and appearances in *From the Earth to the Moon* (1998) and *Love, Weddings & Other Disasters* (2020).

*Sources: imdb.com, marklainer.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Free Guy* (2021), Fi1m 67, as Hostage — [page](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Wych Elm* (2022), as Eric
- *Free Guy* (2021), as Hostage — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md)
- *Love, Weddings & Other Disasters* (2020), as Nick Matthews
- *FBI* (2018), series, as Norm Davis
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), series, as Phone Company Technician — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *Loving the Bad Man* (2012), as Prison Guard #2
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Sheriff Bobby Erdy — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *The Incredible Torture Trio* (2004), as Mark
- *Sheena* (2000), series, as Kelstrom
- *From the Earth to the Moon* (1998), series, as Doubting Engineer
- *seaQuest DSV* (1993), series, as Construction Worker
- *Clarissa Explains It All* (1991), series, as Martin Pennymaker

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