What is Mark Blum?
'''Mark Blum''' (May 14, 1950 – March 25, 2020) was an American actor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/mark-blum-57299276/|title=Mark Blum {{!}} Biography and Filmography {{!}} 1950|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=February 2, 2015|work=Hollywood.com|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=September 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922031856/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/mark-blum-57299276/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was born in [[Newark, New Jersey]]. He co-starred in ''[[Sweet Surrender (TV series)|Sweet Surrender]]'' in 1987. He also appeared on the following programs; ''[[Capital News]]'' in 1990, ''[[Frasier]]'' in 1997, and ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' in 1999. From 2014 to 2018, he appeared in ''[[Mozart in the Jungle]].''<ref>{{cite book|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present|url=https://archive.org/details/completedirector0000broo_c2t3|year=2003|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=0-345-45542-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/completedirector0000broo_c2t3/page/1159 1159], 188}}</ref> He won an [[Obie Award]] for his performance as Al in the [[Playwrights Horizons]] production of [[Albert Innaurato]]'s play, ''Gus and Al'', during the 1988–1989 season.<ref name=infoplease>[http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0153597.html 1988–89 Obie Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216040315/http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0153597.html |date=2017-02-16 }}. InformationPlease.com; retrieved March 23, 2016.</ref> In 2018, Blum was cast in a recurring role as Ivan Mooney in the former [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] thriller series ''[[You (TV series)|You]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1065130/You-Netflix-spoilers-what-happened-to-Mr-Mooney-Joe-Goldberg-Mark-Blum-Penn-Badgley|title=You on Netflix spoilers: What happened to Mr Mooney? What did he do to Joe?|last=Mitchell|first=Molli|work=Express|date=January 17, 2019|access-date=June 6, 2019|archive-date=June 6, 2019|