Mark Paul Gosselaar is an American actor who began his career with the modeling business and is known for his roles in many films and series. In the article, we will try to trace his creative path.
Biography
Mark Paul Gosselaar (photo below) was born in 1974 in Los Angeles and was not the only child in the family. A Dutch father and an Indonesian mother raised four more of his brothers and sisters.
In the life of an actor, there were two marriages. In 1996, his wife was the model of Liz Ann Russell. They had two children, but after fifteen years the union broke up. In 2012, Mark Paul married Katrion McGinn, the owner of an advertising agency that gave him a son a year later.
How did it all start?
Already at the age of five, the actor began to conquer the scene, taking up the modeling business. And nine years later, he began his acting career, playing the role in the comedy series Good Morning, Miss Bliss. From this moment, the filmography of Mark Paul Gosselaar began to grow by leaps and bounds. The roles came across different, and many of them were the main ones.
In 1988, director Gwen Arner suggested that Mark lead the cast of the television family drama “Parties for Necessity” about a brilliant teenager who, using noisy parties, tried to reconcile his parents. And another main role in the action movie "White Wolves" (1993) - this is the name of the group of high school students who decided to conquer the most inaccessible regions of America.
A year later, the actor appeared in the form of a sports coach in the drama “Miracle in St. Tammany”, which tells about the formation of the women's basketball team from the episcopal school. And let then the supporting role in the thriller Eb Lottimer “Perverted Love” (1995) followed, the science fiction film “Subject”, released in 1996, returned the actor to the first cast again.
A few more roles
The next main role Mark Paul Gosselaar received in the American comedy "Dead Man in College" (1998). In the television drama “The Princess and the Sailor” (2001), he played the role of naval officer Jason Johnson, who fell in love with a woman from the upper class. In Joshua Butler’s science fiction comedy “Money for a Beer” (2001), Mark played meteorologist Tim Marun, who decided to shoot an alien to drink beer with friends. And in the fantastic action movie Nuclear Tornado (2002), his character, like the rest of the population of Tennessee, tried to survive the attack of two powerful tornadoes.
In 2011, the actor starred in the television thriller Shelter, where he again received one of the main roles. In 2015, he got a supporting role in the crime action movie Speed: 657 Bus, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Robert De Niro. And in 2016, along with Bruce Willis starred in the action movie "Valuable Cargo".
TV series
The actor boasts roles in multi-part projects. In this regard, Mark Paul Gosselaar has enough experience. In general, he starred in many TV series, including Crazy Television (1995–2016), Law and Order: Special Corps (1999 - …), CSI Crime Scene (2000–2015), and There (2005)), "Datura" (2005–2015), etc. But let us pay attention to those where his name is included in the main cast.
New York Police (1993–2005)
An American multi-part drama created by David Milch and Stephen Bochko talks about the work and life of a fictional police station in Manhattan. Every day, in addition to several investigations under the control of the department, detectives also face problems within the team.
In the center of the plot are two servants of the law - an experienced detective Andy Sipowitz and his partner John Kelly. They are completely different in character and manner of behavior, but at the same time complement each other quite well. True, Mark Paul Gosselaar appears only in the eighth season and plays detective John Clark Jr.
“Law practice” (2008–2009)
The legal drama, consisting of two seasons (25 episodes), tells about people who were once students of the same law university. Moreover, they were friends, spent time together and dreamed about the future. But now they meet only in the courtroom and are forced to be rivals.
Will they be able to leave good relations in the past, neglect friendship and go against the former comrade? Most likely, because the career for which they studied for several years depends on how well they will do business.
