Mark Arnott is an American actor and martial artist. He appeared in a recurring role as

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on the

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television show ''

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'', and as Jeff Andrews in ''

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'', John Sayles' debut film as a director. He also appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer''.

Life and work

He attended

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as a member of the class of 1972, but took some time off to travel the country in the late 1960s and build two Harlequin Dinner Theaters, one in

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and one in Atlanta, before graduating with the class of 1975 Dartmouth gave him a Marcus Heiman Award which grant enabled him to study with

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in New York City. His earliest recorded film appearance was as Jeff in ''

''. His first Equity role was as Quasimodo in ''

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'' in 1978 at

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in New York. He appeared on and off Broadway and in regional theaters, doing the first American production of Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit, creating the role of Peter in the first two productions of

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's '' Prelude to a Kiss'', and doing the American premier of

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's '' A Small Family Business''.

Personal life

In 2009, he published a series of instructional books on

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Karate. A 5th Degree Black Belt, he presently teaches and writes at Arnott Kenpo in

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. Since opening, his dojo has been consistently ranked as the best martial arts dojo in Pasadena. Arnott married

Jane Carr Ellen Jane Carr (born 13 August 1950) is an English actress. She is well known for her first film role as Mary McGregor in drama '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (1969) and the voice role of " Pud'n" on the animated '' The Grim Adventures of ...

in 1987 and the couple later divorced in 1995. He remarried in 2009 to Melissa Chase.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnott, Mark American Kenpo practitioners American male karateka American male television actors Living people Male actors from Chicago Year of birth missing (living people)