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Mark Strong (born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia; 5 August 1963) is a British actor best known for his film roles such as Prince Septimus in Stardust (2007), Archibald in RocknRolla (2008), Lord Henry Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes (2009), Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010), Jim Prideaux in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Sinestro in Green Lantern ...
Mark Strong is a versatile actor who has played villains, heroes, and supporting roles in films and TV shows. He was born in London to an Austrian mother and an Italian father, and studied drama at Royal Holloway and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
- January 1, 1
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- Islington, London, England, UK
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British actor Mark Strong, who played Jim Prideaux in the 2011 remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), is often cast as cold, calculating villains. But before he became a famous actor, he intended to pursue a career in law.
- Actor, Producer
- August 5, 1963
- He has an Austrian mother and an Italian father. Mark was born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in London. His mother “was a girl in Vienna. And at 18 I think she decided she wanted to come and just check London out because it was the centre of the universe at that time,” explains Mark.
- He grew up speaking German and English. Thanks to his mother, the German language was very much part of Mark’s life from the start: “I spoke a German word before I did an English word,” he says.
- Punk played a hugely influential role in his teenage years. “When punk arrived,” says Mark, “it was ‘Okay, what the hell is this?’- this can be for me, not for the adult generation and this is something that I can own.”
- He almost became a lawyer – in Germany. Why? “I think I was conforming… I didn't really know where I was headed or what to do,” says Mark. “I spoke German, so there was talk about going to university to study German.
A life in brief. Born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in Islington, north London, in 1963, to an Italian father and Austrian mother, Mark Strong first came to prominence in the acclaimed Nineties BBC...
Mark Strong (born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia; 5 August 1963) is a British actor. He is best known for his film roles such as Prince Septimus in Stardust (2007), Archibald in RocknRolla (2008), Lord Henry Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes (2009), Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010), Jim Prideaux in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Sinestro in Green ...
