Mark Schneider

Born in Jersey City and raised in New York, Mark graduated SUNY Stony Brook and while studying a year at the University of Manchester in England, traveled throughout Europe and the Mid East with a backpack, inspiring his need to investigate what makes us all so different, yet all so much the same, imperative for performance. He returned to NY to work a gig as an undercover agent in NYC to make enough money to move to Los Angeles and a few months later earned his SAG card playing a junkyard night watchman in the very last episode of the TV series, The FBI. Mark began a long term study period with famed acting coach, Jeff Corey, cleaning out the studio and bathroom in place of tuition. Producer Aaron Spelling soon spotted him in a clothing commercial and cast him in many of his popular TV shows of the time. Guest roles at other studios soon followed, as well as recurring roles in Matt Houston, Paper Dolls, and Babylon 5. Soaps also took an interest with extended roles in Santa Barbara an