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Mark Heap
Born · May 13, 1957 (67 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India
Bio
Mark Heap (born 13 May 1957) is a British actor and comedian. Television credits include Ghost Train (1991), Smith & Jones (1997–1998), Brass Eye (1997–2001), Kiss Me Kate (1998), The Zig and Zag Show (1998), How Do You Want Me? (1998–1999), Stressed Eric (1998–2000), Green Wing (2004–2007), Spaced (1999–2001), The Strangerers (2000), Jam (2000), Doc Martin (2000), Happiness (2001–2003), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011), Desperate Romantics (2009), Friday Night Dinner (2011–2020), Upstart Crow (2016–2018), and Benidorm (2017–2018). Film credits include About a Boy (2002), Stardust (2007), The World's End (2013), Time Travel is Dangerous (2024). Heap was born in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India, to an English father and American mother, the youngest of four boys. When the family moved to the United Kingdom, they lived in Wales. He stayed there until he moved to northern England, where he lives now. He began acting in the 1970s as a member of the Medieval Players, a touring company performing medieval and early modern theatre, and featuring stilt-walking, juggling and puppetry. His brother Carl Heap, who is also an actor, was the artistic director of the company. After its demise, he became part of the street theatre duo The Two Marks (with Mark Saban). Heap starred in the BBC sketch show Big Train, where he performed a barefoot gymnastics routine and other sketches between 1998 and 2002, alongside other burgeoning comedy stars Simon Pegg, Julia Davis, Kevin Eldon, Catherine Tate, Amelia Bullmore, Rebecca Front, Nick Frost and Tracy-Ann Oberman. He appeared as struggling artist Brian Topp in Spaced (1999–2001), and the pompous Dr. Alan Statham in Green Wing (2004–07). Heap worked with Chris Morris, in Blue Jam, radio predecessor to Jam, and the documentary parody series Brass Eye. He voiced the lead character of Eric Feeble in the animated comedy Stressed Eric. Other recurring roles included: Terry Roche in Paul Whitehouse's comedy-drama Happiness and Derek Few in How Do You Want Me?. He played Harry in the short-lived Rob Grant TV series The Strangerers, in 2000. He also guested in the second series of the BBC comedy Look Around You as Leonard Hatred. He appeared as an unsuccessful businessman who became a bellboy, in the 2007 BBC One drama Hotel Babylon. Between 2008 and 2010, he appeared as head postman Thomas Brown, in 32 episodes of the BBC period drama Lark Rise to Candleford. He was the super villain Lightkiller, in an episode of the sitcom No Heroics. He also appeared as the father of Chris Miles in the Channel 4 programme Skins. Heap played the love interest of the main character in the second series of the BBC comedy Love Soup. He played the role of Charles Dickens in the 2009 BBC Two drama Desperate Romantics. He also played Jessica Hynes' husband in the one-off comedy written by Hynes and Julia Davis: Lizzie & Sarah.
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
The Regency Dandy
0.0
2025
Piglets
Superintendent Bob Weekes · (6 episodes)
6.4
2024
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
John Turpin · (6 episodes)
6.4
2024
Beyond Paradise
Bob Holland · (1 episode)
6.8
2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
Johnson
6.4
2022
Live at the Moth Club
George · (5 episodes)
0.0
2022
Incredible Ant
Flibbington (voice) · (26 episodes)
5.0
2022
The School for Good and Evil
Professor Manley
7.0
2022
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Kirk Fabricant · (1 episode)
6.4
2022
The House
Mr. Thomas (voice)
7.0
2022
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Himself
7.8
2021
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
Peter Cole · (6 episodes)
6.4
2020
Intelligence
Barnaby Bailer · (1 episode)
6.3
2020
Queens of Mystery
Kurt Lee · (1 episode)
7.1
2019
The Lost Films of Bloody Nora
Dad
8.5
2019
The Midnight Gang
Sir Quentin Strillers
4.9
2018
Killer Weekend
Gerald
4.6
2018
Murder on the Blackpool Express
Graham
5.8
2017
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
8.0
2017
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
Pick up Driver
4.4
2016
Digby Dragon
Mungo (voice) · (72 episodes)
7.0
2016
Upstart Crow
Sir Robert Greene · (18 episodes)
7.1
2016
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
Clive Dunn
6.5
2015
Undercover
DCI Langdon · (1 episode)
7.0
2015
The Team
Albert Greaves · (8 episodes)
6.5
2015
The Last Post
0.0
2015
The World's End
Publican 7
6.8
2013
All Stars
Simon Tarrington
5.6
2013
Endeavour
Felix Lorimer · (1 episode)
8.1
2013
Heading Out
Brian · (1 episode)
5.8
2013
Friday Night Dinner Christmas Special
0.0
2012
A Moody Christmas
Heathrow Passenger · (1 episode)
8.2
2012
Is This a Joke?
Doctor
0.0
2011
Death in Paradise
Alec Burton · (1 episode)
7.5
2011
Holy Flying Circus
Andrew Thorogood
6.4
2011
Spy
Phillip · (11 episodes)
7.7
2011
Friday Night Dinner
Jim · (36 episodes)
7.8
2011
The Indian Doctor
Rev. Herbert Todd · (5 episodes)
5.9
2010
Single Father
Robin · (4 episodes)
7.5
2010
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
Lord Mountford · (4 episodes)
6.8
2010
The Great Outdoors
Bob · (3 episodes)
6.0
2010
Lizzie and Sarah
Michael
7.4
2010
Misfits
Jonas · (1 episode)
7.6
2009
Desperate Romantics
Charles Dickens · (6 episodes)
7.5
2009
No Heroics
(1 episode)
6.4
2008
Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth
Scrutty Baker
2.0
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
Thomas Brown · (40 episodes)
8.3
2008
Stardust
Tertius
7.3
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
(archive footage) (uncredited)
5.0
2007
Benidorm
Malcolm · (3 episodes)
7.5
2007
Skins
Graham · (1 episode)
8.1
2007
Alpha Male
Darwin
3.0
2006
Scoop
M.C.
6.6
2006
Confetti
Registrar
5.5
2006
Hotel Babylon
(1 episode)
7.2
2006
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Man with Dog
7.0
2005
Animal
Hugh Getner
5.0
2005
The Crust
Cowboy Keith · (1 episode)
0.0
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mr. Humpries · (1 episode)
7.6
2004
Out of time
Charlie
8.0
2004
Green Wing
Alan Statham · (18 episodes)
8.0
2004
Blake's Junction 7
Avon
7.0
2004
The Calcium Kid
Sebastian Gore-Brown
5.6
2004
Spaced: Skip to the End
Self
6.1
2004
Spine Chillers
Balfus · (1 episode)
0.0
2003
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Mitch
6.4
2003
Look Around You
Leonard Hatred · (2 episodes)
8.1
2002
About a Boy
Math Teacher
6.7
2002
Ant Muzak
In-Store Tannoy Voice
0.0
2002
Happiness
Terry Roche · (12 episodes)
6.0
2001
Doc Martin
Mitch
7.1
2001
Jam
Various · (6 episodes)
7.9
2000
The Strangerers
Harry · (9 episodes)
6.0
2000
Spaced
Brian Topp · (14 episodes)
7.9
1999
People Like Us
Graham Atkinson · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
Big Train
(12 episodes)
7.0
1998
Kiss Me Kate
(1 episode)
7.0
1998
Stressed Eric
(13 episodes)
6.0
1998
How Do You Want Me?
(12 episodes)
7.7
1998
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
DS Maskell (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.3
1997
Midsomer Murders
Simon Fergus-Johnson · (1 episode)
7.5
1997
Brass Eye
Simon Hottrin/Dr. Zeus Spofforth · (6 episodes)
7.5
1997
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Duncan
4.1
1997
The Magic Faraway Tree
Mr. Oom Boom Boom
0.0
Hospital!
Dr. Ralph Crosby
5.0
1997
Dalziel & Pascoe
(1 episode)
6.4
1996
The World of Lee Evans
Platform Guard · (1 episode)
6.0
1995
The Children's Royal Variety Performance
The 2 Marks
0.0
1993
Martin Luther, Heretic
Medieval Player
0.0
1983
Can You Keep a Secret?
William · (0 episode)
0.0