Is well-known in Britain for his 'Brand New Customers Only' line on the
adverts for Nationwide Building Society.
It was announced in the Daily Express newspaper dated 18th March 2007 that he and Robson Green were keen to play Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a proposed film based on a script called 'Anything For Laughs'. Robson was quoted as saying 'Mark and I are a similar size to Laurel and Hardy and we're also great fans.
Educated at Sarah Metcalf School, Eston, Middlesbrough and Stockton Billingham Technical College.
Raised in the Grangetown area of Middlesbrough.
Father Tommy was a long distance lorry driver.
Like fellow Geordie Robson Green he's a big fan of Laurel and Hardy and because of their similar size to L & H they would love the opportunity to play them.
Appeared in amateur productions with Middlesbrough Youth Theatre.
He had the male lead, albeit a small one , in the film Career Girls, which had a small amount of filming done in Guisborough ,Hartlepool and Middlesborough.