Mark Wakeling

Mark Wakeling
Born	October 11, 1971 (1971-10-11) (age 39)
Occupation	actor

Mark Wakeling (born 11 October 1971) is a British actor and founder of The Actors Temple in London.

Biography

After serving as an officer in the Coldstream Guards Wakeling trained as an actor and became a professional actor in 1998. ^[1] He founded The Actors' Temple in 2003 and has since trained under Tom Radcliffe. As well as being a working actor, Wakeling founded The Actors' Temple with Ellie Zeegen and teaches Meisner there.^[2] He has worked with Ken Loach on The Wind That Shakes The Barley and played the part of Captain Tom Ryan in Series 1 of ITV’s Primeval which premiered in 2007. However, Mark's character died at the end of the first series, so didn't return when the second series aired in 2008.

Douglas Henshall, who starred in Primeval, said in an interview with SFX magazine, "(Ryan) was a great character. Also Mark Wakeling was perfect for that kind of role."^[3]

The Actors' Temple

Mark Wakeling is the co-founder and co-director of The Actors' Temple studio which offers a full training for professional actors enabling them to practice their craft on a daily basis.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
2000	In Defence	PC Crispin Mills
	Shiner	TV Cameraman
2001	Never Say Never Mind: The Swedish Bikini Team	Richard
	Sword of Honour	Halberdier sergeant
	Band of Brothers: Day of Days	Pilot - Plane 66
2002	Woman X
	Doctors: Borrowed Time	Nathan
	Prick	Rob
2003	Two Minutes After Midnight	the angel
2004	Footballer's Wives: Series 3 - Episode 3	Doctor Wilson
2005	L.V.J.	Police Sniper
	The STDers	Richard Creek
	Love Soup: Series 1 - Episodes 1 and 2	Greg
	Peep Show: Series 3 - Episode 1	Stu
2006	Cut Sleeve Boys	Antoine
	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Captain Harris
	La Petite Mort
2007	Primeval: Series 1 - Episodes 1-6	Captain Tom Ryan
2008	Doctors: Up Close and Personal	Hadley Stephens
	Quantum of Solace	MI6 agent
2009	Eastenders: Airdate 28 July 2009	Luke

References

1. ^ http://www.memorabletv.com/interviews/markwakelingonprimeval.htm
2. ^ http://www.actorstemple.com/
3. ^ SFX magazine April 2009

Mark Wakeling Fellowship (unofficial yahoo group) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/markwakelingfellowship

External links

• Mark Wakeling at the Internet Movie Database
• The Actors' Temple. Visited July 21, 2011.

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