Mark Christopher Collins

Brixton boy made good. Born the first child to Anne Patricia a ballet dancer and Ken William Collins a musician in an upstairs flat in Brixton south London close to the prison. There were two additions to the family Ian his brother and then Clare his sister. It was a tough upbringing with many challenges on the way. The family moved from Brixton to nearby Streatham where Mark although a good achiever initially at school, soon found himself drawn to street gangs and the local Romany gypsy site also taking up boxing at 14 years old. After being moved around schools and often in trouble with the local authorities including the police, left education early to make his Mark on the world. After many years working as a bricklayer, minder and running a car breakers yard plus many other varied occupations Mark turned first to writing/film making (working in different positions on the crew) and then acting. You could say it was fate as he had no intention of taking that path until asked to jump