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Mark Strong. Actor: 1917. British actor Mark Strong, who played Jim Prideaux in the 2011 remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), is often cast as cold, calculating villains. But before he became a famous actor, he intended to pursue a career in law.
- Actor, Producer
- August 5, 1963
Actor: 1917. British actor Mark Strong, who played Jim Prideaux in the 2011 remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), is often cast as cold, calculating villains. But before he became a famous actor, he intended to pursue a career in law.
- January 1, 1
- 1.88 m
- Islington, London, England, UK
Mark Strong is an English actor known for his role in the film 'Stardust.'. Check out this biography to know about his birthday, childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him.
Mark Strong (born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia; 5 August 1963) is a British actor. He is best known for his film roles such as Prince Septimus in Stardust (2007), Archibald in RocknRolla (2008), Lord Henry Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes (2009), Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010), Jim Prideaux in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Sinestro in Green ...
- Temple (2020)—“Daniel”
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014); Kingsman: The Golden Circle(2017)—“Merlin”
- 1917(2019)—“Captain Smith”
- Fever Pitch (1997)—“Steve”
- Shazam!(2019)—“Dr. Sivana” Sherlock Holmes(2009)—“Lord Henry Blackwood”
- Kick-Ass(2010)—“Frank D’Amico”
- The Brothers Grimsby(2016)—“Sebastian Graves”
- EastEnders (1989)—“Telephone Engineer”
- Emma (1996)—“Mr. Knightley”
- Sunshine (2007)—“Pinbacker”
The A.V. Club: Temple is an adaptation of a Norwegian show called Valkyrien, and your wife is one of the producers. Is that how you came to the role? Mark Strong: Yeah, my wife is a very successful producer in her own right. She’s worked at the BBC and Channel Four here in the U.K. She ran Ridley Scott’s company for a time and made movies with him,...
AVC: You have worked with Matthew Vaughn a number of times, including on the Kingsmanmovies. How did that relationship develop, and why do you think you both keep going back to the well? MS: I’m really proud of the fact that I tend to work with directors often more than once. I’ve worked with Matthew four times. I think I’ve worked with Guy Ritchie...
AVC: Speaking of process, you were in 1917last year, which was famously shot in long, sweeping takes. What was that like? MS:Phenomenal experience. Very unusual. Sam [Mendes] is another one of those directors. I did a couple of plays with Sam when he was running a theatre called Donmar Warehouse in London back in the early 2000s. We did Uncle Vanya...
AVC: Speaking of working with people multiple times, you’ve been in several movies with Colin Firth, the first being Fever Pitch. There was a U.S. adaptation of that Nick Hornby novel starring Jimmy Fallon, but the U.K. version hews closer to the original work, and has such a cult following. MS: First of all, I am an Arsenal supporter, so [the team...
AVC: You have played a number of antagonists, including in Shazam!, Green Lantern, and Sherlock Holmes. Why do you think people like you as an antagonist and what’s been the most fun one to do? MS: There is a kind of very honorable roll call, isn’t there, of British actors going over to the States and playing the bad guy, whether it’s Jeremy Irons ...
AVC: If you’re on a run like that, do you have to make a conscious decision and say, “that’s enough spies for now”? MS: Yeah, you can choose to do that… Oh, this will answer your earlier question, which I didn’t, about which baddie I really loved playing: I really loved playing the incomparable Frank D’amico in Kick-Ass. That was such a wild film, ...
AVC: You’ve even subverted the spy genre with The Brothers Grimsby, where you play a CIA agent. That’s not quite as serious as the other films, though; what was it like to work with Sacha Baron Cohen? MS:It was insane, as you can probably imagine. He’s like a ballistic missile for comedy. He’s always looking for the gag or the thing that will make ...
AVC: Your first TV appearances was on EastEnders. If you went back and watched that, what notes would give yourself? It was a while ago. MS: I think it was the first thing I ever did on camera, to be honest. Somebody just rediscovered it recently. It wasn’t out there and I’d completely forgotten about it. I think what I had back then was a fantasti...
AVC: You’ve also done a number of roles—mainly in literary adaptations—that have been put to film a number of times. You were in Oliver Twist, for instance. You were in a TV version of Emma. the same year the Gwyneth Paltrow movie came out. A number of people have played Mr. Knightley. How do you take a role like that and make it your own? MS: You ...
AVC: You have been in two different movies called Sunshine. What do you remember about making the Danny Boyle one? MS: Oh, my God, I remember being in the makeup chair for over eight hours. Getting picked up at 3:00 in the morning, traveling across London, getting in a makeup chair at around 4:00 and then being meticulously painted because I had to...
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Sep 13, 2019 · Interview. Mark Strong: ‘Listen to any person who has been famous – they hate it’. The brilliant character actor talks to Fiona Sturges about adapting the Norwegian series ‘Valkyrien’ for Sky...
Born in London, Mark Strong first pursued a law degree in Germany before returning home to study English and Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London. He then attended the Bristol Old Vic, which led to an eight-year apprenticeship on the English stage.
