{{short description|American actor, director and producer (born 1971)}} {{Infobox person | name = Mark Kassen | image = Mark Kassen - 2020 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Mark Kassen in 2020 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|10|04}} | birth_place = | occupation = Actor, director, producer | years_active = 1994–present | relatives = Adam Kassen {{small|(brother)}} }} '''Mark Kassen''' (born October 4, 1971)<ref name=NYTimes3 /> is an American actor, director and producer. He has appeared in the films ''Growing Up Brady'' (2000), ''The Good Student'' (2006), ''Puncture'' (2011), and ''Jobs'' (2013). In July 2020, he and Chris Evans launched A Starting Point, a website that presents both the Democratic and Republican point of view on many issues of importance to Americans.<ref name="Cap">{{cite news|title=Captain America is trying to … captain America|newspaper=Washington Post|date=22 Oct 2020|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/chris-evans-activism/2020/10/22/29e7b2cc-1270-11eb-ba42-ec6a580836ed_story.html|author=Geoff Edgers}}</ref>
==Career==
===Theatre=== In 1994, he made his theatre debut in a New York Off Broadway play titled ''Judy at the Stonewall Inn''. A few years later, he was cast in a play called ''Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight'' which he appeared on stage totally nude.<ref name=NYTimes3>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Jesse|title=The Search for the Long Island Hitlers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/theater/09gree.html?pagewanted=all|work=New York Times|accessdate=29 January 2014|date=9 April 2006}}</ref> In 2006, he appeared as Hitler's nephew William Patrick Hitler in the play ''Little Willy'', which he also wrote.<ref name=NYTimes3 />
===Film and television=== Kassen has had small parts in television films and TV series such as ''Another World'' in 1994, ''Cybill'' in 1997,<ref name=NYTimes3 /> and ''Third Watch'' 1999. In 2006, he produced the television movie ''Bernard and Doris'' with Susan Sarandon and Ralph Fiennes, which earned him, along with the other producers, nominations for a Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award for Best Television Film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bernard And Doris - Awards and nominations|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/bernard-and-doris|publisher=Emmys|accessdate=29 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Globe Contenders: The nominations|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/dec/12/golden-globes|work=The Guardian|accessdate=29 January 2014|date=11 December 2008}}</ref>
In 2011, he appeared in the drama film ''Puncture,'' based on the true story of Michael David Weiss (played by Chris Evans), where Kassen played Weiss's law partner and best friend Paul Danziger. Kassen also directed and produced the film with his brother Adam Kassen.<ref>{{cite web|title=IAR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Directors Adam and Mark Kassen talk 'Puncture'|url=http://www.iamrogue.com/news/interviews/item/4900-iar-exlcusive-interview-directors-adam-and-mark-kassen-talk-puncture.html|publisher=I am Rogue|accessdate=29 January 2014|date=26 September 2011}}</ref><ref name=NYTimes1>{{cite web|last=Catsoulis|first=Jeannette|title=Flawed Lawyer, Fighting the Good Fight|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/movies/pucture-stars-chris-evans-and-mark-kassen-review.html?_r=0|work=New York Times|accessdate=29 January 2014|date=22 September 2011}}</ref>
===Production company=== Kassen runs an independent film production company with his younger brother Adam Kassen.<ref name=NYTimes3 />
==Filmography== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1994 |''Another World'' |Jerry Hoch |TV series |- |1996 |''ABC Afterschool Specials'' |Spencer |TV series (Episode: "Through Thick & Thin") |- |1997 |''The Killing Secret'' |Greg Dunleavy | TV film |- |1997 |''Cybill'' |Brad Marks |TV series (Episode: "In Her Dreams") |- |1998 |''Looking for Lola''<ref name=NYTimes2 /> |Mike Greenbaum | |- |1999 |''Third Watch'' |Larry Foley |TV series (Episode: "Hell Is What You Make of It") |- |2000 |''Growing Up Brady''<ref name=NYTimes2 /> |Eddie Fontaine |TV film |- |2001 |''Trigger Happy'' |Alec |Also producer |- |2004 |''Slogan'' |Matt |TV film; also director, writer and producer |- |2005 |''Hopeless Pictures'' |Various voices |TV series; also producer |- |2006 |''The Good Student'' |Pete Macauley |Also producer |- |2006 |''Why Not...'' | |Short; also director and writer |- |2008 |''Almost Home'' |Paul |Short |- |2011 |''Puncture'' |Paul Danziger |Also director and producer |- |2013 |''Jobs'' |Jud | |- |2014 |''Dark Around the Stars'' |Glen | |- |2014 |''Before We Go'' |Danny | Also producer |- | 2026 | ''Animals'' | {{TBA}} | Post-production |- |}
===As producer=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Notes |- |2001 |''Trigger Happy''<ref name=NYTimes2 /> | |- |2003 |''The Bug'' |Short |- |2004 |''Slogan'' | |- |2004 |''Looking for Kitty''<ref name=NYTimes2 /> |Co-producer |- |2005 |''Celebrity Charades''<ref name=NYTimes2 /> |TV series; also director |- |2005 |''Hopeless Pictures'' | |- |2006 |''The Sasquatch Gang''<ref name=NYTimes2>{{cite web|title=Mark Kassen Filmography|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/369839/Mark-Kassen/filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305182408/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/369839/Mark-Kassen/filmography|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2014|accessdate=29 January 2014}}</ref> | |- |2006 |''The Good Student''<ref name=NYTimes2 /> | |- |2006 |''Bernard and Doris''<ref name=NYTimes2 /> |Executive producer |- |2007 |''The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman''<ref name=NYTimes2 /> | TV series (8 episodes) |- |2011 |''Puncture''<ref name=NYTimes1 /> | |- |2014 |''Before We Go'' | |- |}
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