Mark started developing his love for acting and film during High School. He was an anchor on his school's morning show and was also very involved in the Speech and Debate team. His sophomore year he placed third in the Declamation category, where students give 10-minute one character Speeches. The next year, he had huge success with a partner doing, "The Kissing Scene" and placed second in the state of Florida qualifying for the National Competition. Finally, during his senior year, Mark took on the very challenging Humorous Interpretation category in which he did a 10-minute piece from Denis Leary's, "No Cure For Cancer." Mark did a total of 27 different and distinguishable characters and for his efforts finished second in the state of Florida qualifying for the National Competition again.Success, however, is something Mark has become accustomed to. He was the captain for his team for every sport he played growing up and he also graduated 10th in his class with a 5.4 GPA. Add that with the fact that he was Vice-President for the National Honor Society, President and Founder of the Classic Movie Club at his school, and had close to 1,000 community service hours by the time he graduated and you have a quite a wrap sheet. He was also an Athletic Scholar for his school as well as a Tribune Scholar for his city and a finalist for the national Toyota Community Scholarship, the first ever for his school.Now attending the University of Florida and planning on transferring to the University of Southern California's Film School, Mark is keeping himself occupied with a variety of tasks. Last year he shot a short film based on the highly popular video game, Grand Theft Auto, and this year he is planning on shooting three music videos, two more short films, and two spec commercials. All of this while trying to maintain his 3.9 GPA. Show less «