was partly improvised. He recently was seen in the teen comedy Accepted (2006), playing the father of protagonist Bartleby Gaines (played by Justin Long). In 2006, 2007 and 2014, he was seen on How I Met Your Mother, playing Greg. Derwin also played George Juergens on the ABC Family TV show The Secret Life of the American Teenager from 2008 to 2013. In 2008, he appeared on the show Chuck on the episode "Chuck Versus the Marlin" where he played Detective Conway. In 2009 he had a recurring role on season 7 of 24 as Secretary of State Joe Stevens, a member of President Allison Taylor's (played by Cherry Jones) Cabinet. In 2011, he appeared on Hot in Cleveland in the episode "How I Met My Mother", playing a paroled convict. In 2013, Derwin portrayed Pierre Cossette in "To Have and To Hold", episode 4 of season 6 of Mad Men. Filmography References https://books.google.com/books?id=lnPGfI1h3tQC&pg=PA56&dq=mark+derwin+the+young+and+the+restless&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VA2uUZHdBIL49QTCuoCQAw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=mark%20derwin%20the%20young%20and%20the%20restless&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=yzQlimPTTEMC&q=mark+derwin+the+young+and+the+restless&dq=mark+derwin+the+young+and+the+restless&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VA2uUZHdBIL49QTCuoCQAw&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mark-derwin/164602 External links 1960 births Living people People from Park Forest, Illinois American male soap opera actors American male television actors