Mark Elliott Fite is an American actor and comedian.

Career

Fite is a founding member of the comedy group 2 Headed Dog with comedians Jim Turner, Dave Allen, and

Craig Anton Craig Ward Anton (born August 28, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles as Mr. Pettus in '' Lizzie McGuire'' and Lloyd Diffy in ''Phil of the Future''. Early life Anton was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, ...

. He is known for creating roles and performing in comedy shows including ''The Tony Martini Variety Hour'', ''Bob's Office Party'', ''The Rudy Casoni Show'', ''Girly Magazine Party'', Clowntown City Limits, and

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. Fite has worked with several theatre companies in Los Angeles, including The Actors' Gang, Theater of NOTE, and Padua Hills Playwrights' Festival where he worked with writers Murray Mednick, Leon Martell, Marlane Meyer, and John Steppling. Fite has performed at multiple comedy venues and festivals around the country, as well as appearing at local L.A. favorites, Lucha VaVoom and Brookledge Follies. In the 1990s, Fite had a prominent role as "Mark the Trasher" on the

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'' Trashed'', on which he destroyed the prized possessions of unlucky contestants. He has since appeared in television shows including ''

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'', '' Infinity Train'', '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', ''

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'', ''

Criminal Minds ''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Jeff Davis that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral ...

'', ''Clash-A-Rama!'', '' Parenthood'', ''

Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical internship (medicine), interns, residency (medicine), residents, and attending physician, attendings at the fictional ...

'', '' Rules of Engagement'', '' The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show'', ''

Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane (producer), David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting List of Friends episodes, ten seasons. With an ensemble cast ...

'', ''

Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It ...

'', and ''

NewsRadio ''NewsRadio'' is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from March 21, 1995, to May 4, 1999, focusing on the work lives of the staff of a New York City AM news radio station. It had an ensemble cast featuring Dave Foley, Stephen R ...

''. Fite's varied film credits include ''

Fight Club ''Fight Club'' is a 1999 American film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. It is based on the 1996 novel ''Fight Club (novel), Fight Club'' by Chuck Palahniuk. Norton plays The Narrator (F ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Off the Lip'', ''Elephant Sighs'', ''

The Adventures of Pinocchio ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' ( ; , i.e. "The Adventures of Pinocchio. Story of a Puppet"), commonly shortened to ''Pinocchio'', is an 1883 Children's literature, children's fantasy novel by Italian author Carlo Collodi. It is about the mischi ...

'', and in the short film for Dior (L.A.dy Dior) with Academy Award Winner Marion Cotillard, directed by John Cameron Mitchell. In 2009, Fite performed in the comedy ''Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas'' alongside Matthew Modine and French Stewart at the

Geffen Playhouse The Geffen Playhouse is a not-for-profit theater company founded in Los Angeles, California by Gilbert Cates in 1995. It produces plays in two theaters in Geffen Playhouse, which is owned by University of California Los Angeles. The Playhous ...

in Los Angeles. In 2016, Fite performed on stage with the

Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California. The orchestra holds a regular concert season from October until June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from ...

at Walt Disney Concert Hall in La Mer, part of the L.A. Phil Symphonies For Youth Program.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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