Born and raised in Metro Detroit Mark first got a taste of acting in high school under the direction of Neil Brown Brown called him a natural and encouraged him to continue with the craft Mark however wanted to initially be on the other side of the camera making short films and music videos long before MTV came to existence He studied Film at Western Michigan University but after a football injury required surgery he left school went to work and started a family It wasnt until many years later in 1995 that he continued in his acting career He auditioned for a role in Frankenstein at a local theatre in Huntington Indiana He stated that if it hadnt been for the director Linda Willard casting him in the role of The Creature in that production he may have never pursued acting any further
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