Kipp Marcus Biography
Kipp Marcus is an American screenwriter, actor, producer, and digital media executive. Kipp Marcus began his professional acting career as a Workhouse child and member of Fagin’s gang in Lionel Bart’s Oliver! on Broadway in 1984, when he was 14.
Kipp Marcus Age
He was born on 19 January 1970, in Manhattan, New York, United States of America. Kip is 54 years old as of January 2024.
Kipp Marcus Education
Marcus studied acting at NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts from 1989 to 1992 and graduated with a BFA degree.
Kipp Marcus Family
Marcus was born in Manhattan, New York, to Wayne and Susan Marcus. He is Adam Marcus’ younger brother. Marcus’ great-grandfather worked in vaudeville, his grandmother and mother were both vocalists, his father is an abstract painter, one uncle was a filmmaker and another an actor, and his older brother Adam Marcus is a film director.
Kipp Marcus Wife- Spouse
Kipp Marcus Career
Marcus was passionate in theatre from a young age, directing and acting in numerous performances during his school years,[3] winning the Young Playwrights of New England Award for Best Play at the age of 16. Marcus earned a BFA in acting at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts between 1989 and 1992. In 1991, he was invited to train at the Maly Theater in Moscow as a student of Circle In The Square Theater in New York. Kipp Marcus began his professional acting career as a 14-year-old Workhouse youngster and member of Fagin’s gang in Lionel Bart’s Oliver! on Broadway in 1984.
Marcus played Ward ‘Kip’ Cleaver II, the eldest son of the adult Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver, in the television sitcom The New Leave It To Beaver. Marcus was one of the show’s primary characters, appearing in nearly 100 episodes from 1984 to 1989. Marcus made his cinematic debut in David Wain’s 1992 Sundance cinematic Festival cult comedy “Aisle Six”. A year later, in 1993, Marcus appeared in the horror franchise Friday the 13th as Officer Randy Parker in the New Line Cinema picture Jason Goes to Hell, directed by his brother, Adam Marcus.
Marcus returned to Broadway in 1995 as Marius, Jean-Prouvaire, and Joly in the musical Les Misérables. He appeared in 800 performances of the musical, including the 10th anniversary production in 1997, which was directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Marcus played the male protagonist, James Ellis, in the 1999 film Let It Snow, which he also wrote and produced. Marcus developed and produced the comedy So You Like This Girl while attending NYU, which won the Tisch School’s Best Picture award in 1990.
Marcus created and produced Let It Snow, a comedy, in 1999. His screenwriting earned him a Best New Writer Award from the American Film Institute at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 1999, as well as producing honors at the Deauville International Film Festival, where it was nominated for best film, and an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival in 2000. The film was released in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and garnered positive reviews. Marcus created TV pilots for Imagine Entertainment, Warner Bros., Fox, and NBC from 2000 to 2003. Marcus recently written a screenplay about Buster Keaton.
Kipp Marcus Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.
Kipp Marcus Films
The New Leave It to Beaver (1984-1989)
Aisle Six (1991)
Politically Incorrect (1993)
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
The Cosby Mysteries (1994)
Let It Snow (1999)