Mark Heap Biography

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 .

Mark Heap Age

Mark was born on May 13th , May , 1957 , in Kodaikanal , India .

Mark Heap Career

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 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 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 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 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 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 24th , 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 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 appeared as Dr. John Hall in the stage show based on the programme .

He 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 Salary

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Mark Heap Family

Mark 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 Wife

Mark is married to his wife, Bridget Thornborrow , However , they have kept their marital life private . This section shall be updated once information is available .

Mark Heap Education

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