Mark Kounnas (born 1969) is an Australian actor and television presenter. Mark has had many acting roles on television and films and is probably best known for his role in ''

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'' as Gekko. He has also been a television presenter on the

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children's television series '' Seeing Is Believing'' with his sister and fellow actor Melissa Kounnas. He was the youngest cast member of '' Catch Us If You Can''. He featured in the TV series '' Butterfly Island'' ''

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'' and '' Chances'' (until October 1991) and appeared as a young

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in the mini-series''

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''. He had small roles in '' Water Rats'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also appeared in the 1982

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movie as Raggsy.

Bibliography

* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 376.

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* Australian male television actors Australian male film actors Australian people of Greek descent Living people 1969 births {{Australia-screen-actor-stub