Mark Lesly (April 19, 1959, in Manhattan, New York) appeared in the credits of The Wanderers. He later served on the Bernie Goetz jury and wrote a book about it called Subway Gunman.^[1]

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Mark Lesly grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, and was involved with both Taekwondo and acting. While studying acting at New York University, he was cast as a Ducky Boy in The Wanderers.

After serving on the Bernie Goetz jury, he participated in talk shows, most notably Larry King and Phil Donahue's. He also wrote a book based on his experience as a juror and explains how the jury came to its decision. Goetz cites Lesly's book on Goetz' eccentric website,^[2] as the source of accurate information about the incident. Lesly recently filmed interviews for documentaries on the Goetz Trial by both Fox News and Netflix.