Mark Hampton

Mark Hampton is an actor and filmmaker known for his awardwinning performances in Town vs Gown 2015 and Acceptance 2020 Born in New Zealand Mark moved to the UK and made his bigscreen debut opposite Academy Award winner F Murray Abraham in Una vacanza allinferno 1997 an Italian coproduction also starring Marco Leonardi He then played American heartthrob Brad in the TV series Comin Atcha 1999 He went on to appear in a number of classic British television series including detective drama Jonathan Creek 1997 longrunning childrens show Grange Hill 1978 and medical drama Casualty 1986 He also had guest roles in Lara Croft Tomb Raider The Cradle of Life 2003 and World War Z 2013 After a career break Mark returned as an actor and filmmaker His first short film A Walk in the Woods 2013 starred veteran British actor Richard Heffer taking a haunting journey to the past In 2015 Mark wrote directed and starred in short film Town vs Gown 2015 The film premiered in the US at Academy Award qualifying the Rhode Island International Film Festival and in the UK at the BAFTA qualifying British Urban Film Festival Mark won several awards and Town vs Gown 2015 was nominated for Best Short Film at the Empire Awards 2017 He followed this with political drama Acceptance 2020 in 2020 His central performance as a US Congressman earned him several Best Actor awards Marks television appearances include pandemic drama This England 2022 vampire comedy Count Abdulla 2023 Liaison 2023 for AppleTV and British soap opera Emmerdale Farm 1972 Big screen appearances include horror anthology Midnight Peepshow 2022 Kevin Hart action comedy Lift 2024 One More Shot 2024 with Scott Adkins playing the British Prime Minister in thriller Control 2023 and opposite John Cena in Heads of State 2025 Unlicensed Marks debut feature film as writerdirector was completed in 2025 Mark Hampton is represented by Nina Malone at Identity Agency Group