Mark Heap facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mark Heap
Heap in The World's End in 2013
Born	(1957-05-13) 13 May 1957 (age 68) Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor comedian
Years active	1983–present

Mark Heap is a British actor and comedian. He was born on May 13, 1957. He is well-known for his roles in many popular TV shows and movies. Some of his famous TV appearances include Green Wing, Spaced, and Friday Night Dinner. He has also acted in films like About a Boy and The World's End.

Mark Heap's Early Life and Beginnings

Mark Heap was born in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India. His father was English, and his mother was American. He was the youngest of four boys in his family. When his family moved to the United Kingdom, they lived in Wales for a while. Later, he moved to northern England, where he lives today.

Mark started acting in the 1970s. He joined a group called the Medieval Players. This group traveled around performing old plays. They also did fun things like stilt-walking, juggling, and puppetry. His brother, Carl Heap, was also an actor and led this group. After the Medieval Players, Mark became part of a street theatre duo called The Two Marks.

Mark Heap's Acting Career

Mark Heap has had a long and successful career in both television and film. He is known for playing many different kinds of characters.

Television Roles

Mark Heap has been in many British TV shows. He was a star in the BBC sketch comedy show Big Train. In this show, he performed funny routines and sketches. He worked alongside other famous comedians like Simon Pegg and Catherine Tate.

He played Brian Topp, a struggling artist, in the show Spaced from 1999 to 2001. He also played the funny and sometimes silly Dr. Alan Statham in Green Wing from 2004 to 2007.

Mark worked with Chris Morris on radio and TV shows like Jam and Brass Eye. He was the voice of Eric Feeble in the animated comedy Stressed Eric. He also had regular roles in Happiness and How Do You Want Me?.

From 2008 to 2011, he played Thomas Brown, the head postman, in the BBC drama Lark Rise to Candleford. He also appeared as the super villain Lightkiller in No Heroics. Mark played Charles Dickens in the 2009 BBC drama Desperate Romantics.

From 2011 to 2020, Mark Heap played the funny neighbor Jim Bell in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. He acted alongside Simon Bird and Tamsin Greig. He also appeared in Misfits and The Indian Doctor. In 2012, he joined the cast of Spy.

He played Robert Greene in Upstart Crow from 2016 to 2018. This was a BBC Two sitcom about Shakespeare. From 2017 to 2018, Mark was in the sitcom Benidorm. He played Malcolm Barrett, a character who was a bit controlling. In 2020, he appeared in Intelligence and The Trouble with Maggie Cole.

Film Appearances

Mark Heap has also been in several movies. In 1983, he had a small part as a torch-juggler in the James Bond film Octopussy. He played Duncan in Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis in 1997.

In 2002, he played a maths teacher in the film About a Boy. He also had a small role in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 2005. He played supporting roles in Confetti (2006) and Stardust (2007). In 2013, he was a publican in The World's End. His film Time Travel is Dangerous was released in 2024.

Other Acting Work

Mark Heap has also done acting for radio and video games. In 2008, he played Widmerpool in a Radio 4 series called A Dance to the Music of Time. He was also the angel Aziraphale in the 2014 BBC radio version of Good Omens. In 2004, he lent his voice to the video game Wings of War. He also voiced Brian in Fable III in 2010.

Mark Heap's Filmography

Here is a list of some of the films and TV shows Mark Heap has been in.

Films

Television Shows

See also

In Spanish: Mark Heap para niños