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Mark Heap

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68 Years Old

Mark Heap (born 13 May 1957) is a British actor and comedian. Television credits include Ghost Train (1991), Smith & Jones (1997–1998), Brass Eye (1997–2001), Kiss Me Kate (1998), The Zig and Zag Show (1998), How Do You Want Me? (1998–1999), Stressed Eric (1998–2000), Green Wing (2004–2007), Spaced (1999–2001), The Strangerers (2000), Jam (2000), Doc Martin (2000), Happiness (2001–2003), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011), Desperate Romantics (2009), Friday Night Dinner (2011–2020), Upstart Crow (2016–2018), and Benidorm (2017–2018). Film credits include About a Boy (2002), Stardust (2007), The World's End (2013), Time Travel is Dangerous (2024). Heap was born in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India, to an English father and American mother, the youngest of four boys. When the family moved to the United Kingdom, they lived in Wales. He stayed there until he moved to northern England, where he lives now. He began acting in the 1970s as a member of the Medieval Players, a touring company performing medieval and early modern theatre, and featuring stilt-walking, juggling and puppetry. His brother Carl Heap, who is also an actor, was the artistic director of the company. After its demise, he became part of the street theatre duo The Two Marks (with Mark Saban). Heap starred in the BBC sketch show Big Train, where he performed a barefoot gymnastics routine and other sketches between 1998 and 2002, alongside other burgeoning comedy stars Simon Pegg, Julia Davis, Kevin Eldon, Catherine Tate, Amelia Bullmore, Rebecca Front, Nick Frost and Tracy-Ann Oberman. He appeared as struggling artist Brian Topp in Spaced (1999–2001), and the pompous Dr. Alan Statham in Green Wing (2004–07). Heap worked with Chris Morris, in Blue Jam, radio predecessor to Jam, and the documentary parody series Brass Eye. He voiced the lead character of Eric Feeble in the animated comedy Stressed Eric. Other recurring roles included: Terry Roche in Paul Whitehouse's comedy-drama Happiness and Derek Few in How Do You Want Me?. He played Harry in the short-lived Rob Grant TV series The Strangerers, in 2000. He also guested in the second series of the BBC comedy Look Around You as Leonard Hatred. He appeared as an unsuccessful businessman who became a bellboy, in the 2007 BBC One drama Hotel Babylon. Between 2008 and 2010, he appeared as head postman Thomas Brown, in 32 episodes of the BBC period drama Lark Rise to Candleford. He was the super villain Lightkiller, in an episode of the sitcom No Heroics. He also appeared as the father of Chris Miles in the Channel 4 programme Skins. Heap played the love interest of the main character in the second series of the BBC comedy Love Soup. He played the role of Charles Dickens in the 2009 BBC Two drama Desperate Romantics. He also played Jessica Hynes' husband in the one-off comedy written by Hynes and Julia Davis: Lizzie & Sarah.

Born

Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India on 13th May 1957

All Credits

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Midsomer Murders
Simon Fergus-Johnson
Death in Paradise Image
Death in Paradise
Alec Burton
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Skins
Graham
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Friday Night Dinner
Jim
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Endeavour
Felix Lorimer
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Misfits
Jonas
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Agatha Christie's Marple
Mr. Humpries
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The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
Lord Mountford
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Sister Boniface Mysteries
Kirk Fabricant
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Heading Out
Brian
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Upstart Crow
Sir Robert Greene
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Lark Rise to Candleford
Thomas Brown
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Digby Dragon
Mungo (voice)
Incredible Ant Image
Incredible Ant
Flibbington (voice)
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The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
John Turpin
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Man with Dog
The Team Image
The Team
Albert Greaves
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Desperate Romantics
Charles Dickens
How Do You Want Me? Image
How Do You Want Me?
Benidorm Image
Benidorm
Malcolm
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People Like Us
Graham Atkinson
Big Train Image
Big Train
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Dalziel & Pascoe
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Spy
Phillip
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The Trouble with Maggie Cole
Peter Cole
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Intelligence
Barnaby Bailer
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Brass Eye
Simon Hottrin / Dr. Zeus Spofforth / Various Characters
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The School for Good and Evil
Professor Manley
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Happiness
Terry Roche
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The Crust
Cowboy Keith
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Undercover
DCI Langdon
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The Indian Doctor
Rev. Herbert Todd
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Kiss Me Kate
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Piglets
Superintendent Bob Weekes
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Queens of Mystery
Kurt Lee
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Look Around You
Leonard Hatred
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Spaced
Brian Topp
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Stardust
Tertius
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Significant Other
Ray
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A Moody Christmas
Heathrow Passenger
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Spine Chillers
Balfus
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Can You Keep a Secret?
William
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The World's End
Publican 7
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Hotel Babylon
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About a Boy
Math Teacher
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The House
Mr. Thomas (voice)
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Jam
Various
Green Wing Image
Green Wing
Alan Statham
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Single Father
Robin
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Scoop
M.C.
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The Strangerers
Harry
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Confetti
Registrar
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Live at the Moth Club
George
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Stressed Eric
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
DS Maskell (uncredited)
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No Heroics
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Your Christmas or Mine?
Johnson
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Time Travel Is Dangerous!
The Regency Dandy
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Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Mitch
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The Calcium Kid
Sebastian Gore-Brown
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The Great Outdoors
Bob
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The Magic Faraway Tree
Mr. Oom Boom Boom
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Doc Martin
Mitch
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Murder on the Blackpool Express
Graham
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
(archive footage) (uncredited)
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Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Duncan
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All Stars
Simon Tarrington
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The World of Lee Evans
Platform Guard
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Alpha Male
Darwin
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Animal
Hugh Getner
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Spaced: Skip to the End
Self
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We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
Clive Dunn
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Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Himself
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Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
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The Midnight Gang
Sir Quentin Strillers
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Hospital!
Dr. Ralph Crosby
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Killer Weekend
Gerald
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Holy Flying Circus
Andrew Thorogood
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The Comedian's Guide to Survival
Pick up Driver
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Maigret's Dead Man
默尔斯医生
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Lizzie and Sarah
Michael
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The Lost Films of Bloody Nora
Dad
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The Sick Party
Norris
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Ant Muzak
In-Store Tannoy Voice
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Martin Luther, Heretic
Medieval Player
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Blake's Junction 7
Avon
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Out of time
Charlie
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The Last Post
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Maigret in Montmartre
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Is This a Joke?
Doctor
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Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth
Scrutty Baker
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The Children's Royal Variety Performance
The 2 Marks