Mark Pearce

Mark Pearce is an English actor, born in Coventry in 1976.

At the age of 12 Mark made his professional stage debut in ‘Cinderella’ at Belgrade Theatre Coventry, directed by Iain Lauchlan.

He went onto to study English and Drama at University College of St. Martin’s Lancaster before heading to London to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Notable credits include his portrayal of ‘Fletcher’ originally played by Ronnie Barker, in the stage adaptation of the BBC sitcom Porridge (TV series) at The Lowry Manchester. Written by the original writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

Mark created the role of Uncle Mamaji in the world premiere of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi in 2007.

In 2009 he performed in a UK tour of Allo Allo starring original cast member Vicki Michelle and Hi-de-Hi! Jeffrey Holland.

A regular on the panto circuit he has starred opposite Coronation Street's Sherrie Hewson, Lucy-Jo Hudson and Sue Jenkins (the Mother of his ’Ghost’ co-star Richard Fleeshman)

Recent West-End appearances include Jake Blues in ‘The Music Of The Blues Brothers - A Tribute’ at The Arts Theatre and Champagne Charlie at Wilton's Music Hall.

He will be originating the role of ‘Hospital Ghost’ in the 2011 production of ‘Ghost The Musical’ starring Richard Fleeshman, Caissie Levy, Andrew Langtree and Sharon D. Clarke. Directed by Tony Award winning Matthew Warchus, lyrics by Bruce Joel Rubin and music by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard.

References

http://www.ghostthemusical.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fleeshman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_of_Pi http://www.thepublicreviews.com/porridge-lowry-theatre- http://www.uk.castingcallpro.com/view.php?uid=100141 http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/lifepi-rev.htm http://www.thelowry.com/news/2010/01/05/snow-doesnt-stop-the-show-at-the-lowry

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Name	Pearce, Mark
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Short description	Actor
Date of birth	1976
Place of birth	Coventry, England
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