- It was announced in the Daily Express newspaper dated 18th March 2007 that he and Robson Green were keen to play Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a proposed film based on a script called 'Anything For Laughs'. Robson was quoted as saying 'Mark and I are a similar size to Laurel and Hardy and we're also great fans.
- Is well-known in Britain for his 'Brand New Customers Only' line on the adverts for Nationwide Building Society.
- Graduated from RADA.
- Entered RADA 1986.
- Member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- Made his television debut in Boon (1986) in 1991.
- Educated at Sarah Metcalf School, Eston, Middlesbrough and Stockton Billingham Technical College.
- Like fellow Geordie Robson Green he's a big fan of Laurel and Hardy and because of their similar size to L & H they would love the opportunity to play them.
- Raised in the Grangetown area of Middlesbrough.
- Father Tommy was a long distance lorry driver.
- Chidren Archie, Gracie and Fig.
- His uncle is the actor Michael Gunn.
- Brother Ian, sister Dawn.
- Appeared in amateur productions with Middlesbrough Youth Theatre.
- He had the male lead, albeit a small one , in the film Career Girls, which had a small amount of filming done in Guisborough ,Hartlepool and Middlesborough.
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