Mark Tallman

Tallman played high school sports at Carthage Senior High School in New York State,^[1] especially American football, basketball, and baseball. He went on to attend Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, where he played as a linebacker in Division I College football for the Bucknell Bison football team.^[2][3][4]

After coaching football at St. Lawrence University, in Canton, New York, Tallman moved into acting and had a recurring role on the ABC soap opera All My Children as Kyle.^[1] Tallman appeared as Detrell Thorne, father of the lead character, Robbie in Rise, as well as State of Affairs, for NBC.^[3][5] Tallman also had television roles on AMC series Dietland and CBS series The Good Fight. His film roles included Rough Night, and was also a voice actor in the video game Grand Theft Auto V.^[3] He was also a voice actor on Red Dead Redemption II.^[6]

Tallman appeared as David Montgomery in three series of First Wives Club for Netflix.^[7] In March 2024, he was cast as Nick Brandis, a former NBA All-Star and successful entrepreneur in Your Friends & Neighbors written by Jonathan Tropper for Apple TV+ alongside Amanda Peet and Jon Hamm.^[8][9] Broadcast in 2025, he returned for the second season in 2026, with the series renewed for a third season that year.^[10][11]