FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Where did Stuntman first gain
his fame? At South Plainfield High School where he was
a quarterback for the football team in the early to mid 1970s. He
would later go on to Potomac State College in West Virginia,
and West Virginia University.
What made him decide to go into
show business? After watching his friend, Dennis Madalone,
appear on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson back in 1979,
and taking a lot of punishment from the first string defensive
unit on the West Virginia University Football team, Mark thought
it would be a great way to make money.
What show did STUNTMAN first
appeared on? Mark's first big break was in 1980 when he
appeared in a stunt on a show called The Great American
Traffic Jam.
Who are the South Plainfield
Threesome? In addition to STUNTMAN, there was Dennis
Madalone, who was already finding fame and fortune in Hollywood,
and, another friend from his high school days, Irving Lewis
became known as the "South Plainfield Threesome". They all
became friends during their high school years where they excelled
as athletes on the high school football, track, and baseball
teams. Their athletic talents were very important skills that
they would need for their line of work.
After his first television appearance,
where did STUNTMAN appear next? Mark appeared on such t.v.
shows as Quincy, The Hulk, Ten Speed and
Brownshoe, Today's FBI, and Strike Force.
Then, in 1982, he made an appearance on the show The Greatest
American Hero. He also appeared in such movies as Eye
For An Eye starring Chuck Norris, in 1982.
What was STUNTMAN's next big
break? When he became the stunt double for Johnathan
Frakes on the television series Star-Trek: The Next
Generation. He would then follow it up with appearances
on the other Star-Trek series, Deep Space Nine.
Where did STUNTMAN first meet
John Travolta? On the set of John's biggest comeback
film, Pulp Fiction.
How did STUNTMAN become John
Travolta's stunt double? While on the set of Pulp
Fiction, Mark approached him with a resume and a
picture of himself along with the proposal that if Travolta
ever went into doing action films that Mark could be his stunt
double. Two months later, he was contacted by Travolta's agents
and found himself on the set of White Man's Burden.
What was the biggest film STUNTMAN
was in? Although Mark has had numerous hits in Broken
Arrow, The General's Daughter, Get Shorty, A
Civil Action, Primary Colors, Phenomenon, and The Thin Red
Line, but his biggest success was in the movie Face-Off, in
1997.
How can I find out what projects
and appearances STUNTMAN will be making next? Two
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