Is an alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama.
Mario is a descendant of The Manrique de Lara of The House of Lara or Casa de Lara, a Spanish Noble Family of great literary consequence, known from the medieval Kingdom of Castile.
Currently starring as the beloved King Kalimari in Derek
Taylor Kent's "King Kalimari The Musical" at The Avery Schreiber
Theatre in North Hollywood, California. (April 2007)