Mark
McKinney
Vital Facts
•
Full Name- Mark Douglas Brown McKinney
• Birthdate- June 26, 1959
• Hometown(s)- Ottawa, ON;
various places overseas
• Family- Marina Gharabegian
(wife, 1995 - present), Christopher Thomas Russell (son, b. 1996), Emma Jane (daughter, b. 2001)
Bio
Mark
was born to Russell, a Canadian diplomat, and Chloe, an architectural
writer, McKinney. Since his dad was a diplomat Mark and his siblings
spent most of their childhood traveling with him. Mark's younger
brother, Nick, is also a comedian and appeared on the short lived
Comedy Central sketch comedy show The Vacant Lot. You can see
Nick as a patron in a KITH sketch, where Mark interrupts a fight
between Bruce and his girlfriend. Mark attended a number of schools
in cities around the world while traveling with his father, including
Trinidad, Paris, and Washington D.C. He met Bruce McCulloch at
the Loose Moose Theater Company, and the two joined with two other
comedians to form the comedy troupe The Audience which performed
at Theatresports. Later, Mark moved with Bruce to Toronto and
met Dave and Kevin. They combined to form The Kids In the Hall.
Currently Mark and his family live in New York City.
Trivia
• Mark's brother is Nick McKinney- former Vacant
Lot member and writer/producer for such shows as Michael Moore's
The Awful Truth and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
• Mark won the 1989 Cable Ace Award for Actor in a comedy
and he won the 2000 Genie for Best Performance by an Actor in
a Supporting Role for Dog Park. Mark was nominated for the 1990
Cable Ace Award for Actor in a comedy and also for a 2000 Canadian
Comedy Award for his performance in Dog Park.
TV/Radio
Interviews
•
The
Daily Show With Jon Stewart-- Interview with the "nice"
Kid in the Hall and the "prettiest" Kid in the Hall.
(September 30, 1999)
Print
Interviews/Articles
•
None Yet
Other
•
Mark's Saturday Night
Live bio
•
SNL Chicken Lady Sketch-
Transcript
•
Mark's Brain Candy bio
Images
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to see larger version.
Other
Media
•
None yet
TV
& Filmography
Actor
- Film
•
Jacob
Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999) .... Mr. Fish
•
Superstar
(1999) .... Father Ritley
•
New
Waterford Girl (1999) .... Doctor Hogan
•
Out-of-Towners,
The (1999) .... Greg
•
Fidelio
(1998).... Mark
•
Night
at the Roxbury, A (1998) .... Father Williams
•
Dog
Park (1998) .... Dr. Cavan
•
Herd,
The (1998)
•
Last
Days of Disco, The (1998) .... Rex
•
Spice
World (1997) .... Graydon
•
Hayseed
(1997)
•
Kids
in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) .... Don Roritor/Simon/German
patient/Nina Bedford/Cabbie/White trash woman
•
Passion
of John Ruskin, The (1994) .... John Ruskin
Actor
- TV
• "Saturday
Night Live" (1994-1997).... Himself
•
"Kids
in the Hall, The" (1989)
•
"Dynaman"
(1988)(voice) .... Dynablue
Stage
Work
• Fuddy
Meers (2000) ... Millet (New York)
•
A
Flea In Her Ear (1997) ... Don Carlos Homenides de Histingua (Roundabout
Theater, New York)
•
The
Rivals ... Faulkland (Williamstown Theatre Festival)
•
The
Ugly Man ... (One Yellow Rabbit Co. Tour - Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
& Tron Theatre, Glasgow)
Director
• "Kids
in the Hall, The" (1989)
Writer
• Kids
in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
•
"Kids
in the Hall, The" (1989)
•
"Saturday
Night Live"(1985-1986)
Dedicated
Links
Anyone
know of one that's still updated?
Contributors
To This Page
•
Mark's Keeper- Jessi Fields
• Photos- Trista
Lycosky (1-4), Jessi Fields (5)
•
Other- Trista
Lycosky, Stefanie Gray
• Interviews/Articles- Sabby
McD
• Bio & Filmography- Bethany Cramer
and the alt.tv.kids-in-hall
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