Mark Warren

Director

Popular As Mark Edward Warren III

Birthday September 24, 1938

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

DEATH DATE 11 January, 1999, Los Angeles, California, USA (61 years old)

Nationality United Kingdom

Height 5′ 9″

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1967

Marc Warren (born 20 March 1967) is an English actor, known for his British television roles.

1979

In 1979, Warren moved from Northamptonshire to Farnborough, Hampshire, and attended Cove Senior School for two years before moving back to Northampton in 1982.

He studied drama at the East 15 Acting School, but left without graduating after being asked to play 'the colour orange'.

He is interested in magic, sleight of hand and mentalism, and has spent some time studying the art of mind reading.

In his spare time, he likes to meditate, and play the guitar.

1986

Warren made his professional debut in May 1986, when he appeared at The Northampton Theatre Royal in Stags and Hens.

He was a member of the National Youth Theatre, and he played Billy Casper in Kes at the Birmingham Rep studio, and UK tour, directed by John Herriman for the Snap Theatre Company.

1990

He appeared in Grange Hill in the early 1990s as schoolboy Thomas Rankin.

1991

In 1991, he played the role of 'Lot' in a production of Kingdom of Earth at the Redgrave Theatre in Farnham, Hampshire.

In November 1991, he played Jem, in To Kill a Mockingbird, at the York Theatre Royal.

1992

Warren's first major film breakthrough was the 1992 BBC film An Ungentlemanly Act, in which he played Tony Hunt, alongside Ian Richardson.

1995

He starred in the 1995 British drama film Boston Kickout, and played immortal Morgan D'Estaing in the season four Highlander episode "Double Jeopardy" in 1996.

2000

In 2000, he was presented with a Royal Television Society award for his role as Monks in the ITV production of Oliver Twist.

2001

His roles have included Albert Blithe in Band of Brothers (2001), Danny Blue in Hustle (2003-2007), Dougie Raymond in The Vice, Dominic Foy in State of Play, Rick in Mad Dogs (2011-2013), the Comte de Rochefort in The Musketeers (2015), the Gentleman in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015), and Piet Van Der Valk in TV series Van Der Valk (2020).

He played Police Constable Dougie Raymond in the British television series The Vice, and Albert Blithe in HBO's 2001 mini-series Band of Brothers.

He appeared in the 2001 television drama Men Only as Mac, the husband of Katie (Esther Hall).

2002

In 2002, he played Dr. Ivo Steadman in No Night Is Too Long, a British film adapted from the novel of the same name.

2003

He played key supporting character Dominic Foy in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play.

2004

Between 2004 and 2007, he played Danny Blue (a main character) in BBC TV series Hustle (series 1 to 4).

2006

In June 2006, Warren played the character Elton Pope in the Doctor Who episode "Love & Monsters".

In December of that year, he appeared as the crazed assassin Mr. Teatime in Sky One's adaptation of Hogfather by Terry Pratchett.

The same month, he played Count Dracula in a new adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel, produced by ITV Productions for BBC Wales.

The TV film, which aired in December, received viewing figures of 5.23 million.

2007

In February 2007, he appeared as casino-operating villain Tony Crane in the second series of BBC drama Life on Mars.

In December of the same year, he played Mr. John Simpson in the BBC production of Ballet Shoes with Emilia Fox and Emma Watson.

2008

Other notable credits include Burn Up (2008), and Snatch (2017).

In January 2008, he starred in the Messiah series Messiah V: The Rapture, taking over the main role from Ken Stott.

He played the Repairman, a member of The Fraternity, in the 2008 film Wanted.

2009

He starred in a revival of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman at Leicester's Curve Theatre in 2009, playing Katurian, for which he was nominated for a TMA award for 'Best performance in a Play'.

The same year, he starred as Ray Say in a West End revival of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice alongside Diana Vickers and Lesley Sharp.

To promote the play, he wrote a series of articles for The Guardian, titled "Marc Warren's Little Voice diary", and appeared on The One Show.

He won 'Overall Best Actor' at the 2009 Rome Fiction Festival, for his performance as Philip Crowley in Burn Up (2008).

2010

In May 2010, Warren played Steve Strange in Worried About the Boy, a BBC production about the life of Boy George.

The following year, he initiated and starred in a new Sky One production, Mad Dogs (alongside Max Beesley, Philip Glenister and John Simm), which eventually ran to fourteen episodes over four series.

2011

Warren returned to the theatre in September 2011, playing the charismatic rebel protagonist in Emma Reeves' new adaptation of Donn Pearce's novel Cool Hand Luke, at London's Aldwych Theatre.

2012

He reprised his role of Danny Blue for the final episode of Hustle (series 8) in 2012.

That same year, he joined the cast of the American drama The Good Wife in a recurring role of Kalinda Sharma's estranged husband.

He played Rochefort in the BBC drama The Musketeers, and appeared as The Gentleman in the BBC's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell alongside Eddie Marsan.

2020

In 2020, Warren starred as the title character in the ITV reboot of the 70s detective series Van der Valk.