Mark Gilvary

Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, just outside of Glasgow, Scotland. Started acting relatively late at the age of 23. Moved to London a year later in 1984, after winning a place at the prestigious Drama Centre London, a school that has gained a certain amount of notoriety in recent years, having produced actors such as Tom Hardy, Colin Firth & Michael Fassbender, among others. Since then he has concentrated mainly on film work, interspersed with bouts on the Stage. Like most actors, has spent periods of time ..."Doing Real Life"... in a range of other jobs. He has worked as a Taxi Driver, a Painter & Decorator, a Gardener, a Bartender, a Sandwich Vendor, a Builder's Labourer, a Furniture Removal Man, a Sales Assistant in a Toy Shop, a McDonald's Crew Member, a Travel Clerk, a Vehicle Delivery Driver, a Buyer for Rolls-Royce, A Spar* Retail Assistant - (*The U.K. Equivalent of a 7/11) - and a Shop Manager for Oxfam. In addition to the above, He has taken part in Role Play Sessions with Psychiatry Students, and has worked as A Mental Health Support Worker, providing support to schizophrenics in a residential setting. In 2005 he played the Infamous Satanist Aleister Crowley in Hadi Hajaig's Supernatural Thriller - "PURITAN" - opposite Nick Moran - ("LOCK STOCK") & David Soul - ("STARSKY & HUTCH"). A year later he worked alongside Nichelle Nichols - (Lt. Uhura of "STAR TREK") - in "LADY MAGDALENE'S". In this project Gilvary played not just one, but two pivotal roles. ... An FBI Agent & an Arabic Terrorist. More recently, he was involved as an Associate Producer on J. Neil Schulman's feature project - "ALONGSIDE NIGHT" - based on the Writer/Director's novel of the same title. The production was shot in and around Las Vegas, Nevada, from Dec 2012 to Jan 2013. Gilvary was already cast in the role of Lawrence Powers, the 'central villain' of the piece, opposite Kevin Sorbo, - ("HERCULES", "ANDROMEDA") - however, the role had to be re-cast at the eleventh hour, due to delays in the processing of his U.S. Work Visa. In addition to this, he is now in the process of developing several feature projects, including - "STUCK PIG"* - (*A Mainstream/Arthouse Hybrid.) and "SERAPHIM"** - (**A Supernatural Thriller.). Currently* - (*September 2020) - he is still in the Post-Production Phase of "JOURNEY"** - (**An Experimental Short Film.) - which has been on hold for the last couple of years. There is the possibility that additional scripted material will be shot, and that the project, will be released at some point in the future as a feature length film. Gilvary has recently stated, ... "Obviously at the moment, everything is up in the air, and we watch with interest to see how this whole 'COVID SCRIPT' will eventually play out. It's kinda difficult to focus on 'make-believe' when one is seeing everybody on A Global Scale being stripped of their rights on a daily basis!" ... [*Written By: Agent/Manager - SEPTEMBER 2020 ]