Mark Colson has worked as an actor at The Purple Rose Theatre, The Repertory Theatre of St.
Louis, The Denver Center, Theatre Banshee, The Hudson Theatre, Sierra Repertory
Theatre, The Odyssey Theatre, The Boarshead Theatre, and The Williamston Theatre.
Favorite stage roles include- Iago in Othello, Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Slim in Of
Mice and Men (twice), Kirk in Gravedigger, A Frankenstein Story, Richard in Gaps in the
Fossil Record, Oscar in the one-person show of A Picture of Oscar Wilde, and Sherlock Holmes in Purple Rose’s Sherlock Holmes Adventures trilogy. Mark has appeared in over 40 TV shows and films. Representative productions include I Am Not Okay With This, Outsiders, Banshee, Low Winter Sun, Bones, Justified, Parks and Recreation, Madmen, Gilmore Girls, King of Queens, Stay With Me, The Whisperer in Darkness, and Flags of Our Fathers.
Mark is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, specializing in On-Camera acting. Earlier he created the Theatre2Film project, creating four feature films in four years, all being official selections at The Traverse City Film Festival. These films were written, produced, directed, crewed, edited, and acted by students.
Website: www.mark-colson.com
Socials: @markwcolson
