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Mark Strong

Mark Strong, born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in 1963, is a British character actor known for villains and spies in Sherlock Holmes, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Kingsman, and Shazam!, and for his 2015 Olivier-winning A View from the Bridge.

Mark Tallman

Mark Tallman (born 1980, El Paso, Texas) is an American actor and former Bucknell football co-captain, known as David Montgomery in First Wives Club and Nick Brandes in Apple TV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors.

Mark Twitchell

Mark Andrew Twitchell, Canadian Edmonton filmmaker and Dexter fan, convicted of first-degree murder in 2011 for killing Johnny Altinger in a staged "kill room"; SK Confessions document, life sentence, 2026 leave denied.

Mark Valley

Mark Valley (born 1964, Ogdensburg, New York) is an American actor, West Point math graduate, and Army Desert Storm veteran known for Boston Legal's Brad Chase, Fringe's John Scott, and starring as Christopher Chance in Fox's Human Target.

Mark Vicente

Mark Vicente (born 1965, Johannesburg) is a South African cinematographer and co-director of What the Bleep Do We Know!? (2004), later a NXIVM executive-board member turned whistleblower who testified against Keith Raniere and starred in HBO's The Vow.

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg (born 1971, Dorchester, Boston) is an American actor and producer known as rapper Marky Mark, Oscar-nominated for The Departed, producer of Entourage, The Fighter, and Boardwalk Empire, co-owner of Wahlburgers.

Mark Webber (actor)

Mark Webber (born 1980, Minneapolis) is an American actor-director of independent "reality cinema"; grew up homeless in Philadelphia, starred in Scott Pilgrim and Green Room, and casts his real family in films like The End of Love. Distinct from the Pulp guitarist and the F1 driver.

Mark Williams (actor)

Mark Williams (born 1959, Bromsgrove, England) is an English actor and writer, the original Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter films, a Fast Show star, and the lead of BBC's Father Brown since 2013; distinct from the snooker champion and Ozark producer of the same name.

Mark Wright (TV personality)

Mark Charles Edward Wright (born 1987, Buckhurst Hill) is an English TV personality and presenter, TOWIE original cast member, I'm a Celebrity runner-up, Heart radio host, and former Crawley Town footballer.

Mark-Francis Vandelli

Mark-Francis Vandelli is a British reality TV personality and jewellery designer, original cast member of E4's Made in Chelsea (2011-2022), former editor of Insider magazine, and first openly gay main cast member of Bravo's Ladies of London: The New Reign.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Mark-Paul Gosselaar (b. 1974) is the American actor born Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar who played Zack Morris on NBC's Saved by the Bell (1989-1993), later Det. John Clark Jr. on NYPD Blue (2001-2005), Peter Bash on Franklin & Bash, and Sir on Found (2023-2025).

Markie Post

Markie Post (Marjorie Armstrong Post, 1950-2021) was an American TV actress known for Christine Sullivan on Night Court (1984-1992), Terri Michaels on The Fall Guy (1982-1985), and Hearts Afire; died of cancer in Los Angeles at 70.

Markus Schleinzer

Markus Schleinzer (born 1971, Vienna) is an Austrian actor, casting director, and director. Films: Michael (2011, Cannes), Angelo (2018, TIFF), Rose (2026, Berlinale; Sandra Hüller Silver Bear).

Marla Gibbs

Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Theresa Bradley, June 14, 1931) is an American actress who played Florence Johnston on The Jeffersons (1975–1985) and starred in and executive produced 227 (1985–1990), with five Emmy nominations and a 2021 Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

Marla Sokoloff

Marla Sokoloff, American actress born 1980 in San Francisco; Gia Mahan on Full House/Fuller House, Lucy Hatcher on The Practice (1998-2004); films Dude, Where's My Car?, Sugar & Spice; also writes and directs.

Marlee Matlin

Marlee Matlin (born 1965) is an American actress and activist who became the first Deaf performer to win an Oscar, taking Best Actress at 21 for Children of a Lesser God in 1987, campaigned for closed captioning, and starred in CODA.

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich, 1901–1992), German-American actress and singer; star of The Blue Angel and seven Sternberg films, 1939 US citizen, WWII USO entertainer, Medal of Freedom and Légion d'Honneur recipient, estate at Deutsche Kinemathek Berlin.

Marlène Jobert

Marlène Jobert, born 4 November 1940 in Algiers (some sources say 1943), French actress of Masculin-féminin, Le Passager de la pluie, and Les Mariés de l'an II; honorary César 2007; mother of Eva Green; later a children's author.

Marley Shelton

Marley Shelton (born 1974, Los Angeles), also Marlee Shelton, American actress known for The Sandlot's Wendy, Pleasantville, Nixon, Dr. Dakota Block in Grindhouse, Judy Hicks in Scream 4 and Scream (2022), and Emma Dutton in 1923.

Marleyda Soto

Marleyda Soto Ríos (born 1977), Colombian actress and teacher from Vijes, Valle del Cauca, known for La tierra y la sombra, Los Silencios, Oscuro animal, and as adult Úrsula Iguarán in Netflix's One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Marlo Thomas

Marlo Thomas, the stage name of Margaret Julia Thomas, is an American actress and producer best known for starring in the sitcom That Girl from 1966 to 1971.

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando (1924-2004), American actor trained by Stella Adler; Broadway Streetcar 1947, Oscars for On the Waterfront and The Godfather (declined 1973); redefined screen realism.

Marlon Wayans

Marlon Wayans (born 1972, New York City) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer, youngest of the ten Wayans siblings, known for Scary Movie, White Chicks, Requiem for a Dream, The Wayans Bros., and the 2026 franchise return.

Marlyne Barrett

Marlyne Barrett (born 1978, Brooklyn; birth name Marlyne Nayokah Afflack) is an American actress known as Maggie Lockwood on Chicago Med and for The Wire, Damages, and Night Call.

Marnette Patterson

Marnette Patterson (Marnette Provost Patterson, born 1980, Los Angeles) is an American actress known as Christy Jenkins in Charmed's final season, Nicole Farrell on Something So Right, and the voice of Lucy Van Pelt; now also a producer.

Marpessa Dawn

Marpessa Dawn (Gypsy Marpessa Menor, 1934-2008), American-born French actress, dancer, and singer of African American and Filipino heritage; played Eurydice in Black Orpheus (1959), Palme d'Or and Oscar winner.

Marsai Martin

Marsai Martin (Caila Marsai Martin, born 2004, Plano, Texas) is an American actress and producer; Diane Johnson on Black-ish, youngest EP of a major Hollywood film with Little (2019), Guinness World Record holder, Genius Productions founder.

Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)

Marsha Hunt (Marcia Virginia Hunt, 1917–2022) was an American film actress, MGM contract player in Pride and Prejudice, None Shall Escape, and Raw Deal, blacklisted after Red Channels in 1950, later a humanitarian activist who died at 104.

Marsha Mason

Marsha Mason, born 1942 in St. Louis, is an American actress who earned four Best Actress Oscar nominations in the 1970s and won two Golden Globe Awards.

Marsha Thomason

Marsha Thomason, Manchester-born English actress (born 1976) known for Nessa Holt on Las Vegas, Naomi Dorrit on Lost, Diana Berrigan on White Collar, and DS Jenn Townsend in ITV's The Bay.