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Mark Heap is an English actor and comedian known for his roles in television comedies, including, Brass Eye (1997–2001), Big Train (1998–2002), Spaced (1999–2001), Jam (2000), Green Wing (2004–2007), Friday Night Dinner (2011–2020), Upstart Crow (2016–present), and Benidorm (2017–2018). He started his acting career in the 1980s as a member of the Medieval Players, a touring company performing medieval and early modern theatre, and featuring stilt-walking, juggling, and puppetry. After the collapse of the company, he became part of the street theatre duo The Two Marks (with Mark Saban) who appeared on television shows Ghost Train, Saturday Live, and 3-2-1. He has appeared in a variety of television comedy roles, often playing eccentric and self-deluded characters and drama including struggling artist Brian Topp in Spaced, the pompous Dr. Alan Statham in Green Wing, and various roles in the sketch show Big Train, many scenes of which he improvised, most notably performing a barefoot gymnastics routine to Montagues and Capulets.

He has worked in a number of ventures with Chris Morris, appearing in Jam, its radio predecessor Blue Jam, and the documentary parody series Brass Eye. He voiced the lead character of Eric Feeble in the animated comedy Stressed Eric. Other recurring roles included Terry Roche in Paul Whitehouse’s comedy-drama Happiness and Derek Few in How Do You Want Me?. He played Harry in the short-lived Rob Grant TV series The Strangerers, aired in 2000. He also guested in the second series of the BBC comedy Look Around You as Leonard Hatred. He appeared in the 2007 BBC One drama Hotel Babylon as an unsuccessful businessman who became a bellboy. Between 2008 and 2010 he appeared in 32 episodes of the BBC period drama Lark Rise to Candleford as head postman Thomas Brown, as well as super villain Lightkiller in an episode of the sitcom No Heroics. He also appears as the father of Chris Miles in the Channel 4 programme Skins. Heap played the love interest of the main character in the second series of the BBC comedy Love Soup. He played the role of Charles Dickens in the 2009 BBC Two drama Desperate Romantics. Also that he played Jessica Hynes’ husband in the one-off comedy Lizzie & Sarah, written by Hynes and Julia Davis.

In 2010, he appeared as Bob Stevens, the leader of a rambling group in the BBC4 series The Great Outdoors. He also appeared as a psychiatrist in Miranda Hart’s comedy Miranda on BBC2. In October 2010, he featured as Robin in the four-part BBC drama Single Father. He played Jim Bell in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner alongside Simon Bird, Paul Ritter, Tom Rosenthal, and Tamsin Greig. He also played Andrew Thorogood in the BBC Four comedy Holy Flying Circus and Jonas in the 8th episode of E4’s sci-fi comedy-drama Misfits series 3. He also appeared as a misguided church minister in the BBC Series The Indian Doctor during an outbreak of smallpox. He joined the cast of the Sky1 original series Spy for its second season commencing in October 2012, replacing Tom Goodman-Hill as Philip Quil, Judith’s partner, and Marcus’ headteacher. He appeared in the spin-off episode of Outnumbered, the Christmas special episode, aired on 24 December 2012 in which he portrayed Norris, for this single episode. He played the owner of a pet crematorium in Sue Perkins’s 2013 comedy Heading Out. Mark also had a leading role in BBC Radio 4’s adaptation of Gogol’s ‘Dead Souls.’ He starred as Robert Greene in three seasons of Upstart Crow (2016–2018), a BBC 2 sitcom about Shakespeare, written by Ben Elton. His co-stars included David Mitchell, Harry Enfield, Rob Rouse, Gemma Whelan, and Liza Tarbuck. He also appeared as Dr. John Hall in the stage show based on the programme.

He also starred in the sitcom Benidorm, in which he played the character Malcolm Barrett, the controlling and manipulative boyfriend of Pauline Maltby. Heap’s 2020 roles continue with playing headmaster and husband in ITV’s The Trouble with Maggie Cole alongside Dawn French. In 1983, he made a cameo appearance as a torch-juggler in the James Bond film Octopussy. He played Duncan, Rik Mayall’s hapless personal assistant in Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997). He played a school teacher in the 2002 film About a Boy. He appeared in Tim Burton’s 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He played supporting roles in Confetti (2006), Tunnel of Love (2004), Stardust (2007), and The World’s End (2013). In 2008 he co-starred in the surreal science fiction film Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth.

Mark Heap Age

He was born on May 13, 1957 in Kodaikanal, India.

Mark Heap Wife

He is married to his wife, Bridget Thornborrow.

Mark Heap Family

He was born in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India, to an English father and American mother. He is the youngest of four boys. One of his siblings is Carl Heap.

Mark Heap Height

He stands at a height of 6 feet (1.83 m) tall.