Mark-Paul Gosselaar Bio - Mark-Paul Gosselaar Biography

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: Biography

Mark-Paul Gosselaar has starred in many hit TV shows such as NYPD Blue and Commander in Chief. Mark-Paul has been cast as the star of the new TNT series, Raising the Bar, a legal drama from the production company of Steven Bochco.

Mark-Paul also starred opposite Sharon Lawrence in Atomic Twister on TBS. He was in NBC's The Princess and the Marine portraying U.S. Marine Jason Johnson, based on a real-life tale of forbidden love. Gosselaar played Dennis Sweeny in the WB's coming-of-age series, Hyperion Bay and starred in producer Dick Wolf's NBC drama, D.C..

Mark-Paul is probably best known for his role on the popular NBC Saturday morning comedy, Saved by the Bell, in which he played the charming Zack Morris. Mark-Paul's sporting interests include hockey, motorcycle racing and motorcross racing. He is also an avid pilot.

Mark-Paul competed in the Long Beach Toyota Grand Prix in 2004. (edit)
Mark-Paul has acted in many commercial including ones for Donkey Kong cereal and Oreos. (edit)
Mark's first job was doing a print ad for Century Plaza. (edit)
Mark-Paul was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1992 and 1993 for Best Actor in an Off-Primetime Series. (edit)
Mark-Paul married Lisa Ann Russell, at Maui Cove, on Maui, Hawaii, on 26th August 1996.(edit)
Mark-Paul dislikes being called Zack. The name Zack comes from his character on Saved by the Bell.(edit)
Mark-Paul has said that the role he would have most like to have played is Steve McQueen in Bullitt.(edit)
Mark-Paul's parents are now divorced.(edit)
Mark has one brother, Mike, and two sisters, Linda and Sylvia. He also has four nephews, Christopher, Todd, Caleb and Drew, and one niece, Britney-Paula. (edit)
Mark-Paul still keeps in touch with his Saved by the Bell co-star Mario L�pez.(edit)
Mark colored his hair blonde for his part in Saved by the Bell.(edit)
Mark-Paul was born in Panorama City, California. Hans, his father is Dutch and his mother, Paula, is Indonesian.(edit)
Mark-Paul spent his teenage years in the Santa Clarita Valley in Southern California, where he attended Hart High School.(edit)
Mark-Paul started modeling at the early age of five. (edit)
Mark-Paul parents and his three siblings were all born in the Netherlands. (edit)
In 2005, Mark-Paul competed in the Far West Championships for track cycling. He won the Category 4/5 Sprint Championship event at the Encino Velodrome.(edit)
Mark-Paul is a sports car enthusiast, race car driver, track cyclist and pilot.(edit)
Mark-Paul briefly dated Tiffani Thiessen, Lark Voorhies, and Elizabeth Berkley, his Saved by the Bell co-stars.(edit)
Mark-Paul's wife, Lisa, gave birth to their second child on Sunday, May 7, 2006. The child's name is Ava Lorenn.(edit)
Mark-Paul is good friends with ex-co-star from Saved by the Bell Tiffani Amber Thiessen.(edit)
Mark-Paul lists Running Zack, the episode where Zack explores and learns about his Native American heritage and forms a close bond with a local Indian, as his favorite episode of Saved By The Bell.(edit)
Mark-Paul fell victim to an eating disorder during his later years on Saved By the Bell: The College Years. He gained a lot of weight because he couldn't stop eating. His disorder is now under control.(edit)
Mark-Paul has a horse named Verano and a miniature pinscher named Fleur. (edit)
Mark-Paul and his wife Lisa have one child: Michael Charles, who weighed 5lbs, 1oz when he was born.(edit)
Mark-Paul is of Dutch background, and he speaks fluent Dutch.(edit)
Mark-Paul first met his wife Lisa on the set of Saved by the Bell.(edit)
Mark-Paul used to date his Saved by the Bell co-star, actress Tiffani Amber Thiessen. She played Kelly Kapowski on the show, and was Mark Paul's character Zack Morris' love interest for a number of years.(edit)
Besides acting, Mark-Paul has done lots of modelling.(edit)
Mark-Paul started acting at age 13, when he landed his role on Good Morning Miss Bliss playing the loveable trouble-maker Zack Morris.(edit)
Mark-Paul's father calls him by the nickname "Koo Coo," and he has also been dubbed "Humpy" and "MP". (edit)
Mark-Paul has two dogs: Tala and Fleur. He also has a horse.(edit)
Mark-Paul's hobbies include weight lifting, football, skiing, surfing, dirt-bike racing, tai kwon do, and car racing.(edit)
Mark-Paul's favorite movie is The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter.(edit)
Mark-Paul's favorite actors are Alan Arkin, Jack Nicholson, and Robert DeNiro.(edit)
Before he became an actor, Mark-Paul's first ambition was to be an architect.(edit)
Mark-Paul's first child, Michael Charles, was born January 31, 2004 in Los Angeles, to his wife Lisa.(edit)
Mark-Paul was the only of member in his family to be born in the United States.(edit)
Mark-Paul used to be an avid sky-diver until two of his friends died in separate sky-diving accidents.(edit)
Mark-Paul jumped at the chance to join the cast of Commander in Chief. He didn't read the script, but knew he'd love the experience since Bocho produces it.(edit)
Mark-Paul is six feet tall.(edit)

Mark-Paul: I die pretty much every year. I find it amusing. It is fun to hear people come up to me and say 'God, I thought you were dead.' Who knows how these things get started. Some people say it might be good for your career to die and then come back again. I have died many ways, car crashes, motorcycle crashes, etc. But, I am still alive.(edit)
Mark-Paul: I'm always worried about my money for some reason. I always have this feeling that I'm losing everything, so I'm a real saver. I get that from my sister, I think. But I do like treating myself and people that I'm close to sometimes.(edit)
Mark-Paul: College...in a sense, I wish I could have gone. Because I would have liked to experience some of the things that the characters I've played experienced and seen for myself up close if it really happens. (edit)
Mark-Paul: (On his Saved by the Bell experience) We had a great time; it was six years. It was at a really fun part of your life. And I was a lucky kid, I'll tell you that much.(edit)
Mark-Paul: The people who recognize me fall into two categories. If they remember when $5 would pretty much fill a gas tank, they�re fans of NYPD Blue. If, however, they consider $5 fair payment for a gallon of gas and a latte, they know me from Saved By the Bell.(edit)