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.
[1] A life member of The Actors Studio,[2] Shakar has played in a number of Broadway[3] 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 also appeared in a number of television advertisements, usually playing Italian or Arab roles.