Mark Strong Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Mark Strong (born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia; 5 August 1963) is an English film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in films such as RocknRolla, Body of Lies, Syriana, The Young Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Kick-Ass, Green Lantern, Zero Dark Thirty, Robin Hood, and John Carter. He often portrays villains or antagonists.
Full Name
Mark Strong
Net Worth
$1.7 Million
Date Of Birth
August 5, 1963
Place Of Birth
London, England, UK
Height
1.88 m
Profession
Voice Actor
Education
Royal Holloway, University of London, Wymondham College
Nationality
British
Spouse
Liza Marshall
Children
Gabriel Strong, Roman Strong
Parents
Giuseppe A. Salussolia, Waltraud D. Salussolia
Nicknames
Mark Strong, Strong, Mark
IMDB
Awards
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor, Palm Springs International Film Festival Best Ensemble Cast award
Nominations
MTV Movie Award for Best Fight, Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Gopo for Best Actor, British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, Laurence Olivier Awar...
Movies
The Brothers Grimsby, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Green Lantern, Sherlock Holmes, Kick-Ass, The Imitation Game, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Body of Lies, Approaching the Unknown, RocknRolla, Welcome to the Punch, Before I Go to Sleep, Zero Dark Thirty, Robin Hood, John Carter, Stardust, The Guard, ...
TV Shows
The Jury, Anna Karenina, Our Friends in the North, The Long Firm, Who Do You Think You Are?, Births Marriages and Deaths
Star Sign
Leo
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Trademark
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Cold unflinching gaze
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Deep smooth voice
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Often appears as a calculating, sinister individual who is willing to go against what they were taught for personal gain
It's great. You don't have to play lovers anymore: Ferdinands and Sebastians at the RSC, swanning around and spouting poetry. It was a great day for me when my hair fell out.
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(On being recognised) It took a while. I never made the Bobby Charlton, but I wasn't far short of it. I remember walking across Waterloo Bridge to the National Theatre once and my hair sort of flew up like this [he demonstrates with an anguished wave of the hand above his head], and I just thought 'This is pathetic'. I'd even started to get a bad neck because I'd got really good at knowing where the wind was coming from.
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(On Our Friends in the North (1996) I think Nicky was the writer's political side, Geordie was his sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll side, and Tosker was his Newcastle side.
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(On his character in Our Friends in the North (1996)) I didn't think he was a bastard. I was really trying to play somebody whose life is constantly getting knocked back. At the beginning he's spoilt rotten by his mum and dad. He wants to be a rock and roller - he's got the amps, the guitar and the pub and everyone's proud of him and patting him on the back - but then everything goes horribly wrong. His girlfriend gets pregnant and he has to stop his apprenticeship, and then he gets laid off from his factory because they're busting sanctions, and then the flat starts getting damp and his marriage isn't quite what he thought it was going to be ...
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(On his immigrant parents) They came to England in search of the Swinging Sixties, but they didn't find them.
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(On working with Christopher Eccleston in Our Friends in the North (1996)) He didn't speak to me for the whole year we were filming. At first I thought it was to do with the characters - because there was supposed to be tension between us, but then I realised - he just didn't like me.
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When I decided to crop what was left of my hair, I thought 'It's all over, I'm never going to work again: it's basket weaving me for me from now on.' But what actually happens is your casting changes: you suddenly start to get a lot of villains and coppers and soldiers and even the odd sensitive vicar - you become institutionalised.
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(On his character in Our Friends in the North (1996)) There's a kind of simpleness about him but that doesn't mean he's stupid," Strong says fondly, "and a kind of hardness but that doesn't mean he's not vulnerable. He's just someone who's working his bollocks off to do something and get somewhere despite all the limitations holding him in."
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I'm not convinced that this business runs on talent, otherwise why would there be so much crap on the box?
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[on Green Lantern (2011)]: I had to imbue in Sinestro an evil feeling, so the audience could take that journey into what might be in store for them. That's why Sinestro had to have a presence and a potential to be a badass.
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On his character Prince Septimus in Stardust (2007) ... From "Good Omens: The Making of Stardust" on Stardust DVD ... (Contains spoiler for movie): I was able to do pretty much most of my fighting scenes in this movie. The difficulty obviously is, it's one thing being able to do fighting, but it's another thing doing it with your eyes closed while you're slumped over and you can't see your opponent. (when he was used as a Zombie by the Witch Lamia): In a film, the more effort you put in, the more fantastic it looks.
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On Stardust (2007) director Matthew Vaughn ... From "Good Omens: The Making of Stardust" on Stardust DVD: What I love about Matthew is his taste. He won't look at the monitor and let something pass unless he thinks it's right and, as an actor, that's what you want from a director. You want them to be your mate behind the camera.
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Fact
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He was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best supporting Actor for his performance in Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse (London) in 2002.
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Seems to have a passion for espionage movies as he portrayed secret service agents on several occasions: He was the head of Jordanian secret intelligence in Body of Lies (2008), a cold war era MI-6 agent in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), a CIA agent in Zero Dark Thirty (2012), the chief of WWII era British Secret Intelligence Service in The Imitation Game (2014) and a non-governmental secret service operative in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014).
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His theatre break was in 'Napoli Milionaria' at the National Theatre and his television break in 'Our Friends in the North'.
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He grew up in Myddleton Square, Kensington, London.
Close friends with Daniel Craig. Craig is also the godfather of one of Strong's sons.
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Has two sons with Liza Marshall: Gabriel and Roman. Son Roman was born October 5, 2007.
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He got down to the last two spots for the role of Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men (2007). Originally turned down Body of Lies (2008) because his wife was pregnant with their second child.
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Has appeared in two films where the lead male character is named "Tristan": Tristan + Isolde (2006) and Stardust (2007).
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Has appeared in two films under the same title: Sunshine (1999) and Sunshine (2007).
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Speaks fluent German.
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He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role of 2002 for his performance in "Twelfth Night", performed at the Donmar Warehouse.
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Born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in London to an Italian father and an Austrian mother.
