About Mark

Mark Sinacori was born in Lawrence, Ma on August 16, 1982. He attended the John R. Rollins School and Holy Trinity School (class of 1996) for Elementary and Middle School, Central Catholic High School (class of 2000), and is a graduate of Merrimack College (class of 2005) with a BA in English and a graduate of UCLA'S Professional Screenwriting Certificate Program (class of 2006) with a certificate in Screenwriting. He is a writer, producer, actor, and voice actor.

Growing up in Lawrence, Mark's dream when he was a toddler was to be a garbage man when he grew up, emptying garbage barrels and throwing them all over the place at curbs. As an only child, Mark was brought up Catholic, was very inclusional and accepting of others, and loved entertainment and the arts, especially TV and Film. Throughout high school at Central Catholic and also at Merrimack College, both schools which had nothing to offer students a background in television or film, Mark took many creative writing and art classes to enhance his background in both writing and acting and worked at McDonald's as a shift manager where he hosted many kids birthday parties. Growing up, Mark was always a heavy kid and teenager, always 20 pounds or so heavier than those his age. By the time he reached high school, his weight was uncontrollable, and in college, at 6 feet tall, he reached 300 pounds at the age of 20 in 2003. A new diet and exercise plan, along with hypnosis, helped him to lose 50 pounds by the end of that summer, and an additional 100 pounds by the end of summer 2004 came off with sweating in saunas and slimming detox body wraps. It has always been a goal of Mark's to help people lose weight who have always struggled with weight gain.

On September 2nd, 2005, Mark moved to Los Angeles after he was accepted into UCLA's Professional Screenwriting Program. It was there he heard it from both of his teachers that he had a lot of energy and character when reading screenplays in class, and that he should no doubt go into acting if that's a career choice he was thinking of doing. Both of his professors told him to be an actor and to write while acting. Following the Screenwriting Program at UCLA, Mark then worked as a studio Page at CBS throughout 2007 after visiting the studio several times the previous year to see tapings of The Price Is Right. CBS was Mark's most memorable time in Los Angeles, where he greeted, processed and entertained audiences at The Price Is Right. Mark got to work amazing events at The Price Is Right, including being selected to rehearse as a practice contestant with potential hosts such as Mario Lopez, George Hamilton and Todd Newton on several occasions, and also was selected to work Bob's final Million Dollar Spectacular, his 50 year's in television celebration episode, and his final show. Aside from The Price Is Right, Mark also worked on other shows that taped at CBS such as Dancing With The Stars and American Idol. Also at CBS, Mark was told he had a lot of character and energy by both his managers and the staff at The Price Is Right and was told to go into acting as well by them. While working an episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in March of 2007, Mark was asked by the director to be in a backstage comedy sketch with actress Piper Perabo and one of Craig Ferguson's production assistants on the show. In the sketch, Piper tells the assistant that his writing was not funny and Mark pats him on the shoulder telling him "It's okay buddy, you're still funny to me." The sketch, though filmed, never aired, but was the first time Mark had been asked to film anything with a line that was on a Hollywood production of any sort.

When his time as a Page ended, Mark continued writing and began his production and acting experience when he was part of the production crew on several independent features, and acted in several independent short films. In 2009, Mark was asked to be on the series Glee as a featured character in a scene where he interacted with Matthew Morrison, and after that point, after being featured, anytime he'd work as an extra, if there were close up reaction shots, most of the times he was picked out to be featured in certain scenes in different shows he worked. Since 2009, Mark's been featured on different TV series such as Glee, Desperate Housewives, Men of A Certain Age, Greys Anatomy, The Defenders, and Don't Trust The B-In Apartment 23.

Mark's first short film Womanizer was directed by Drew Barrymore's older brother John Barrymore and was completed in 2014. Mark's future film projects will all be directed by himself from now on, as he's now ready to take on being a producer, writer, and director of his own works after years of working on both Hollywood and indie sets as an assistant and actor.

Since early 2010, Mark has taken many acting classes. He has been professionally trained in Hollywood as a Screenwriter by Television Screenwriters Paul Chitlik and Fred Rubin, and as an Actor by Actors John Blyth Barrymore, Amy Lyndon, and Judy Kain.

In July of 2014, Mark became a page again when he was offered a position at Audiences Unlimited after several years of checking in to see if they had any vacancies and were accepting new page submissions. There he worked as a page at many television series that filmed in front of live studio audiences and worked at a good number of them including Fuller House, 2 Broke Girls, Mom, Girl Meets World, The Conners, The Ranch, All That, and America's Funniest Home Videos. When Mark worked at Fuller House, he created trivia based on the original series Full House, and did the same thing when he worked at Girl Meets World with trivia from Boy Meets World and trivia from Roseanne when he worked at The Conners. This got the audience to have fun out in line and to be familiar with the original series of the reboots they were attending.

Mark has learned a lot about film making, television production, acting, and has worked on many sets in many different studios in the Los Angeles area including CBS, ABC Prospect, Warner Bros. CBS Radford, Paramount, FOX, Sony, Universal, Los Angeles Center Studios and Manhattan Beach Studios, and has learned a lot by being an extra, featured extra, and audience page while working many shows all over town.

On July 3, 2019, Mark decided that after all the years of pursuing his dreams and goals in Los Angeles, he felt there was so much more he could have been given, and watched as others who bad-mouthed and then brown nosed people in the business to help them get referred to gigs. Mark wasn't like that one bit. He went about his career and journey the honest way, and everyone who followed him over the years knew that. He's never brown nosed casting or anyone in entertainment to get more work, he worked hard submitting, studying, and showcasing his talents online for years. He believed that enough was enough, and he packed up and moved home to Methuen, Mass. Mark realized that he could write, produce and act anywhere. He didn't have to be in Los Angeles just for that. Mark will never give up on his entertainment goals and whenever he wants to, will write, produce and act from anywhere he lives in life.

MARK SINACORI TRIVIA

(The Good, The Bad, and Everything Else!)

Mark Sinacori was born on August 16, 1982 in Lawrence, Mass at Lawrence General Hospital at 6:52 a.m. to Rosemary Angela (Cavallaro) and Gaetano Sinacori. He was to be delivered by Dr. Mallen, but the day Mark was born Dr. Mallen wasn't around and so Dr. Nina Scarito, the other known Dr. that delivered all the babies in the Merrimack Valley area, delivered Mark!

Mark was raised Catholic and attended Holy Rosary in Lawrence, Mass for C.C.D. classes as he attended the Rollins School in Lawrence, Mass for Kindergarten through grade 5 (1987-1993), then continued his Catholic Education at Holy Trinity in Lawrence, Mass from grades 6-8 (1993-1996) and then high school at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Mass (1996-2000). Mark also attended Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass which is a Catholic College (2001-2005). And, of course, ended his education at UCLA (2005-2006).

Mark is second cousins with actress Danielle Raciti (on his mothers side of the family). Danielle's dad, Frank Raciti, Nephew of Mark's mother's father Anthony Cavallaro (born to his sister Nancy), married his wife Marie (Cavallaro) (From another Cavallaro family) and moved to Los Angeles in the late 1960s after high school and Danielle was born shortly after. Danielle, as she reached her young adult years, had appearances on Baywatch, Step By Step and Doogie Howser, M.D. When Mark was a boy of around 9 years old in 1992 or so, there was an article in the Eagle Tribune on Danielle and a few girls in the neighborhood who liked Baywatch would pretend to play act it and go "I'm gonna be Markey's cousin on the show!" Danielle is married to Actor Brandon Douglas who is known for his roles on Falcon Crest, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Beverly Hills 90210.

Mark graduated 8th grade at Holy Trinity School on June 14, 1996, winning every award that was given that year, including Student Of The Month, Top Speller Awards, Top Speller Of The Year award based on highest average all year, the Catholic Schools Essay Contest Winner from his class, and 2nd Place in the Science Fair!

During high school, Mark worked at McDonald's by the Methuen Mall (later the Methuen Loop). He began the job on January 1 1998. It was his first job ever. There he worked his way from a crew member to a Crew Chief in March of 2000 and then to a morning opening/shift manager in September of that year shortly after graduating from high school. Mark had a lot of fun and brought fun to the restaurant, singing, making jokes, being annoying along with other crew members, changing his voice in the drive thru and hosting birthday parties! It was never a dull moment with Mark there! In December of 2000, when the Pelham Street location needed a new shift closing manager, Mark was transferred and missed his old store. He felt the time was just about right to leave, as he was now in community college at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, and the grades he was receiving were enough to prove Merrimack College he was worthy to transfer in as they wanted nothing below a C+ and Mark gave them all B- and above! And so at the end of March of 2001, he bid farewell to his first job. Looking back, had Mark stayed on, who knows what would have happened? Would he have gone to Merrimack College? Would he have finished? Would have have worked until he got into UCLA and moved to Los Angeles? Would he have kept gaining weight as he was already in the 270s when he left there that March? This choice of Mark's was one that affected his future, especially in a financial way. When he moved to Los Angeles, jobs like McDonald's overlooked him, even with his shift managing experience, and mostly it was because of all the schooling he had and because in Los Angels, these jobs usually tend to give to the lesser fortunate and those who are of lower class and don't have any education passed high school or less and those are the people who get promotions aside from the women who work these jobs. When Mark worked simple jobs in Los Angeles in restaurants he was forced to the back to do dishes while the women and the under educated guys than him got the promotions. Had Mark stayed at McDonald's, maybe, just maybe he would have owned his own income property within a few years had he not made the move to Los Angeles.

Mark Graduated Central Catholic High School on May 26, 2000 and got the most cheers from his fellow classmates as he received his diploma.

Mark got hypnotized on May 14, 2003 by Jerry Valley in Methuen, Mass. Mark was 300 pounds and his goal was to get to 200. He reached that goal exactly a year later. By the end of summer 2004, Mark had dropped from 200 to 150! Mark lost weight by cutting out many foods, taking (the no longer produced) Trimspa pill, speed walking, using sauna suits, body wrapping and using saunas and steam rooms.

When Mark attended the Rollins School, whenever his class did anything onstage, he was always placed center stage. In Holy Trinity he got the lead of Santa Claus in his 6th grade Christmas Skit performance. However, in High School and College, whenever he'd audition, he either was not cast, called back and not cast, or given a role in the chorus/small character in the end whenever he audition for theatre performances.

Mark graduated Merrimack College on May 22, 2005 with a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in English!

Mark graduated from UCLA's Professional Screenwriting Program on June 20, 2006.

Mark was one of 50 candidates chosen to interview for the MFA Program in Screenwriting at UCLA for fall of 2005 admission. He interviewed in New York City with Professor Richard Walter in March of 2005. Professor Walter told Mark that they only interviewed the best of the best submissions and if he was rejected he would get into the 1 year Professional Certificate Program before any others who applied. Mark was rejected and got into the professional program on campus, which made him decide to make the move to Los Angeles on September 2, 2005. As it turns out, a girl who was also rejected to the MFA and got into the Professional Program applied again to the MFA, got interviewed, and easily got accepted to the MFA and didn't have to worry about a tough interview as they already knew her and most of the 25 students who get into the MFA Program are from the Professional Program!

Mark, when he attended UCLA, was taught by Television Screenwriters Paul Chitlik (The Twilight Zone, Small Wonder, Perfect Strangers, Who's The Boss?) and Fred Rubin (Mama's Family, Webster, Family Matters just to name a few of the sitcoms he worked on). At UCLA, Paul Chitlik was impressed when Mark would voice characters as students read their screenplays and assigned parts to each student in the class. Paul told Mark "This is a tough business, and you're multi talented. You not only write but you're also an actor and voice actor! Get an agent and go out on auditions! You can be a writer who is a working actor!" When Mark became a CBS Page, both Paul and Fred were overjoyed and told him that would be a great starting point for him in the business as they both knew he loved The Price Is Right as he visited it several times in 2006 while attending their classes.

Mark became a CBS Page in 2007 at CBS Television City in Hollywood. Becoming a Page is not an easy thing to do. One must have a 4 year degree, lots of energy, pass an interview with the head of the Page Program at CBS, and having any form of entertainment background helps! As it turns out, several Pages were currently or were graduates of the UCLA Professional Screenwriting Program, so it's nothing to frown upon!

Mark worked as a Page at CBS at Television City in Hollywood with former child actor Glenn Walker Harris, Jr. who was known for his role as Sly on General Hospital as well as his roles in The Golden Girls and in the movies North and Leave It To Beaver Movie.

The Price Is Right gave Mark many opportunities when he was a CBS Page. While the network was searching for a new host, the production company asked the page department if they could borrow some Pages to play as mock contestants behind the scenes while Mario Lopez, George Hamilton, Todd Newton and Mike Richards (who became executive producer shortly after for the show) rehearsed before doing their test shows. In early spring of 2007, Mark and a few CBS Pages got to help the production crew this way. Mark was able to meet producers Kathy Greco and Roger Dobkowitz during this time, along with Announcer Rich Fields, all who loved his energy and persona while he created characters to play off the hosts who practice rehearsed. Mark also got to talk to contestant coordinator Stan Blits, who remembered Mark from his 6 visits when he went to see the show in 2006 before getting his job as a Page. Stan asked Mark if he had chosen him as a contestant as he remembered him but wasn't sure if Mark was called down or not (as they always have a list of more than 9 audience members to choose from before every taping) and Mark said no, to which Stan responded "Hey, even though you didn't get called down, you're working here now, and that's just as great!" Rehearsals consisted of the one-bids and playing rounds of Clock Game, Plinko and It's In The Bag, along with spinning the big wheel, all which were used for half hour segments of each hosts test show.

At CBS, Mark's Supervisor in the Page Program, Airi Savasta, always took notice of Mark's energy. Mark was always creating on you tube, whether it was making videos with his cat Roy or making lyrics to TV theme songs that didn't have any and were instrumental. Airi told Mark "You should talk to Stan Blits (who was contestant coordinator/music supervisor on The Price Is Right) as she thought Mark would be good going into music on the show. Mark was flattered, but he never gave music production any thought as he didn't play instruments, he just made lyrics, sang and hummed what he could have played had he played instruments!

In March of 2007, while paging at The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Mark was asked to be in a backstage comedy sketch segment in the hallway with Piper Perabo and one of the assistant's who worked on the show. In the sketch, Piper told Craig's assistant that his writing was not funny and took off, and Mark comforted him, telling him "It's okay, buddy, you're still funny to me." Geneeva, Craig's security guard at the time, who had a few lines on the show "Chicken and Monkey's" she'd say at times when she'd walk across the stage, told Mark that if he signed a form he would get paid if the segment aired. Mark did sign a form yet the segment never aired.

At CBS, Mark worked around/met many celebrities and producers including Bob Barker, Rich Fields, Roger Dobkowitz, Kathy "Fingers" Greco, Stan Blitz, Rachel Reynolds, Gwendolyn Osborne, Mario Lopez, George Hamilton, Todd Newton, Mike Richards, Craig Ferguson, Chevy Chase, Henry Winkler, Randy Jackson, Peter O'Toole, Alice Cooper, The Montgomery Gentry Band, Terry Crews, Alley Mills, Ron Moss, Mackenzie Mauzi and Kyle Lowder.

Mark had the privilege to get to work at Bob Barker's final taping of The Price Is Right on June 6, 2007 at CBS Television City in Hollywood. That morning, Mark left very early for his mid morning shift to meet the early morning crew at the studio. All of the CBS Pages working the early morning shift were in disbelief that Mark was so early but he didn't want to miss Bob's last show and took precautions, plus he wanted to meet the audience! While the morning crew wrote the name tags and processed the audience, Mark got to do his thing with different sections, singing, dancing, and getting them to cheer for Bob Barker. At some point that morning, producer Roger Dobkowitz came out to meet the audience in line and commended Mark for always getting them to cheer for Bob. As Mark saw a news crew and reporter filming a mute audience by the audience entrance doors to the Bob Barker Studio, Mark quickly started to chant "Bob! Bob! Bob!" waved his fists, and got everyone up and excited and the news team and reporter were all smiles! When the audience started to load into the studio, Mark and other CBS Pages were going wild inside with them before taping. Since it was Bob Barker's final show, it was a huge party, and that meant maximum energy! Before Rich Fields came out to do his talk with the audience, all the CBS Pages, including those who were selected to work the morning shift processing the audience out in line, came inside to see the final taping and were jamming out with the audience to songs that played in the studio to get them to dance and cheer before the taping. Mark danced with audience members and fellow CBS Pages working the taping by the front row and in the aisles, got everyone to cheer for Bob Barker, and held up the air date sign as he ran up onstage as the audience cheered. News Crew and Photographers took many photos and videos of this, yet very little has been found online of photos and videos from behind the scenes at Bob Barker's final taped episode of The Price Is Right. During taping, Mark was first positioned by Rich Fields' podium which was his usual spot, and since he loved to clap and get the audience to clap and cheer. As Bob came out the door, a shower of confetti burst out inside the studio, thrown by one of the audience members. Mark then started jumping up and down and chanting "Bob! Bob! Bob!" as he waved his fist into the air and all the front audience members in the first few rows near him did the same, right up into the first item up for bids, a new flat screen Television. Producers Roger Dobkowitz and Kathy "Fingers" Greco glanced over from their producers corner onstage at Mark and smiled as he got the audience to give Bob the biggest final welcome. As you watch the episode, you can hear the chant as Bob asks Rich what the first item up for bids is. As they show the flat screen Television to bid on and then switch the camera back to the audience, you can see all the front audience members cheering "Bob! Bob! Bob! and waving their fists along with Mark, just before Rich Fields goes into description of the item. Mark was very jumpy that the director alerted Rich Fields to have Mark stay glued to the wall by his podium and not be in the aisle as he was getting on camera shots a lot during the first few segments of the taping! As the taping progressed, during a tape stop, Mark was asked by fellow Page Glenn Harris to switch positions with him so he could attempt to get a photo with his phone camera of him by the stage and Bob in the back of him. Mark agreed, and it worked out splendid, as when Dean Lindstom was called down, Mark was clapping on the white platform in the back of the studio as Dean took his fall as he ran down the aisle and this gave Mark screen time and a way to remember he worked Bob's last taping as a CBS Page! Mark then returned to the front of the studio for the conclusion of the taping and handed gifts to Bob that the audience brought to the final taping to which Bob said to Mark "Now, what the heck is this?" each time he was presented with a gift, getting a laugh from the audience. Mark recalls Bob smelling of Old Spice each time he'd approach him with a gift from the audience. At the conclusion of the taping, Bob pointed to Mark and asked if anyone wanted an autograph to see him "this young gentleman" after the taping and he would give them one. As Bob left the taping, Mark was invited onstage by Rich Fields for the final time to draw the door prize of $100 cash. Rich ended the segment by saying that he and Mark would go out drinking later. This was the last time Mark stepped foot on the stage in the Bob Barker Studio as that was the last episode he worked at The Price Is Right.

In the fall of 2007, Mark's mother met someone at the nursing home she worked at that knew some cast member on the short lived series Dirt. It was someone who was not a resident but a family member, most likely of someone there. The person reached out to Mark and said he saw his videos on you tube at the time and photos, et. and since he worked at CBS as a Page, he was going to see if he could get him to be a Production Assistant or even a regular extra on the show as he was friends with one of the shows stars who had also checked out Mark's stuff online. It was an actress on the cast, most likely, the person was friends with, but in the end, nothing came about from this. This was one of several missed opportunities for possible production assistant work on a show after his time at CBS. Being a regular extra was something that did happen to Mark several years later on Grey's Anatomy, but having CBS on his resume, there should have been no problem getting to the next level as as set PA.

On March 31, 2008, after working for free as a production assistant on an independent film, Mark was crossing a street at Jefferson Blvd and Cimeron in Los Angeles. He was hit by a mini van, flew through the air ands injured his leg. Luckily, the van threw him in the direction of the curb toward Cimeron, instead of in the center of the street.

Mark had interviewed at several production offices in Los Angeles in early 2008. One place was for Game Show Network Radio, two others were VH1 and MTV. One one of the interviews, at one for an office job of some sort at the show Celebrity Rehab, Mark was outside of the office, well ready ahead of time when they called him. Mark said he was outside and ready for the interview which was most likely an hour later. The person on the phone told him they hired the person already, yet they wouldn't forget him for set PA work if he wanted to do that. Mark immediately said yes and they said they would call him when that time happened. Nobody called him. Once again, another missed opportunity for PA work for Mark.

Never being the type to woo women with them being impressed by him, though he was always respectful and funny and always tried too hard to get a date by being romantic and thoughtful many a time towards girls he liked over the years in school and jobs he worked at, Mark actually had the most ironic first dating experience ever in 2008-2009 when he worked at the Nielsen Movie Research Company "The Nielsen Movie View" in Hollywood. In April of 2008, after getting hit by a car, he faced his fear and approached a girl he liked at work. This led to Mark dating the niece of one of Walt Disney's biggest personal discoveries, Annette Funicello, a celebrity Mark always admired even before he ironically met and dated her niece. Mark would see her sitting alone in the break room, always tense and unsocial. After he got hit by a car he faced his fear and approached her and broke the ice first after several friends told him "She likes you. She's always checking you out and then turning her head when you look at her" (since Mark was always talking and louder than others in the breakroom). Mark was extremely nice to this girl, who, unlike him, did not care for Disney, Disney Films, or cartoons in any way! She was, however, his first kiss and the person he shared his first intimate moments in life with out of every girl he's ever wanted to date or pursue which happened on December 4, 2008. They saw each other a few more times into 2009, yet like every woman Mark had liked in life, her feelings were not felt back at him as she was a flake who was polyamorous and wanted to party and drug with guys than settle down. It hurt very much and slowly, Mark's belief in ever finding a wife dwindled with that as women cannot be trusted and only want trouble.

In early 2009, when Melrose Place was making its return on the CW, Mark worked desperately online and found the right information for the production office. That was the show that inspired him to want to move to Los Angeles and write for shows like it and also act since he was a character actor and made a lot of people laugh. Mark was successful to get his resume out to the show yet because he didn't have the connections, he was overlooked and his resume tossed, most likely. From all the paging and shows he had already worked on, how early and committed he always was and would have been to this show had he gotten the job, the show, most definitely lost a big part with Mark not being there. Even as a PA he would have gone above and beyond as he knew the entire history of the show and was appalled to see what became of the reboot, where the new producers and writers changed everything by faking the character of Sydney's death, not explaining who from her past tried to kill her and want her husband dead, ending with Michael faking her death which absolutely made no sense because he was confined to a hospital bed himself, and for how poor she was, somehow Amanda made her work for her and she got lots of money to buy the building. Mark heard from Laura Leighton's stand-in he met at a show once who told him she was part of the "body bag" scene where Michael faked Sydney's death and told Mark that producers were "scrambling" on set as the episode taped to see how they would fake Sydney's death. If Mark was there, instead of them just watching "tapes" of the season 5 finale and 6 premiere or so, Mark could have informed them that a few episodes prior that Carter left town and he was rich and wanted to marry her, he stalked her and took her away when Sam's father's car hit her on her wedding day, then he died on an island and she got his money to buy the building when she returned to Los Angeles. Producers could have been at ease if Mark was there, as he would have given them the info for no charge, for the love of the series and being that devoted of a fan of the show itself. Most of the PA crew they ended up with were lazy, fell asleep on set, and one of them even had blue hair from looking at past photos and videos from the set that were circling online during the time of the series. Sadly, it was cancelled after one season of the staff ruining all the returning original characters in every way possible.

In 2009, producer/writer/director of Glee, Brad Falchuk had his assistant Bill Beck call Mark's house in Massachusetts as they didn't know his Los Angeles contact info. Mark had posted online since the early 2000s, and because of his posts on You Tube and other sites, and because of being stalked by a Boston Red Sox fan group called Sons Of Sam Horn "SOSH", which Brad was part of, Brad decided to create a part for Mark on the series Glee. Mark knew nothing about Brad or the show, and agreed to do the show as he remembered he was on Nip/Tuck in fall of 2007 and at Glee they took photos of the extras and when he was on Nip/Tuck they might have as well since it was a Ryan Murphy Production. After Mark filmed his scene, members in SOSH revealed Brad was in the group. Mark had no idea why Brad wanted him in the scene, but he was open to doing it and would have been any time for any role. Mark played a teacher in the break room in episode 4 "Preggers" who Will Schuester decided to not sit with. In the episode "Sectionals" the episode opens with the characters talking about Mr. Sinacori the creepy Math teacher who always sings when he walks down the halls. At the show, Mark was told by Brad to play the character like a creepy math teacher with a secret on his mind. It was a very fun shoot and all the cast and crew were wonderful. After that point, friends and others told Mark it might be a sign they might have him back if they named his character after his last name. Mark waited it out but was never called back. Everyone told him it was Glee's loss but other shows gains who needed him more like when he got to work as a regular Hospital Staffer on Grey's Anatomy and got featured a lot more on. Mark would have loved to have gone back to Glee any time as he would have on any show in any way.

In Spring of 2009, Mark and a fellow graduate of Merrimack College attended a networking event in Santa Monica of those Merrimack Grads who were living in Los Angeles at the time. At first, Mark didn't really feel like going but he decided to. At the gathering, Mark met a graduate who had graduated several years before and told him he was working on a new Nickelodeon Series called "Brain Surg". Mark told him of his experience working at CBS and the extra work he did and also did PA work and he couldn't keep working for free as one. The guy told Mark he would stay in touch and send his resume into production as they were looking for PA's. Over the next few weeks, Mark, who was now working in real estate and showing open houses, had something to possibly fall back on a few days a week, had he gotten this position. The woman in charge of hiring the PA's called Mark shortly after. She was very much ready to hire him. She told him that she would call him back in a few minutes. When she called back. Mark was in for yet another let down, as she told him they already had all their PA's they needed for season 1. This show was to film only in the summer months, and was a brand new Nickelodeon Game Show that also had slime involved, as most Nickelodeon game shows usually did...Had Mark became a PA on that it could have helped him during the most struggling times that followed, as anything 2009 and beyond were full of extreme hardships and hurt. Brain Surge only lasted a few seasons, only filmed in summer, and Mark realizes in the end he really didn't miss much there. Had he been a PA it could have been a great opportunity for advancing to other series or shows that were "connect based" as once the show went down for the season, Mark could have gotten work elsewhere as a PA on a show that filmed in the fall/winter/spring. This was another missed opportunity for PA work for Mark.

In June of 2009, Mark auditioned at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for American Idol season 9 which aired in 2010. Mark camped out all night with many other hopefuls and sang the first few lines of "Mr. Jones". The producer who listened to him and the several that lined up next to him sing their segments smiled and said "All good voices but not what we are looking for next season. Mark feels maybe, just maybe he should have brought his shades and sang "Shades" by Hank Beebe in his weird, yet charming creepy way...maybe that would have gotten him to the judges and his few seconds of fame on there!

When Mark did extra work or was featured on different TV series, he met and worked alongside many celebrities and producers such as Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Matthew Morrison, Stephen Cragg, Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens, Jr., Daniel Sujata, Sarah Drew, Sandra Oh, Debbie Allen, Eva Longoria, Brian J. White, Patrick Gallagher, Jim Belushi and Lori Lively.

In 2010, while working on The Defenders in a scene with actress Lori Lively (Blake Lively's sister), Mark played an Officer taking down her statement for a split second onscreen. During tape stops, Lori was very friendly and talkative with Mark. She asked him what his story was and he told her how he moved to LA in 2005, had worked at The Price Is Right and was on Glee who named a character after his last name, and the show that influenced him to move to LA was Melrose Place. "No kidding! I had a role in this in it's final season! I played Michael's ex college girlfriend!" Lori said to him. Mark was shocked and knew exactly who she was and remembered her scene was in a movie theatre when Michael met Jane. Lori was one of the nicest performers Mark has met in Hollywood and he was very much intrigued by her as she was gorgeous.

Mark's first short film Womanizer was directed by John Blyth Barrymore, Drew Barrymore's old half brother. It was filmed in summer of 2011 but not finished until December of 2014 for reasons beyond Mark's control. A number of challenges plagued the film. The first being Mark getting pneumonia and not being able to be present during most of the filming. The final result was not the way Mark had written the film to be. John was a great director and a lot of fun to work with, but there were definitely some corners that were cut that Mark felt should have stayed in the film and in the exact order he wrote them in, and the editor was the main reason it took so long to finish and caused several changes to the final product in the end. Mark has not made another short film or independent project since, given all the money he spent to make something that was not all his vision and had zero help getting it out to the public/film festivals. Mark has many ideas already written, he's just in no rush to film them yet.

In 2010-2011, while working on a few productions, Mark became friends with Brittany Furlan, a fellow extra on set. Mark saw a lot of zest in her and beauty, and the two would always be happy to see one another when on sets. In early 2011, they were at the then Cut Above Casting New Years Mixer party, the last time Mark saw her in person. When the social media site Vine began, Brittany rose to fame with that, making weird videos and married singer Tommy Lee.

In early 2011, while updating his info at Central Casting, Mark befriended a guy in line named Alex Stein, a comedian who had just moved to Los Angeles from Texas. Alex was a good kid and had a lot of humor in him, especially when Mark and he would hang out during tape stops on shows they worked. Mark would be the follower and Alex would be the playful criticizer telling him to get lost or took photos of Mark when he fell asleep. Lots of laughs the two had on sets. Alex, as of 2023, is now a rising internet celebrity and has a lot of humor galore!

In summer of 2012, Mark kept in touch with a woman he met the first time he worked on the set of Grey's Anatomy in October of 2007. The two began to go hiking when Mark moved to Sherman Oaks and closet to where she was living. When he first met her, they were very smitten the day of filming on set during tape stops, hanging out in the alleyways at ABC Prospect Studios that Mark felt she would be good to date, even though she was definitely older than him. Throughout summer 2012 and into that fall, Mark was madly, passionately, truly in love as the two grew closer together. The strangest thing is dating her was like dating someone who was born in the early 1960s like Susan Olsen who played Cindy on the Brady Bunch! Sadly, the relationship spiraled out of control, she most likely was going out with another guy whom Mark was made known of by her, and, despite always being there for her in any way like the many he always was there for in life, Mark was labeled as being creepy and psycho and forced to do things he didn't want to do when this woman became a psychic and their relationship ended shortly after. After lies she said to him while they were together and lies he's seen her tell in recent years, Mark is glad he didn't end up with her.

Aside from hoping to be a possible contestant at The Price Is Right in 2006, Mark also was invited to audition for the short lived game show Take It All at hosted by Howie Mandel. Though he wasn't selected when he auditioned in September of 2012 with his friend Martha Lampley, Mark was actually called back to be a "test practice contestant" with Howie, sort of how he did his rehearsals at The Price Is Right in 2007 with Mario Lopez, et. He passed on it though, and the $50 he would have been paid, mostly because he was busy that day with other obligations. Had he gotten to test rehearse that day he would have asked about possible PA work, which was what he was really pushing to get at that time. Mark also auditioned for Wheel Of Fortune in November of 2014. At the audition, Mark spoke loud, clear, and the way they wanted the possible contestants to speak. However, the written part of the audition had many blanks, and though Mark is amazing at solving puzzles, these puzzles had many missing letters which made it impossible for practically everyone in the room that day to even figure out half of them!

Mark became an audience Page again when he was hired by Audiences Unlimited (A Page Enterprise) in July of 2014. This was the first audience company that was started circa 1982 and processed and coordinated the audiences of practically all the sitcoms such as Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts Of Life, Gimme A Break!, The Golden Girls, Who's The Boss? 227, Full House, Family Matters, Roseanne, Home Improvement and many others in the 1980s and 1990s. Mark worked at many sitcoms and sitcom reboots in the 2010s such as Mike & Molly, Mom, 2 Broke Girls, The Ranch, The Big Bang Theory, One Day At A Time, Raven's Home, Fuller House, Girl Meets World and The Conners, along with Americas Funniest Home Videos and The American Music Awards. At all the reboots such as Fuller House, Girl Meets World and The Conners, Mark did TV trivia in line with the audience on what happened in those show's preceding series' from years ago of Full House, Boy Meets World and Roseanne! This would get the audience excited like Mark had gotten them to be at The Price Is Right back in 2007, and ready for the tapings of the new series' as sometimes characters on the shows would bring up stuff from the past and it would be in Mark's trivia prior to the taping!

While working at Audiences Unlimited between 2014-2019, Mark worked around and met many celebrities and Producers. Some of the most notable being Garrett Morris, Candace Cameron Bure, Andrea Barber, Jodi Sweetin, John Stamos, Bob Saget, Michael Campion, Scott Weinger, Soni Nicole Bringas, Lori Loughlin, Jeff Franklin, Bryan Behar, David A. Arnold, John D. Beck, Joel Zwick, Claudia Lonow, Mia Allan and Ella Allan (the Allan twins), Rita Moreno, Ben Savage, Cory Fogelmanis, Danielle Fishell, Alfonso Ribiero, Sam Elliott, Grady Lee Richmond, John Amos, Michael Fishman and Sara Gilbert.

Mark researched a good number of production companies and send his resume over to them. He had sent his resume to both Melrose Place and Fuller House before it began filming, Girl Meets World, The Conners, The Ranch, and Devious Maids just to name a few series he would have loved to have been a production assistant at. He even sent his resume in to Grey's Anatomy for a day player PA, if they needed any. However, none of the productions ever called him for an interview or hired him. Even though he wasn't a PA, he did get to Page at most of these shows and kept returning to them, and was a regular hospital staffer at Grey's Anatomy. However, not to lose his privilege of being these, he would never force himself or resumes in person at these shows he worked at. Mark realized that he was content being a Page and Featured Performer, and even if that's all he was able to get, he didn't want to risk those jobs for a PA job he may not have gotten had he been a loud mouth, so he worked hard just doing those positions at the shows as they were opportunities, regardless of how low on the totem pole they were, as not many were able to be Pages, and very few got to be featured and known by the staff of TV shows as few would return weekly to them as regulars.

Mark worked on many productions in Hollywood between 2007 to 2019, but overall, the shows he worked on the most were The Price Is Right in 2007, Grey's Anatomy between 2007-2014, Two Broke Girls between 2014-2017, The Ranch between 2016-2019, and Fuller House between 2015-2019.

The one show Mark really wanted to work on, even though it was ruined by producers when it returned was Melrose Place on the CW. Even as a mere extra, he felt that would have brought everything full circle, as Melrose Place was the show that made him want to pursue a career in entertainment most of all. Sure, other shows he liked such as family sitcoms and The Price Is Right were also some of the reasons, but out of all these shows, Melrose Place was the biggest force, and the only show he wanted to work that he didn't get to while living in Los Angeles. Remember, Mark got to work at The Price Is Right, which was his favorite game show, and Fuller House, which Full House was one of his favorite sitcoms in elementary and middle school. Mark, did, however, get his resume out to Melrose Place for PA work, and got through to Central Casting for work as an extra in the Pilot and one of the final episodes of the series, yet by the time he got through, all the roles were booked! Of course, in a way this was all made up when he got to be on Desperate Housewives as it was the nighttime drama he'd been watching since before he moved to LA!

Out of all the shows Mark worked at in Hollywood and the cast and crews he met at them, he would say that The Price Is Right, Fuller House and Grey's Anatomy were the top shows that had the best cast and crew overall. These were several of his regular shows he worked at, and the crew were amazing at them. At The Price Is Right, he always felt welcome by producers Roger Dobkowitz and Kathy "Fingers" Greco, Announcer Rich Fields and Contestant Coordinator Stan Blits. These four staffers were the best of the best. All four would talk to him and were not only friendly with him but also to the other CBS Pages. And let's not forget Bob Barker, who, if he wasn't there, there would have been no show as he was the reason everyone worked so hard to bring the energy into that studio each taping day! Bob was always funny, made everyone laugh, and it was amazing how long he hosted the show for. Mark pretty much lucked out, as Bob could have retired even sooner as he had turned 80 in 2003 and by that time, most people have retired in life. At Fuller House, Mark was always greeted with happy smiles by Producers Bryan Behar, John D. Beck and David A. Arnold each week he worked the show. They were the best of the best of the production crew as they were always so happy to be there and loved the audience and those who came to the show. For the cast, Andrea Barber, hands down was the best of the best. She not only is an amazing presence on social media, but in person she was very open with the audience, would come out to greet them in line each week before the tapings during the final season, and was just always happy to be there. When it came to Grey's Anatomy, it also had a wonderful cast and crew. Assistant Directors Sean Hanley and Annette Sutra along with Second Second Kathy were always a joy to work with and would always address Mark by his name each time they'd see him at the show along with other regulars who worked the show. As for the cast, some of them including Ellen Pompeo, James Pickens, Jr., Chandra Wilson. Sandra Oh, Sarah Drew, Debbie Allen and Patrick Dempsey, they were all amazing and would always say a friendly hello. One of the things Mark recalls most is when Debbie Allen called him "Sweetie" as she directed a scene by the elevator and things started going wrong because of the different floors they had to portray and the cues given were not accurate by the ADs. Grey's Anatomy also had the best craft service and always had an abundance of food and snacks for everyone. It was amazing that Mark always was able to control himself as there were always cakes or some sort of desert in craft service throuhought the day. Instead, he always had the healthy foods. Some of the cast would even rent out food trucks at times for everyone!

In his last years living in Los Angeles, between 2013-2019, Mark was finally able to get side jobs in restaurants, all which wouldn't hire him beforehand when he'd apply to them. Mark worked very hard opening the new Pieology in Northridge in 2013, the new Dunkin' Donuts in Encino in 2015, and the new Ono Hawaiian BBQ in Panorama City in 2017 and then the one in Mission Hills in 2018. Mark took many notes unlike others, he wasn't a drug user, and he watched as teenagers, those who were uneducated, and those who didn't have any experience in restaurants get handed shift lead positions over him as he was thrown to the back to do dishes as nobody else wanted to do them. He also saw the promotions get handed mostly to the women in the restaurant workplace and the guys thrown to the back of the house to cook or clean. This made Mark feel that all his schooling and work counted for nothing as he was being treated like someone who was of the lowest of the low class system and upbringing when he had all the education and the shift managing experience and the energy and drive to be more than just a crew member. Mark didn't sweat it, if you all know Mark! He carried on, and sang his way washing every dish, bringing fun to the workplace at these side jobs.

Like the many who live in Los Angeles, Mark had many hardships. He, like everyone he knew, had to rent and couldn't buy a property of his own, like all the performers and creative types he knew, everyone had multiple jobs, jobs that would hire and would cut hours and offer low pay and it was always a gamble when one would work in the business, be it as an extra or studio page, the two areas he worked mostly in the business out in Los Angeles. Mark was hit by a car on March 31, 2008 after crossing a street after doing free production assisting on an independent film. He was publicly humiliated by a former friend of his when he was a CBS Page for being who he was and his beliefs, actions, attitude and his creations and talents, both at the studio and around others. He was used by a Disney celebs niece who he continued to do nice things for despite her flaking and lying to him. He was lied to by his last ex-girlfriend in Los Angeles, another fellow actor he met at Grey's Anatomy in 2007 whom he dated in 2012 and she became a psychic and forced him to do things like pay to get entities out of him and see psychiatrists because she saw them herself and because all actors in LA need one. As an extra, Mark, between 2009-2012, was very underused. He was never lucky like a few who always got work practically all 5 days of the week. It was always up to the casting directors who cast extras. A lot of things play into that, including what's being filmed and age range and specifics, but Mark was never pigeon-held as an extra so he had time to audition if he had a legit agent, which he didn't. Mark got pneumonia in late July to early August of 2011 and had to nurse himself back to health himself. Let's not forget all the stalking and hacking he had towards him online by people who just wanted to drive him crazy and didn't want him to live his life in peace. Mark jumped from several agents (all on the scam list, like the many friends he knew that also had them), and even though he had a few auditions with Baron Entertainment, the best of the agents he had, the managers he had told him they'd cut him from being repped by them if he didn't keep taking classes which cost more money than he was able to make! In 2014, not having any commercial classes on his resume, Mark, being a character in his own natural way, was invited in to audition and was told by "legit" commercial agent Daniel P. Mulheran, whom many have said is very callous and critical of many people he meets, "You've been in Los Angeles almost 10 years and can't create a character?!" after Mark read for him in his office and wasn't familiar with setting the scene and creating a who/what/where the person in the scene is. When Mark did take a commercial acting class and took Cold Reading classes with Amy Lyndon, even she couldn't help him get legit representation, as the only commercial agent she did get to notice him did not call him in after he did a video submission to them of a commercial reading. Even Mark's ex-girlfriend, who's legit manager saw his online work couldn't help him because he only managed women, yet wouldn't refer him to anyone, despite saying he was very talented. Los Angeles was tough, especially with acting, but on the production side, though it was tough to get a production assistant job after all he did out there, Mark had a lot of work as a studio Page! Pages at Audiences Unlimited were guaranteed at least 2 days a week, sometimes 3 if they were there longer than others, and by the time Mark began there, a lot of pages were leaving and he was one of the last few there before the company closed down. In spring of 2019, and Fuller House being in its final season and Mark's regular show now to work, Mark decided that at that point he should have at least been a production assistant on something and had a line or so on a series. For how long he stayed out in Los Angeles, it kept him from saving money which he could have used to buy an income property easily had he worked full time at a basic job back home for a few years. Mark was struggling, he worked restaurant jobs that were part time, extra work that was rare and then stopped once he joined the union and then he just focused on Paging and trying to get a legit agent and production assistant work which didn't happen after the many years he pushed to meet those goals. Mark even worked as a real estate agent and was promised many things that didn't happen for years for reasons beyond his control and most likely because Los Angeles was just a tough place to make any money in, even in real estate as nobody he knew could buy or even rent anything nice! Mark felt he could have had a few lines by that point as a co-star by getting called in from some casting workshops and could have finally gotten a production assistant job after the many times he would get through to productions like Melrose Place on the CW, Fuller House and several others that accepted his resume yet would never call him in, even for an interview. So by spring of 2019, Mark decided that when Fuller House ended, he would pack up at the end of 2019 and move home. This happened even sooner, as Mark's rent was increased shortly before the beginning of summer and Mark felt enough was enough as rent always was increasing and living spaces were so deplorable and not worth the price asked! Mark left Los Angeles on July 3, 2019 and moved home to Massachusetts. Mark looks back and feels if it wasn't for Audiences Unlimited, he would have most likely left Los Angeles in 2014 or shortly after as he was out there to work in entertainment and that job gave him a lot of opportunities between 2014-2019 until he decided to move home. Had he not had that job he would have just been working side jobs in restaurants and extra work would have stopped or been very rare to get if any, and Mark was done working little to none of that anymore.

As a performer, Mark is a character actor! Mark has taken casting director workshops with a number of casting directors such as Scott David, Mike Page Lisa Soltau, Jeffrey Drew, Danielle Eskinazi, Lindsay Bellock, Greg Salmon, Gwen Hillier, Lyndsey Baldasare, Becky Silverman, Angela Scaletta, Jamie Snow, Lisa Zambetti, and Christy Dooley, all who have told him he is a character actor and character parts would be best for him. Mark even met manager T.J. Stein, who has repped many child actors of the 1990s, who told him "Mark, you're very funny! You're choices will for sure get you callbacks!" Mark has never seen himself as a lead actor, heck, even in school or when he tried out for the plays the "few" times he did either he wasn't cast or he had small, minor roles (but that was years ago, now he's full energy when he auditions and not afraid to show his weird character!)

As a writer, pertaining to television, Mark loves to write nighttime drama/soaps with cliffhangers and scenes that end each act before commercial break with the audience wanting more and wanting to keep watching! He also loves to write sitcoms that are multi camera and in front of a live studio audience with a laugh track. When it comes to films, Mark is all for comedies that have action and adventure in them at times and coming of age films that are comedies, mostly.

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