About Mark McCarthy
Experience
Mark is a professional actor, (SAG-AFTRA, AEA) director, dialect coach, stage combat choreographer, published playwright, teacher and administrator. As an actor, he specialized in the great Shakespearean clowns at regional theaters nationwide. He’s played Dogberry, Grumio, Tranio, and Touchstone among others. He's played hapless peoples in several cheesy TV movies and independent films. His voice-over work includes audiobooks (one of which boasts over 100 characters), and campaigns for Burger King, Verizon, Peerless Faucets, Culligan Water, and McDonalds.
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Skills
Mark's screenplay, The Girl Who Shot Digger Dean, was a semifinalist in Creative Screenwriting Magazine's 2023 Unique Voices Competition. Mackenzie Phelps, his comic noir podcast with a modern feminist twist, advanced to the second round of the Austin Film Festival. He is currently the Coordinator of the Academic Support Services Center at Hudson County Community College. where he tutors students in writing and English. He also coaches dialects, choreographs stage combat, narrates audiobooks and does commercial voice-over.
Training
Mark has an MFA in Acting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, a BFA in Theater from The University of Toledo, and certified as a stage-combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors.
Critical Reviews
Sample Acting Reviews
"Mark McCarthy displays comic brilliance as Fighting Bob Acres in The Rivals..."
‑‑The Portland Oregonian
"...the best performances of the evening may be be provided by Mark McCarthy" --Kansas City Star
"...there's splendid character work from the likes of Mark McCarthy." —Chicago Tribune
"The character of Dogberry...is one of the great comic roles in Shakespeare. In Mark McCarthy, it has met its match. He is a delight to watch." --The Elkhart Truth
