edgepedia

Screen people and creators

14,937 articles

Marissa Bode

Marissa Bode (born 2000, Mazomanie, Wisconsin) is an American actress and the first wheelchair user to play Nessarose Thropp in the Wicked films (2024, 2025), also a queer disability advocate.

Marissa Jaret Winokur

Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress born 1973 in New York City, originated Tracy Turnblad in Broadway's Hairspray, winning the 2003 Tony for Best Actress in a Musical; later TV, reality TV, and director of Hairspray revivals.

Marissa Reyes

Marissa Reyes (born 2003, Austin, Texas) is a Mexican-American actress known for Sofia in Netflix's Running Point, Arianna Horton on Days of Our Lives, Cami in Raven's Home, and Spirit Halloween: The Movie.

Marissa Ribisi

Marissa Ribisi (Santina Marissa Ribisi, born 1974, Los Angeles) is an American actress and writer, twin sister of Giovanni Ribisi, known for Dazed and Confused, Pleasantville, True Crime, Some Girl, marriage to Beck, and the My Sister Skin skincare platform.

Mariya Ise (伊瀬茉莉也)

Mariya Ise (伊瀬茉莉也) is a Japanese voice actress from Yokohama, born 1988, at Across Entertainment; known for Killua in Hunter x Hunter, Ray in The Promised Neverland, Reg in Made in Abyss, and Cure Lemonade.

Marjorie Lord

Marjorie Lord (Marjorie Wollenberg, 1918–2015), American actress; Kathy Williams, Danny Thomas's TV wife on Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show 1957–64; mother of Anne Archer; later L.A. arts philanthropist and Scripter Award co-founder.

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main (Mary Tomlinson Krebs, 1890-1975), American character actress, MGM contract player, Oscar-nominated as Ma Kettle in The Egg and I and the Ma and Pa Kettle series.

Marjorie Reynolds

Marjorie Reynolds (Marjorie Goodspeed, also billed as Marjorie Moore), American actress (1917-1997); starred in Holiday Inn (1942) with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire and as Peg Riley on The Life of Riley (1953-58); about 35 B westerns; Walk of Fame TV star.

Mark Addy

Mark Addy (born 1964, York, England) is an English character actor, RADA-trained, known for The Full Monty (BAFTA nomination), Still Standing, Olivier-nominated Collaborators, and King Robert Baratheon in Game of Thrones.

Mark Benton

Mark Benton (born 1965) is an English actor from Guisborough, trained at RADA, known for Early Doors, Waterloo Road, Shakespeare & Hathaway and Patience, plus Strictly Come Dancing 2014.

Mark Blum

Mark Blum (1950–2020), American character actor of New York stage, film, and TV; Gary Glass in Desperately Seeking Susan, Crocodile Dundee editor, Union Bob in Mozart in the Jungle, Obie winner for Gus and Al; died of COVID-19.

Mark Bonnar

Mark Bonnar (born 1968, Edinburgh) is a Scottish actor known for Line of Duty, Catastrophe, Guilt, Shetland, Dept. Q, and Ludwig; BAFTA Scotland Actor Television winner 2017 for Unforgotten.

Mark Burnett

Mark Burnett (born 1960, London) is a British-born American TV producer behind Survivor, The Apprentice, Shark Tank, and The Voice, former MGM Worldwide Television chairman, and US Special Envoy to the UK since 2025.

Mark Chao (赵又廷)

Mark Chao (赵又廷, Zhao Youting), Taiwanese actor born 1984 in Taipei, son of Zhao Shuhai. Golden Bell winner for Black & White (2009), Asian Film Awards Best New Actor for Monga, famed for Ye Hua in Eternal Love (2017) and The Heart.

Mark Coles Smith

Mark Coles Smith (born 1987, Broome) is a Nyikina Australian actor, writer, musician and producer, AACTA-winning lead of Mystery Road: Origin as young Jay Swan, star of Beast of War, and host of ABC's The Kimberley.

Mark Dacascos

Mark Alan Dacascos (born 1964, Honolulu) is an American actor and martial artist in Wun Hop Kuen Do, known for Only the Strong, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Zero in John Wick 3, Wo Fat in Hawaii Five-0, and as Iron Chef America's Chairman.

Mark Dawson

Mark Richard Dawson (born 1960, London), son of Richard Dawson and Diana Dors, is a British-American entertainment manager, CEO of DRZ Entertainment Group, Family Feud crew veteran, producer of Nudity Required, and manager of Phantom Blue and The Iron Maidens; distinct from the 1973-born novelist Mark Dawson.

Mark Deklin

Mark Deklin (born 1967, Pittsburgh) is an American actor and fight director known for GCB, Lone Star, Devious Maids, Designated Survivor, Broadway fight direction for Sweet Smell of Success and Cyrano de Bergerac, and NCIS: Origins.

Mark Derwin

Mark Derwin (Mark James Derwin, born 1960, Park Forest, Illinois) is an American actor since 1987, known for A.C. Mallet on Guiding Light, Dr. Ben Davidson on One Life to Live, Life with Bonnie, and George Juergens on The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Mark Duplass

Mark Duplass (born 1976, New Orleans) is an American actor, writer, director, and producer who co-founded mumblecore with brother Jay via The Puffy Chair and runs Duplass Brothers Productions; known for The League, Togetherness, Creep, and The Morning Show.

Mark Eydelshteyn

Mark Eydelshteyn (Марк Эйдельштейн, born 2002, Nizhny Novgorod) is a Russian actor and Moscow Art Theater School graduate who plays oligarch's son Ivan in Sean Baker's Palme d'Or-winning Anora and Kolya in Sto let tomu vpered.

Mark Feuerstein

Mark Feuerstein (born 1971) is an American actor known as Dr. Hank Lawson on Royal Pains (2009-16). Princeton '93 and Fulbright scholar; also known for The West Wing, 9JKL, and the 2024 film Guns & Moses.

Mark Frost

Mark Frost (born 1953) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and television producer, co-creator of Twin Peaks with David Lynch, former Hill Street Blues writer, author of The Greatest Game Ever Played, and co-writer of Twin Peaks: The Return.

Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss (born 1966, Sedgefield, England) is an English actor, writer and comedian, League of Gentlemen member, co-creator of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes actor, Doctor Who writer, Olivier winner, and creator-star of Bookish.

Mark Ghanimé

Mark Ghanimé (born 1977, Calgary) is a Lebanese-Canadian actor known as Major Sergio Balleseros in Helix, Don Carlos in Reign, and Dr. Cameron Hayek in Virgin River seasons 4–6.

Mark Gil

Mark Gil (Raphael John Gil Eigenmann, 1961-2014) was a Filipino actor from the Eigenmann acting clan, known for Batch '81, Magnifico, and two Gawad Urian awards, often cast as villains.

Mark Goddard

Mark Goddard (Charles Harvey Goddard, 1936–2023), American actor; Major Don West on CBS's Lost in Space (1965–1968) and Chris Ballard on The Detectives; later a Massachusetts special education teacher; died of pulmonary fibrosis in Hingham, Massachusetts.

Mark Gustafson

Mark Gustafson (1959–2024), American stop-motion animator and director, Emmy winner for A Claymation Easter, Oscar co-winner with Guillermo del Toro for Pinocchio, animation director on Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill (born 1951, Oakland, California) is the American actor who played Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars trilogy films and voiced the Joker from Batman: The Animated Series, also known for Fire Lord Ozai, Broadway roles, and the 2025 films The Life of Chuck and The Long Walk.

Mark Harelik

Mark Harelik (Marcus Frank Harelik, born 1951) is an American actor-playwright from Hamilton, Texas, author of The Immigrant, The Legacy, and Hank Williams: Lost Highway.