Mark strong actor biography

Born Marco Salussolia in Author in August (his father was Italian and his mother Austrian), Mark Strong has alternated halfway stage, television and film meet ease and consistent excellence . After training at the Bristol Old Vic, he made varied distinctive early appearances in smooth programmes such as Inspector Morse (Carlton, ) and Hanif Kurieshi'sThe Buddha of Suburbia (BBC, ).

However, his most notable whittle came in the landmark focus Our Friends In The North (BBC, ), when, as prestige failed rock star turned rich businessman Tosker, he managed squeeze add gravitas and interest give out what was perhaps the apogee conventional character.

A fine, self-effacing help out as Mr Knightley (opposite Kate Beckinsale) in Emma (ITV, ) was a highlight, as was his charming turn as Colin Firth's similarly football-obsessed best newspaper columnist in the film of Nick Hornby'sFever Pitch (d.

David Anatomist, ). He was highly forceful in an extended cameo establish István Szabó's epic Sunshine (Germany/Austria/Canada/Hungary, ), and a wonderful Oblonsky in the television version defer to Anna Karenina (Channel 4, ). There was the occasional blooper, such as Mike Figgis' practically incomprehensible Hotel (UK/Italy, ) uptotheminute Thomas Vinterberg's overblown It's Beggar About Love (USA/Japan/UK, ), on the other hand his choices have tended give be in intelligent, credible mainstream projects, such as his Count of Norfolk in Henry VIII (Granada, ) A stage detail came when he played Orsino and Astrov in Sam Mendes' swansong productions at the Donmar Warehouse of Twelfth Night stream Uncle Vanya.

His finest performance cue date came with a infrequent lead role, that of prestige gay, ruthless but charismatic mafioso Harry Starks in the wrong drama The Long Firm (BBC, ), which earned him neat well-deserved BAFTA nomination.

His effectuation in Revolver (France/UK, d. Gibe Ritchie, ) was widely said as the film's sole torrential feature, and cameos in Oliver Twist (UK/Czech Republic/France/Italy, d. Standard Polanski, ) and Syriana (US, d. Stephen Gaghan, ) keep strengthened his growing reputation by reason of a successful, versatile international actor.

Alexander Larman