Mark Colson is an American actor and former theatre professor at

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Education

Colson received his BFA at Webster University-Conservatory for the Performing Arts and his MFA from the National Theater Conservatory, Denver Center. He also studied at the Yale School of Drama and the

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in Oxford.

Career

Colson's theatrical background includes work at The Denver Center,

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis The St. Louis Repertory Theater is a repertory theater, based in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. It is often referred to locally simply as "The Rep". Hana S. Sharif is the Artistic Director and Danny Williams is the Managing Dire ...

, The Odyssey, Theatre Banshee in Los Angeles, The Hudson Theatre, The Boarshead Theatre, and The Sierra Repertory Theatre. In 2016, he played the role of Richard in the Purple Rose Theatre's world premiere of ''The'' ''Gaps in the Fossil Record Record''. He has also performed as Iago in the American Shakespeare Collective's ''Othello.'' In 2008, Colson was nominated for an Ovation Award for his performance of "Slim" in Theater Banshee's '' Of Mice and Men''. In 1992, Colson's film career began with the recurring role of Gabriel in the television series ''

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.'' His film and TV work includes

Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western TV series '' Rawhide'', he rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's "''Doll ...

's '' Flags of Our Father, Mad Men, Demolition Man, Bones,'' and with Amy Poehler on ''

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''. Colson also used professional motion capture to play George A. Romero in the 2010 video game '' Call of the Dead.'' Colson worked as a film and theater professor at

. In 2015, he pioneered the ''Theatre2Film'' project which gives filmmaking and theater students a hands-on learning experience. A student-written piece is performed as a stage play then transformed into a screenplay to be acted by the same students.

Filmography

Theatrical resume (since 2008)

Union affiliations

* Actor's Equity Association: 1990 – present * SAG-AFTRA: 1993 – present

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colson, Mark American male actors Michigan State University faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people)