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Mark Gillis(I)

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Mark Gillis
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Education; Dr. Tripletts Primary School, Hayes and Bishopshalt, Hillingdon (Comp). Kent University at Canterbury - Degree (BSc) in Biochemistry.

While at university he formed the three man comedy act 76a. After performing at the Edinburgh Festival he was asked to write for BBC Radio 4s topical comedy show Week Ending and he combined this with touring extensively as a writer and performer. He has combined writing, performing and directing ever since.

As an actor he has worked mainly in theatre, most recently playing Agrippa in the Chichester production of Antony & Cleopatra with Kim Cattrall and Michael Pennington. As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company he performed in As You Like It, Macbeth and Troilus and Cressida during seasons at Stratford and The Barbican. He also produced and appeared in the RSC Fringe production of The Dumb Waiter at The Kings Head in London, which transferred to The Lee Strasberg Theatre in Los Angeles, where it won a Dramalogue Award for Best Production. Other theatre includes Mamma Mia! (West End) A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler (BAC), Crystal Clear & Gatsby (Kings Head), Ivanov (Bridewell Theatre), The Memory of Water (Vienna), Canaries Sometimes Sing (Old Red Lion), The Picture of Dorian Gray (Finborough), The Caretaker (Milan), Waiting for Godot (Tour) and Whose Life is it Anyway (Tour). He also played Mark in the Irish premiere of Mark Ravenhill's play Shopping and F***ing.

He wrote, directed and produced over three hours of online comedy for the website Too Big to Play, including the sketches Working from Home and The Gran Whisperer, which won the audience award at The Comedy Project, 2012 at the Soho Theatre.

He wrote and directed the short film, A Quiet Drink, which was selected for funding and produced by UK Film Council.

He has written several feature screenplays and his first stage play, Needs Must, received a rehearsed reading at the National Theatre Studios.

Most recently he has written, directed and produced the feature film SINK.
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Known for:

Martin Herdman in Sink (2018)
Sink
7.0
  • Paul
  • 2018
An Ideal Husband (1999)
An Ideal Husband
6.1
  • Tommy Trafford
  • 1999
John Cleese, Bob Hoskins, Ben Kingsley, Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Felicity Kendal, Joanna Lumley, and Chris Rea in Parting Shots (1998)
Parting Shots
5.0
  • Policeman One
  • 1998
A Quiet Drink
Short
  • Writer
  • 2006

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Actor

  • Hollyoaks (1995)
    Hollyoaks
    • Derek
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • The Lost Pirate Kingdom (2021)
    The Lost Pirate Kingdom
    • Henry Jennings
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Grantchester (2014)
    Grantchester
    • Mr. Jones
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Lee and Dean (2017)
    Lee and Dean
    • Mr. Hogg-Diggins
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2019
  • Martin Herdman in Sink (2018)
    Sink
    • Paul
    • 2018
  • Amanda Burton, Emilia Fox, Sam Barnard, David Caves, and Genesis Lynea in Silent Witness (1996)
    Silent Witness
    • DCI Graham Gibson
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
    • Dr, Mackie
    • P.C. Newland
    • TV Series
    • 1998–2008
  • Guy Henry in Holby City (1999)
    Holby City
    • Mr Drummond
    • TV Series
    • 2008
  • Prick
    • Ben
    • Short
    • 2005
  • Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, Mark Wingett, and Delia Swan in The Bill (1984)
    The Bill
    • Connor Hamilton
    • TV Series
    • 2004
  • An Ideal Husband (1999)
    An Ideal Husband
    • Tommy Trafford
    • 1999
  • George Armstrong, Todd Carty, Rudi Davies, Mark Eadie, Robert Craig-Morgan, Terry Sue-Patt, and Michelle Herbert in Grange Hill (1978)
    Grange Hill
    • Mr. Chapman
    • TV Series
    • 1999
  • John Cleese, Bob Hoskins, Ben Kingsley, Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Felicity Kendal, Joanna Lumley, and Chris Rea in Parting Shots (1998)
    Parting Shots
    • Policeman One
    • 1998
  • Emmerdale Farm (1972)
    Emmerdale Farm
    • Doctor
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • Chris Barrie in The Brittas Empire (1991)
    The Brittas Empire
    • Derek
    • TV Series
    • 1994

Writer

  • Martin Herdman in Sink (2018)
    Sink
    • writer
    • 2018
  • A Quiet Drink
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2006
  • Prick
    • screenplay
    • Short
    • 2005

Director

  • Martin Herdman in Sink (2018)
    Sink
    • Director
    • 2018
  • A Quiet Drink
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2006

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