Mark Arnott | |
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| Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, martial artist, author |
| Years active | 1978 – Present |
| Spouses | |
Mark Arnott is an American actor and martial artist. He appeared in a recurring role asMark on theNBC television showCheers, and as Jeff Andrews inReturn of the Secaucus 7,John Sayles' debut film as a director. He also appeared inJoan of Arcadia,The Bernie Mac Show,NYPD Blue andMickey Spillane's Mike Hammer.
He attendedDartmouth College inNew Hampshire as a member of the class of 1972, but took some time off to travel the country in the late 1960s and build two Harlequin Dinner Theaters, one inRockville, Maryland and one in Atlanta, before graduating with the class of 1975[1] Dartmouth gave him a Marcus Heiman Award which grant enabled him to study withStella Adler in New York City.[citation needed]
His earliest recorded film appearance was as Jeff inReturn of the Secaucus 7. His first Equity role was as Quasimodo inThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame in 1978 atJoe Papp'sPublic Theater in New York. He appeared on and off Broadway and in regional theaters, doing the first American production of Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit, creating the role of Peter in the first two productions ofCraig Lucas'sPrelude to a Kiss, and doing the American premier ofAlan Ayckbourn'sA Small Family Business.[citation needed]
In 2009, he published a series of instructional books onAmerican Kenpo Karate.[2] A 5th Degree Black Belt, he presently teaches and writes at Arnott Kenpo inPasadena, California.[citation needed]
Since opening, his dojo has been consistently ranked as the best martial arts dojo in Pasadena.[3]
Arnott married Jane Carr in 1987 and the couple later divorced in 1995.[4] He remarried in 2009 to Melissa Chase.
