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Martin Shakar (born January 1, 1940) is an American theatre, film and television actor.

He was born in Detroit, Michigan to an Armenian/Assyrian family from Adıyaman, Turkey and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

A life member of The Actors Studio, Shakar has played in a number of Broadway and off-Broadway productions. He has appeared four times each in the television shows The Equalizer and Law & Order, but each instance was a different character. He has appeared in 15 films since 1976. His most notable role was in Saturday Night Fever as Frank Manero, Jr., older brother to John Travolta's Tony Manero. He has also appeared in a number of television advertisements, usually playing Italian or Arab roles.

Filmography

References

1. "Martin Shakar in the 1940 Census | Ancestry®".
2. Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 279. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
3. , Martin Shakar Theatre Credits, Retrieved 2011-04-08
4. ^ movies.msn.com Archived 2009-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, Martin Shakar filmlogy, Retrieved 12-07-2008

External links

• Martin Shakar at IMDb
• Martin Shakar at the Internet Broadway Database
• Martin Shakar at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

• 1940 births
• American male film actors
• Living people
• Male actors from Detroit
• American people of Assyrian descent
• American people of Armenian descent
• People from Dearborn, Michigan