Mark Heap

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Mark Heap
Born (1957-05-13) 13 May 1957 (age 67)
Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India[1]
Occupation Actor
Years active 1987–present

Mark Heap (born 13 May 1957) is an English actor, best known for his roles in Spaced, Brass Eye, Big Train, Jam and Green Wing.

Early life

Heap was born in Tamil Nadu, India, to an English father and American mother. He was born the youngest of four boys. He began his acting career in the 1980s as a member of the Medieval Players, a touring company performing medieval and early modern theatre, and featuring stilt-walking, juggling and puppetry. After its demise, he became part of the street theatre duo The Two Marks (with Mark Saban) who appeared on television shows Ghost Train and 3-2-1.

Television

He has appeared in a variety of television comedy roles, often playing obsessive and self-deluded characters, including struggling artist Brian Topp in Spaced, the pompous Dr. Alan Statham in Green Wing, and various roles in the sketch show Big Train. He has worked in a number of ventures with Chris Morris, appearing in Jam, its radio predecessor Blue Jam, and the documentary parody series Brass Eye.

Heap voiced the lead character of Eric Feeble in the animated comedy Stressed Eric. Other recurring roles included Terry Roche in Paul Whitehouse's comedy-drama Happiness and Derek Few in How Do You Want Me?. Heap played Harry in the short-lived Rob Grant TV series The Strangerers, aired in 2000. He also guested in the second series of the BBC comedy Look Around You as Leonard Hatred.

In March 2007 he appeared in the BBC One drama Hotel Babylon as an unsuccessful businessman who became a bellboy. Between 2008 and 2010 he appeared in 32 episodes of the BBC period drama Lark Rise to Candleford as head postman Thomas Brown, as well as super villain Lightkiller in an episode of the sitcom No Heroics. He also appears as the father of Chris Miles in the Channel 4 programme Skins. Heap played the love interest of the main character in the second series of the BBC comedy Love Soup.

He played the role of Charles Dickens in the 2009 BBC Two drama Desperate Romantics. Also in 2009 he played Jessica Hynes' husband in the one-off comedy Lizzie & Sarah, written by Hynes and Julia Davis.

In 2010 he appeared as Bob Stevens, the leader of a rambling group, in the BBC4 series The Great Outdoors. He also appeared as a psychiatrist in Miranda Hart's comedy Miranda on BBC2. In October 2010 he appeared as Robin in the four-part BBC drama Single Father. Heap plays Jim in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner alongside Simon Bird and Tamsin Greig. He also played Andrew Thorogood in the BBC Four comedy Holy Flying Circus and Jonas in the 8th episode of E4's sci-fi comedy-drama Misfits series 3.

In October 2012 he appeared as an unnamed "Heathrow passenger" in the first episode of the Jungleboys comedy A Moody Christmas, broadcast on ABC1 Australia.

He joined the cast of the Sky1 original series Spy for its second season commencing in October 2012, replacing Tom Goodman-Hill as Philip Quil, Judith's partner and Marcus' headteacher.

He has also recently appeared in the spin-off episode of Outnumbered, the Christmas special episode, aired on 24 December 2012. He portrayed Norris, for this single episode. He played the owner of a pet crematorium in Sue Perkins's 2013 comedy Heading Out.

Film

In the film About a Boy, Heap played a school teacher. He appeared in Tim Burton's 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Heap also played a minor role in the 2006 film Confetti as the marriage registrar. He played an injured fairground patron in Tunnel of Love (2004), which also starred Jack Dee. He plays the part of the prince Tertius in the 2007 film Stardust. In 2008 he co-starred in the surreal science fiction film Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth. He appears in the 2013 film The World's End.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1987 The Les Dennis Laughter Show The Two Marks 1 episode
1992 Packing Them In Fire eating stiltwalker 1 episode
1993 Viva Cabaret The Two Marks 1 episode
1994 The Bill Chris Boxer 1 episode
Seaforth Capt. Karl Von Berner 2 episodes
How High The Moon
1995 The World of Lee Evans Platform Guard 1 episode
1997 Hospital Dr. Ralph Crosby
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis Duncan
An Unsuitable Job For A Woman DS Maskell 1 episode
1997-1998 Smith and Jones 2 episodes
1997-2001 Brass Eye Various roles
1998 Kiss Me Kate Peter 3 episodes
1998-1999 How Do You Want Me? Derek Few
1998-2000 Stressed Eric Eric Feeble
1998-2002 Big Train Various roles
1999 All Along the Watchtower Mr. Carter 1 episode
People Like Us Graham Atkinson 1 episode
1999-2001 Spaced Brian Topp
2000 The Strangerers Harry
Jam Various roles
2001 The Ultimate Stress Show: Managing Stress
Doc Martin Mitch
2001-2003 Happiness Terry Roche
2002 About A Boy Maths teacher
Ant Muzak Short
2003 Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie Mitch
Spine Chillers Balfus 1 episode
2004 Dalziel and Pascoe Julian Finch 1 episode
The Calcium Kid Sebastian Gore-Brown
Swiss Toni Terry Fragment 1 episode
Tunnel of Love Gibson
Out of Time Charlie
2004-2006 Green Wing Alan Statham 17 episodes 1 special
2005 Blake's Junction 7 Avon Short
Look Around You Leonard Hatred 2 episodes
Casanova Doctor Gozzi 1 episode
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Man With Dog
Animal Hugo Getner
2006 Confetti Registrar
Scoop MC
Alpha Male Darwen
2007 Hotel Babylon Robert Kane 1 episode
Marple: At Bertram's Hotel Mr. Humfries
Stardust Prince Tertius
2008 Skins Graham Miles 1 episode
Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth Scrutty Baker
Love Soup Douglas McVitie
No Heroics Lightkiller 1 episode
The Pro Short
2008-2011 Lark Rise to Candleford Thomas Brown
2009 Desperate Romantics Charles Dickens
Cast Offs Darren 1 episode
2010 Lizzie and Sarah Michael
The Great Outdoors Bob
Fable III Brian Video game
Single Father Robin
Miranda Anthony 1 episode
2011 Holy Flying Circus Andrew Thorogood
Misfits Jonas 1 episode
Miso Soup Shash Short
2011-Present Friday Night Dinner Jim Bell 19 episodes
2012
The Indian Doctor Rev Herbert Todd
A Moody Christmas Heathrow Passenger 1 episode
Outnumbered Norris
Spy Philip
Is This a Joke? Short
2012-present The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret Lord Mountford 4 episode
2013 Heading Out Brian 1 episode
All Stars Simon Tarrington
The World's End Publican 7
2014 Death In Paradise 1 episode (series 3 episode 6)
2015 We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story Clive Dunn
2016 The Comedian's Guide to Survival Pick Up Driver
2016 Upstart Crow Robert Greene

Advertising work

In 2009 he appeared as a car salesman in a SEAT television advert. Heap voices the fox in the Old Speckled Hen adverts sponsoring comedy on Dave.[2]

Other acting

In 2008 Heap played the role of Widmerpool in a Radio 4 serialisation of Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time. He played Eliza's husband in 2006 Radio 4 play The Eliza Stories and appeared as Marmite the Dwarf in the short-lived Radio 4 sitcom The Sofa of Time. He starred in the music video for Four Tet's single "Smile Around the Face" in 2005, contributed a multitude of character voices in the audiobook "Do Ants Have Arseholes?". In 2012 he starred as Martin in the Radio 4 play Cordite for Breakfast, a comedy about Napoleonic-era battle re-enactments.[3] In March 2013, he appeared as Rincewind in a 4-part Radio 4 adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Eric. In 2014 it was announced that Heap will play the angel Aziraphale in the BBC radio adaption of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens.[4]

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