Actor

Allen Marsh

8 films

Allen Marsh is an American actor. He was born at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina to Mary Jo (Allen), a teacher, and Joseph Marsh, a pastor. The family moved frequently, and by the time he was 17 he had attended eight different schools in six states. He was president of his high school's drama club and studied theatre in college before serving in the Air Force, working first at the 548th Reconnaissance Technical Group at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and later at the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific at Pearl Harbor. Afterward he worked at various jobs including graphic designer, closed captioning editor, flight attendant, and radio announcer before an decision to audition for a play led to a role in a stage production of You Can't Take It with You (1938).

He is best known for playing screenwriter Alvin Sargent on The Offer (2022) opposite Josh Zuckerman and Colin Hanks. He portrayed C.S. Lewis on Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings: A Catholic Worldview (2011) and televangelist Jim Bakker on The Con (2020). He played The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) producer Lou Adler on Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022), makes frequent appearances as pianist Les Thomas at the Genoa City Athletic Club's Neil Winters Jazz Lounge on The Young and the Restless (1973), and plays Dr. Neal Elattrache on Ryan Murphy's American Sports Story (2024).

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First watchStrange Harvest20256.6as Jonas EckhardDetectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.View film

Filmography

8 films as actor

TBAScrapsBusinessman
2025Strange HarvestJonas Eckhard
2025Book of Joshua: Walls of JerichoSalmon (voice)
2025Brighter Days AheadHologram Doctor
2024Sunrise BoulevardThe Man
2024BaggageWaiter
2023A Cotton MoonClifton Ganus
2006Nine GroundsAlphonse