Mark Paul Wake

Mark Paul Wake

actor, editorial department, producer

Mark Paul Wake was born on Jul 10, 1987 in UK. Mark Paul Wake's big-screen debut came with Plan Z directed by Stuart Brennan in 2016, strarring Bill. Mark Paul Wake is known for Tomorrow directed by Martha Pinson, Sebastian Street stars as Tesla and Stuart Brennan as Sky. Mark Paul Wake has got 4 awards and 5 nominations so far. The most recent award Mark Paul Wake achieved is Bristol Independent Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Mark Paul Wake plays is Tomorrow which will be released on Sep 27, 2019.

Mark Paul Wake was born to Michael Wake and Carol Richards. Although he took to the stage in an amateur light he progressed on to study at Adam Smith College in Acting and Performance. After completing his first year, Mark jumped across the ocean to study at the New York Film Academy based out of Universal Studios in Los Angeles, US. Returning home Mark landed his debut role as Ben in the Scottish independent thriller Mr Self Destruct by Adrain Rowe and Emma Dodds. Mark then went on to work with Greek Director Maria Svoronou in two black and white short films, The Weakness Within and Thanatophobia. Next Mark took a role in a music video by the band Cruizer. The video went to play on TV in the US and re-launch the band's single "It's All Good Baby". In 2009 Mark was contacted by Welsh filmmaker Andrew Tanner. The lead actor originally cast in the role of Martyn had dropped out only 2 weeks prior to the start of shooting. Over long chats and script discussions, Mark landed the lead role in the film Masterpiece. Two weeks later he arrived on set, was handed the finished script and for the next three weeks, they shot. It was an intense shoot and Mark would often stay up into the early hours with Andrew discussing the character. The film released at the British Independent Film Festival where Mark collected the Best Actor award for his portrayal as Martyn. After returning from Wales, Mark was cast in a new film by Director Colin Grant about Ethan Traum who suffers from sleeping conditions; Eat, Sleep, Repeat. In 2013 Mark was cast in the UK & Ireland theatre tour of 'Houdini' directed by Peter Snee, as a young Charlie Chaplin. In 2014, Mark acted and produced alongside BAFTA winner Stuart Brennan, who also directed, the zombie feature Plan Z. The film was nominated for several awards, collecting Best Thriller at the UK National Film Awards and Best Director at HorrorHound Film Festival, amongst others. It was released on Sky, Netflix and physically in the U.K and US, Korea, Portugal and China. In A Christmas Carol directed by David Izatt. He plays the role of Marley. He followed this role up as Injured Charles in the horror thriller The Necromancer. The film was nominated for 4 awards at the HorrorHound Film Festival; Best Film, Best Director, Best SFX and Mark received a nomination for Best Actor. Mark can also be found in Roman Armour and great big beard as Nerva in next year's movie Wolf, shot in early 2018, which continues the mysterious world created within The Necromancer.

  • Birthday

    Jul 10, 1987
  • Place of Birth

    Oxford, England, UK

Known For

Awards

4 wins & 5 nominations

Bristol Independent Film Festival
2018
Best Feature Film
Winner - Bristol Independent Film Festival Trophy
National Film Awards, UK
2017
Best Thriller
Winner - National Film Award
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