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Mark Colson is an American actor and former theatre professor at Michigan State University.

Education

Colson received his BFA at Webster University-Conservatory for the Performing Arts and his MFA from the National Theater Conservatory, Denver Center. He also studied at the Yale School of Drama and the British American Drama Academy in Oxford.[1]

Career

Colson's theatrical background includes work at The Denver Center, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Odyssey, Theatre Banshee in Los Angeles, The Hudson Theatre, The Boarshead Theatre, and The Sierra Repertory Theatre.[2] In 2016, he played the role of Richard in the Purple Rose Theatre's world premiere of The Gaps in the Fossil Record Record.[3][4][5] He has also performed as Iago in the American Shakespeare Collective's Othello.

In 2008, Colson was nominated for an Ovation Award for his performance of "Slim" in Theater Banshee's Of Mice and Men.[6]

In 1992, Colson's film career began with the recurring role of Gabriel in the television series Days of Our Lives. His film and TV work includes Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Father, Mad Men, Demolition Man, Bones, and with Amy Poehler on Parks and Recreation.[7]

Colson also used professional motion capture to play George A. Romero in the 2010 video game Call of the Dead.

Colson worked as a film and theater professor at Michigan State University.[8][9] In 2015, he pioneered the Theatre2Film project which gives filmmaking and theater students a hands-on learning experience.[10] A student-written piece is performed as a stage play then transformed into a screenplay to be acted by the same students.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Demolition Man Warden William Smithers - Young
1997 Profiler Carter Poole Episode - "Venom"
1998 Star Trek Voyager Dream Alien Episode - "Waking Moments"
1998 Working Prison Episode - "The Consultant"
1999 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Security Attendant Episode - "Salem and Juliette"
2000 Judging Amy Motorcycle Cop Episode - "The Wee Hours"
2000 Locked Up Down Shorty's Man At Bar
2002 Grounded for Life P.E. Coach Episode - "Eddie Said Knock You Out"
2002 Gilmore Girls Western Shirt Man Episode - "Lorelai's Graduation Day"
2002 Alias OPS Director Episode - "Cipher"
2003 The Curse and the Smoking Jacker Mark
2003 Carnivàle Farmer Episode - "Tipton"
2004 Angel Izzy Episode - "Not Fade Away," "Power Play," "You're Welcome"
2005 The King of Queens Gus Episode - "Deconstructing Carrie"
2005 Pendulum
2006 Invasion Deputy Munger Episode - "Run and Gun," "The Sun Also Rises," "All God's Creature," "Redemption, "Power"
2006 Hi, Hello
2006 Flags of our Father Reporter (in LA ) #2
2006 CSI: NY Kevin Green Episode - "And here's to you, Mrs Azrael"
2007 Marked Dr. Frederickson
2007 Heroes Dr. Zern Episode - "Chapter Three - 'Kindred'," "Chapter Two 'Lizards'," Chapter One - 'Four Months Later'"
2008 Passed the Door of Darkness Murphy McCasey
2008 My Own Worst Enemy Second Prisoner Episode - "Love in All the Wrong Places"
2009 Medium Balding Man Episode - "A Person of Interest"
2010 Lie to Me Angry Man Episode - "Angry Man"
2010 Mad Men Bill Shepard Episode - "Chinese Wall"
2011 Justified Hobart Curtis Episode - "Debts and Accounts," "Brother's Keepers"
2011 Parks and Recreation Head Chairman Episode - "Jerry's Painting"
2011 Bones Todd Belacleets Episode - "The Change in The Game"
2013 Low Winter Sun Ken Benson Episode - "Surrender"
2016 Banshee Aaron Boedicker Episode - "The Burden of Beauty," "Something Out of the Bible"
2016 Outsiders Pat Kersey Episode - "All Hell," "Day Most Blessed," "Trust," "Its Good to Be King"

Theatrical resume (since 2008)

Year Title Role Theater Director
2008 Of Mice and Men Slim Theatre Banshee Rebecca Marcotte
2009 The Field Mick Theatre Banshee Sean Branney
2010 The Crucible Putnam Theatre Banshee Sean Branney
2010 Macbeth Ross Theatre Banshee Sean Branney
2010 The Hostage I.R.A. Officer Theatre Banshee McKerrin Kelly
2012 Othello Iago The American Shakespeare Coll. Vincent Murphy
2014 Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano MSU Fairchild Theatre Edward Daranyi
2014 Gravedigger (World Premiere) Kurt Williamston Theatre John Lepard
2015 Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol Jacob Marley Williamston Theatre Julia Glander
2016 Gaps in the Fossil Record (World Premiere) Richard Purple Rose Theatre Company Guy Sanville
2016 Pulp[11] R.A. Lyncroft Williamston Theatre Tony Caselli
2018 Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear (World Premiere)[12] Sherlock Holmes Purple Rose Theatre Company Guy Sanville
2019 Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Fallen Soufflé (World Premiere)[13] Sherlock Holmes Purple Rose Theatre Company Michelle Mountain

Union affiliations

References

  1. ^ "Department of Theatre :: Mark Colson". theatre.msu.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  2. ^ "Department of Theatre :: Mark Colson". theatre.msu.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  3. ^ "Pulp | Arts Around Ann Arbor". pulp.aadl.org. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  4. ^ Gallinat, David S. "About – Featured Artists – Mark Colson – The Purple Rose Theatre Company". www.purplerosetheatre.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  5. ^ Pohl, Scott (9 May 2016). "Minding the 'Gaps' at Purple Rose world premiere". wkar.org. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  6. ^ "Theatre Banshee - Of Mice and Men Press". www.theatrebanshee.org. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  7. ^ "Department of Theatre :: Mark Colson". theatre.msu.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  8. ^ "MSU professor hones acting skills on stage, on the small screen". The State News. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  9. ^ "Department of Theatre :: Mark Colson". theatre.msu.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  10. ^ "Theatre2Film Project begins second stage of student production". The State News. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  11. ^ "Williamston Today".
  12. ^ McKee, Jenn (2018-04-14). "REVIEW: Purple Rose Theatre revisits an iconic sleuth in 'Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear'". A2 Arts Addict. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  13. ^ Stanczak-Tuscany, Brian. "BWW Review: SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE FALLEN SOUFFLE at Purple Rose Theatre Company Is An Intriguing Fresh Piece of Theatre!". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.

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