Mark Little (Australian actor)

Mark Little
Mark Little as Roy in the play Cosi (2008)
Born	20 October 1959 (1959-10-20) (age 52) Brisbane, Queensland
Spouse	Cath Farr
Website
www.markedmundlittle.co.uk

Mark Little (born 20 October 1959), is an Australian actor, television presenter and comedian, born in Brisbane, Queensland.

Career

Little appeared in a string of Australian films and TV series during the 1980s. He also performed his own comedy/performance in Melbourne's burgeoning comedy clubs throughout the eighties. His longest-running television role was as Joe Mangel in the soap opera Neighbours. He played the role for three years until 1991. The role gave his profile a big boost in the United Kingdom where Neighbours was being watched by ten million people every day at the time. He consequently has spent much of his career in the UK, living for much of the time near the seafront in Brighton. He has taken many self devised shows to the Edinburgh Fringe and toured them nationally throughout the UK. In 1994 he replaced Chris Evans as the presenter of The Big Breakfast. He has also narrated cult TV series The Villa on Sky TV.

Recently he has worked on films such as Blackball and in the West End with a hit one man show Defending the Caveman, which also won the Laurence Olivier Award in 2000. He returned to Neighbours as Joe for a brief period in 2005.

Recent work

Little appeared as Roy in a production of Louis Nowra's play Cosi at The White Bear Theatre Club in Kennington, London, opening 29 July 2008.

Since 2009 Little has appeared regularly on the sensational discussion show, The Wright Stuff.

Little hosted the "Art and Soul" concert at The Hove Centre (Hove Town Hall) on Saturday 22 November 2008 in aid of returning the lifetime's work of the late artist Graham Clark from Tenerife were he lived.^[1]

Following his performance in the Hammond Productions pantomime Aladdin at Worthing's Pavilion Theatre in 2007, he returned in 2008 – this time as Chuckles in Snow White.

As well as extended runs of Defending the Caveman at London's Leicester Square Theatre, he has extensively toured the play around the UK.^[2]

In June 2010 Mark made his directorial debut starring in, designing and directing Jack Hibberd's A Stretch of the Imagination at The Cock Tavern Theatre in Kilburn to critical acclaim. In the same year he appeared on Celebrity Masterchef, where he impressed in the first round but narrowly missed out on progressing.

Current work

Little has been extensively touring Britain and Ireland with Defending the Caveman. He is also planning a long awaited return to the comedy stage having formulated a new show that he will preview in Britain in 2011.

Family

Little is married to Cath Farr. They have two children, Angus Little who performs in the percussion show Stomp and Jasper, a musician and film maker.

Awards

• 1985 Australian Television Society Award, Best Actor for 'The Flying Doctors'
• 1997 Paramount Comedy Award, Edinburgh Fringe for 'Psychobubble'
• 2000 Olivier Award for Best Entertainment, 'Defending the Caveman'

AFI Nominations for Best Supporting Actor: 1985 "An Indecent Obsession" (Ben Maynard) and 1987 "Short Changed" (Curly)

Australian Television Society Nomination for Best Actor 1990 "Neighbours" (Joe Mangel)

Filmography

• Skyways (1980) TV Series
• Cop Shop (1981) TV Series
• The Sullivans (1981) TV Series
• Tennis Elbow (1982), Sidney Tower
• The Clinic (1982), Basil
• Starstruck (1982), Carl
• Waterfront (1984) (mini) TV Series, Allan
• Wills & Burke (1985), John King
• An Indecent Obsession (1985), Benedict Maynard
• The Dunera Boys (1985) (TV), Pete Dunstan
• The Flying Doctors (1985) (mini) TV Series, 'Roughneck' Ron
• The Flying Doctors (1986) TV Series, Ron Miller (1986)
• Short Changed (1986), Curly
• The Gillies Republic (1986) TV Series,
• A Matter of Convenience (1987) (TV), Roger Purvis
• Evil Angels (1988), Constable Morris
• Bachelor Girl (1988), Waiter
• Neighbours (1985) TV Series .... Joe Mangel (1988–1991, 2005)
• Nirvana Street Murder (1990) .... Boady
• Golden Braid (1990) .... Punk
• Greenkeeping (1992) .... Lenny
• The Villa (1999) TV Series .... Narrator (1999–2000)
• Distant Shadow (1999) .... The Landlord
• The Rat Trap (1999)
• Motion (2001) .... Foreman
• Summer Rain (2001) .... Travel Agency Manager
• Blackball (2003) .... Mark Doohan
• Casualty (2008).... Gary Forrester
• Emmerdale (2008) ....Jonty DeLorean
• Whites (2010) .... Darryl Sommers

References

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2. ^ "Defending The Caveman, starring Mark Little – National Tour 2010". Defendingthecaveman.co.uk. http://defendingthecaveman.co.uk/. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 

External links

(http://www.markedmundlittle.co.uk Link label)

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Name	Little, Mark
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Date of birth	20 October 1959
Place of birth	Queensland
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