Mark was born in Houston, TX, and at the age of eight he moved to Lake Jackson, TX...while growing up he participated in numerous sports, drawing, and classical guitar lessons. Mark then moved to San Diego, CA, after graduating from Brazoswood H.S. In San Diego he played some collegiate baseball and enrolled in his first acting & dancing classes...performing in numerous plays and dance shows, while attending SDSU, and later graduating. Mark made the move to Los Angeles, after a few more years of performing, to continue his acting career.