Mark Povinelli
☼ Born on 9 December (year unknown), in Elyria, Ohio, USA
Biography
Mark Povinelli's career -including films, TV shows, theater productions and dozens of national commercials- expresses his remarkable versatility regarding the entire range of medium, style and genre from New York Theater to Studio Films, from slapstick comedy to heartfelt drama and from broad caricature to quiet realism through a notable body of prolific work reflecting his qualities as a brilliant artist of superb acting through his wonderful performances full of subtlety, intelligence, charisma and profoundness.
For most of the 2000s, Mark had been touring the world as the critically praised 'Torvald Helmer' in the OBIE award winning acclaimed production of Mabou Mines Dollhouse (2009), an inspired adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic "A Doll's House". His tour-de-force excellent interpretations in a wide range of roles in other notable stage productions include the premiere of Martha Clarke's "Belle Epoque" at Lincoln Center in the lead role of 'Henri Toulouse-Lautrec' as well as at the Shakespeare Theater, Children's Theater Company, Radio City Music Hall, Oklahoma Lyric Theater, Will Geer Theatricum and UCLA Live together with his exquisite film and TV work such as in Boardwalk Empire (2010), Water for Elephants (2011), Are You There, Chelsea? (2012), Criminal Minds (2005), Happyish (2015), Mad Dogs (2015), Still the King (2016), My Dinner with Hervé (2018) and Nightmare Alley (2021) among others.
When Mark is not working, he dedicates his time to Little People of America
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, an organization that promotes awareness, advocacy and medical assistance for individuals with forms of dwarfism.
Mark resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
In the role of actor
Nightmare Alley (15/12/2021)
A drifter joins a carnival and becomes a skilled mentalist in Nightmare Alley. On the run from his past, Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) comes across a travelling carnival and is given work by its proprietor Clem Hoately (Willem Dafoe). Working as part of a psychic act of Zeena (Toni Collette) and Pete Krumbein (David Strathairn), […]
Mirror Mirror (13/04/2012)
It’s been a busy week with my 30th birthday among other things, so I haven’t been able to find the time and write my thoughts on the film that I went out and saw for my birthday. I was one of the many people who were less than impressed by the trailer for this whimsy-looking […]