Mark Cray Award-Winning Actor!
Mark Cray is a Cleveland, Ohio based actor open to anything creative, interesting, fun, artistic, edgy and humorous along with any type of commercial, film and television work. He is very diligent in maintaining his professionalism, work ethic, versatility and creativity as an actor and continually striving to produce the highest caliber performance of any role/character that he is portraying.
EXPERIENCE:
FILM/TELEVISION:
Zombie Holocaust: March of the dead Nightmare Films *shooting summer 2010* Role: Bruce Maximus Path of Dead (2008) - Rottwieler Productions *pre-production* Role: Notch (A sick and twisted man in sick and twisted times) Angel of Darkness - Dreamscope Ltd. *pre-production* Role: Vincent (High ranking mob boss) The Girl (2009) - Eerie Frequency Entertainment *post production* Role: Vincent Hell Kittens (2009) Rottwieler Productions *post production* Role: Shaft Divine Intervention - Legacyverse Films *post production* Role: Killer Tarot Queen (2009) - RAK Films *in production* Role: Zolo (mercenary for hire) Post-Mortem [Head Case 3] (2009) - Fleet Street Films *in production* Role: John Craven Creatures of the Night (2009) - Nightmare Pictures *in production* Role: Romeo (vampire slayer) The Star (2009) - RAK Films (short film) Role: The Star Never Escape (2009) - Mancinetti Pictures Role: Escapee #1 Teenage Axe Massacre (2008) - Nightmare Pictures *post production* Role: Marcus aka. "The Slasher" The Ritual [Head Case 2] (2008) - Fleet Street Films Role: John Craven Possible Charlie (2008) - Morning Remodeling Productions Role: Charlie 2 Abe's Tomb II - Feral Vengeance (2008) - Carl Merritt Promotions *in production* Role: Jacob Killer (2007) Carl Merritt Promotions (short film for the Chiller TV Short Film Competition) Role: The Killer Space For Rent T.V. (2007) - T.V. Sitcom Role: Various Characters (ongoing) Voodoo Rising (2007) (Release: December 2009) Fright Tek Productions Role: Larry/Clarence (A good guy turned evil) The Grind House Massacre (2007) - Rottwieler Productions Role: James (A sleezy b-rated movie producer) The Horror Convention Massacre (2006) - Old School Cinema Productions Role: Featured Extra - Annoying hotel guest ** This film was the winner of the Golden Coconut at the Miami Underground Film Festival ** Reunion (2006) - HTM Films, Inc. Role: Gary (A nasty and sadistic biker type) The Marc Norton Show (2006-2007) - T.V. Sitcom (2 episodes, pilot available through themarcnortonshow.net)
Role: Elliot (A bassist for the Goth Band "Death Puppies" and working in delivery)
STAGE:
Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead (2004) - Tree City Players Role: The Player 1985-1995: Brigadoon - Aurora Community Theatre, Aurora, MN Role: Harry Beaton The Sting - Aurora community Theatre, Aurora, MN Roles: Pretty Boy Floyd, Private Eye The Mouse that Roared - Aurora community Theatre, Aurora, MN Roles: 7 different radio announcers, 1 talk show host and a soldier Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (Children’s Adaptation) - The Prairie Fire Children's Theatre, Iron Range, MN Role: Henchman Cinderella (Children’s Adaptation) - The Prairie Fire Children's Theatre, Iron Range, MN Role: King
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
1996 – 2006: Performed Live Action Role Playing (LARP) for "Vampire: The Masquerade"
1986 - 1991: H.S. level competitive speech (Humorous Interpretation Category) Mesabi East H.S. Aurora, MN
PROMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Mark has been with the Carl Merritt Productions Promotional Team since August of 2007. He has attended such venues as Cinema Wasteland, Erie Frequency Movie Expo, Motor City Nightmares, Ghoulardi Fest, and the Deboard Halloween Party in a promotional capacity.
*AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS*
2008 Indie Gathering Acting Competition: Males 18 - 38 1st Place 2008 Indie Gathering Acting Competition: Males Overall 1st Place 2008 Indie Gathering Acting Competition: Overall 3rd Place 4 years attaining district level competition 2 years regional level competition 1 year state level competition 1 year national level competition (1st alternate to the 1991 national team)