Selected filmography of Mark Valley

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Mark Valley is an actor known for his roles in film and television. He starred in such projects as "Vanishing Son 4", "Pasadena", "Kin Eddy", "Live Target", "Body Investigation", etc. Now his filmography includes about 80 films and series. Apparently, Mark is not going to stop there. In the article, we will dwell on his acting career in more detail.

Mark Valley: private life

Mark Thomas Valley was born in 1964 in the small town of Ogdensburg (New York). After graduating from the West Point Military Academy in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in engineering and mathematics, Mark briefly served in Berlin and also served in the Gulf War.

After returning home, Mark was determined to become an actor. Moreover, this was not a spontaneous decision, because even as a child he participated in school theater productions. And since then, his interest in this craft has not faded. Moreover, he had talent, and filmmakers immediately began to notice this.

Startcareers

Mark Valley's first role was in 1993 in one episode of the NBC television soap opera Underworld (1964-1999). In the same year, he took part in the filming of John Schlesinger's drama The Innocent. A year later, he played one of the main characters in John Nicoll's action movie Vanishing Son 4. And in 1997, he received small roles in John Frankenheimer's biographical drama George Wallace and Laurence O'Neill's comedy The Implanters.

In 1998, the actor played a police officer in Rory Kelly's comedy-drama Something About Girls. FBI agent Mike Johansen was in Edward Zwick's thriller The Siege (1998). He played the role of a cardiologist in John Schlesinger's comedy-drama Best Friend (2000). And the role of Jericho - a man wanted for the murder of a sheriff and a robbery, he played in the western Merlin Miller "Jericho" (2000).

Will Gluck, Judy Brooks' lover, Mark Valley played in the ABC television series Again and Again (1999-2002). For 13 episodes, he played Robert Greeley, the main character of the American FOX soap opera Pasadena (2001). And the role of the gullible but professional NYPD detective Eddie Arlette was played in Jay H. Wyman's serial comedy action movie "Kin Eddie" (2003-2004).

Swingers City Lawyers

Between 2004 and 2007, the actor starred in David E. Kelly's legal drama Boston Lawyers (2004-2008). He got the role of Brad Chase, a former Marine whose services are indispensable when performing physically demanding tasks. Then he played threeepisodes of Mike Kelly's drama series Swingers City (2008). Also from 2008 to 2009, the actor in the role of John Scott, partner and lover of Olivia Dunham, took part in the filming of 12 episodes of the sci-fi series Fringe (2008-2013).

From 2010 to 2011, the American television channel FOX broadcast the multi-part project "Live Target", created based on DC comics. In the film, Mark Valley played Christopher Chance, a former assassin who now provides help to those (of course, not for free) who need it.

In David E. Kelly's legal drama Harry's Law (2011-2012), the actor portrayed lawyer Oliver Richard. Then, together with Nicolas Cage, he starred in Simon West's crime thriller "Medallion" (2012). And Tommy Sullivan, a former police detective, played in the ABC medical drama Body Investigation (2011-2013).

Future projects

In 2014, the actor tried on the role of CIA Director Gabe Weidner in Rand Ravich's detective series Capture. Two years later, he received a small role in Marty Papazian's comedy-drama Crazy in Love. He played in the third season of Tod A. Kessler's "Bloodline" (2015-2017) and in the comedy action movie "Horrible Macho" by Simon West (2017).

As for future projects, Mark Valley will appear in Matthew Weiner's drama The Romanoffs (2018 - …), which is already filming. And even earlier, the game of this actor can be seen in the fantasy drama Another Time (2017) by Thomas Hennessy, which was produced byalready completed.