Most Recent Role: Himself on History Alive
Alias Name(s): Mark Baker, Mark Linn Baker
Gender: Male
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri (USA)
Birthday: 6-17-1954
Birth Name: Mark Linn Baker
Alias Name(s): Mark Baker, Mark Linn Baker
Gender: Male
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri (USA)
Birthday: 6-17-1954
Birth Name: Mark Linn Baker
Mark was born the son of a frustrated actor who had taken on a career in advertising to pay the bills. All his life, mark was encouraged to participate in community theatre.
He entered Yale and declared himself a math major. Eventually, he switched majors to psychology. Finally, he earned a MFA in drama.
Mark has had many varied acting roles on the stage, in film, and on TV. He is...
Most Recent Appearance
History of the Joke
Monday 18 February 2008 on History
Join comedian Lewis Black in his provocative quest for the secret ingredients of a great joke and he looks to the future of joke-telling, with jokes and interviews from over 50 standup comedians working today.
Mark is a partner in West Bank Cafe which is located in Manhattan.
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Mark's first film role after a decade of working on television was "Noises Off".
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Mark has read on many audio books including "Marc Brown's Arthur Chapter Books".
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In 2000, Mark received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance in "Chesapeake".
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In 1998, Mark won the Drama League Award for Outstanding Artist for the play, "A Flea in Her Ear".
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Mark Linn Baker: (Talking about the play, "Frog and Toad") I am surprised when anything moves. Whenever you work on a show, all you can do is the best work you know how to do. You hope that it will be received well and you hope, if it is received well, it will have a further life. The best place you can wind up doing a theater piece is in a Broadway house, so I am thrilled that we made it. The hope is always that is where you go down the line and it just rarely actually happens.
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Other Appearances
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Perfect Strangers
Larry Appleton |
Twins |
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Ally McBeal
Making Spirits Bright Sheldon Maxwell |
American Playhouse
The Ghost Writer Nathan Zuckerman |
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Family Matters
A Pain in Harassment Mr. Breenner |
Full House
Trouble in Twin Town Dick Donaldson |
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Ghostwriter
Ghost Story Part 1 Police Officer |
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
My Achy Breaky Back Larry Weeks |
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