Mark Bennington

Mark Bennington is an American actor, photographer, drummer and author. Born in Columbia, Missouri to a psychologist Father and educator/activist Mother, Mark grew up between the sleepy college town of Davis, CA and the rougher side of South Sacramento with dreams of being a ballet dancer and an architect. After graduating from Mike Nichols's The New Actors Workshop (MFA acting program) in New York City, Mark worked in theater for 10 years, doing everything from Shakespeare to Ibsen to Coward and even doing experimental theater for 3 years with Tony Award winning director Diane Paulus's ensemble 'Project 400'. Theater highlights include working with: Sir Trevor Nunn in An Enemy of the People with Sir Ian McKellen, improv guru Paul Sills (founder of Second City) in Ghost & Love Stories and maverick writer/director Charles Marowitz playing 'William Shakespeare' in Marowitz's play Murdering Marlowe... also playing- 'Elyot' in Private Lives, 'Lomov' in A Marriage Proposal, 'Sebastian' in