Marc St. James

Marc St. James
Ugly Betty character
Michael Urie as Marcus St. James
First appearance	"Pilot" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	"Hello Goodbye" (episode 4.20)
Created by	Silvio Horta
Portrayed by	Michael Urie
Information
Full name	Marcus Weiner (birth name) Marcus St. James (full name)
Gender	Male
Occupation	Creative director at Mode Junior fashion editor at Mode (2010-present) Former Personal assistant at Mode (to Wilhelmina Slater; 2004-2009, 2010) (to Daniel Meade; 2009-2010)
Family	Jean Weiner (mother)
Significant other(s)	Cliff St. Paul (ex-boyfriend) Troy (boyfriend)

Marcus "Marc" St. James (born Marcus Weiner) is a fictional character in the American comedy-drama series Ugly Betty and spin-off web-series Mode After Hours. He is played by Michael Urie.

Marc, who hails from Schenectady, New York, is the personal assistant of Wilhelmina Slater, the creative editor at MODE magazine. He is very loyal to Wilhelmina and so far he will do whatever it will take to help his boss succeed in her goal to become the magazine's editor by conspiring with both his boss and magazine receptionist Amanda Sommers to sabotage the two people responsible for costing Wilhelmina the top job, and in particular, ruin the 'beauty' of the magazine's workplace: Daniel Meade and Betty Suarez, respectively. Despite his attempts at scheming and his efforts to derail the two, Marc usually fails, at times finding himself at the mercy of his boss' wrath, even though he has his own agendas, as hinted in "Filing for the Enemy."

References to Marc's sexuality are coy in the first season. He behaves in a stereotypically flamboyant manner and makes puns and witty jokes on suggestive terms like "flaming" and "out." Before coming out to his mother, he long claimed to have a girlfriend who lives in Canada. Marc also mentions having used Amanda as a beard for two years when with his family.

When Marc's mother, played by Patti LuPone, comes to visit, Marc uses Betty as a fake girlfriend to cover up his sexuality and they have dinner at Betty's house. However, when she calls Betty's effeminate nephew Justin "swishy", Marc defends the boy and tacitly reveals his own "swishness" and homosexuality. Scandalized, she leaves for home. and while a little sad at first over his Mother's rejection of his sexual orientation he nonetheless is also happy that he can live his life on his own terms now.

In Season Two, Marc begins dating Cliff, a photographer whose scruffy and overweight appearance is at once charming and distressing to the fashion-conscious Marc. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start when Marc doesn't recognize Cliff's invitation to a movie and dinner as a date. Subsequently, Marc has to overcome his embarrassment of Cliff, which he does after Cliff dumps him. The pair's first public date is Wilhelmina's wedding to Bradford Meade. They got engaged but after Marc cheated on Cliff, they broke it off.