Mark Strong became famous after playing Lord Blackwood in Guy Ritchie's action movie Sherlock Holmes.
For several years, Mark Strong took part only in episodes of feature films and played small roles in television series. Often the artist is confused with Andy Garcia or Stanley Tucci due to his similar appearance.
Search for a future profession
Marco Giuseppe Salussolia was born on August 5 in London 1963. The father left the family almost immediately after his birth.
The boy's mother, who worked as a kindergarten teacher, because of fears that the child would not be accepted by his English peers because of a difficult-to-pronounce name, after the divorce changed his last name and first name.
Mark's childhood was spent in frequent travels. In 1969, Strong, after watching a report on the landing of astronauts on the moon, announced that he would be one of them.
As a teenager, the future master of reincarnation dreamed of an artistic career. Actor Alain Delon became his idol.
The admirer reviewed the paintings with the participation of the French artist several times. He did not understand the native language of the idol, but he always admired the excellent performance and appearance of the performer.
While attending college, Strong performed with punk bands. However, he realized that he needed a more substantial specialty and decided to study at the law faculty of the University of Munich.
The road to cinema world
After a year of study, he left his studies and the university. Then the future famous actor returned home. He began studying the art of drama at King's College Holloway and Bristol Old Vic Theater School.
Strong's debuts were the television series Prime Suspect 3, Purely English Murder, and Inspector Morse. For a beginner actor. I had a chance to play in these projects characters who are on the same side with the law.
1996 saw the premiere of Sharpe's Mission. In it, Strong was entrusted with the role of the antagonist. Then the performer became Mr. Knightley in the film adaptation of "Emma" by Jane Austen.
In 2000, the future star starred in Anna Karenina. The master of reincarnation received a key character, Anna's brother, Steve Oblonsky.
The action movie "Revolver" shot by Guy Ritchie was seen by the audience in 2005. In it the actor became the killer Utilizer. The film portfolio was replenished with the Victorian drama "Oliver Twist", the thriller "Siriana", the historical film about Tristan and Isolde.
Mark participated in auditions for the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men. For the performance of Anton Chigur, they chose Javier Bardem, who later received an Oscar for his work.
Success
Thanks to the failure, Strong found himself involved in the work on Boyd's fantasy thriller Inferno. Mark got the character of the inappropriate captain of the spaceship.
In 2007, the artist reincarnated as Septimus, the youngest son of King Stimbold in their fantasy Stardust. A year later, he worked with Richie in his project "Rock and Roll".
By the end of 2009, the action movie "Sherlock Holmes" was released. In the detective tape, the actor got Lord Blackwood. This character with all his might sought to seize power over the entire empire with the help of intrigue.
Further, the list of images was replenished with villains from Wong's movie "Kick-Ass", Sir Godfrey from the epic "Robin Hood". In the superhero "Green Lantern" 2001, the actor happened to be Taal Sinestro.
The picture did not receive the approval of the audience, it barely recouped the funds spent on shooting. By 2013, the psychological thriller Psychic 2: Labyrinths of the Mind was released, followed in 2014 by the premiere of the historical Imitation Game. There, the audience again saw the performer who became popular.
Private life and cinema
In early 2015, the action comedy "Kingsman: The Secret Service" was shown. The actor played an agent codenamed "Merlin". Both critics and fans were surprised to hear about Strong's participation in the comedy "The Brothers from Grimsby".
The script was written by a serious artist, Sacha Baron Cohen, directed by Leterrier gave Mark to play the Mi-6 spy. The action movie Six Days was released in August 2017.
The film is set in the eighties, London. A group of terrorists seized the building of the Iranian embassy. All those in it became hostages. A month later, the premiere of "Kingsman: The Golden Ring", the sequel to "The Secret Service" 2015. In the story to fight a common enemy, superspy agents and "Statesman" joined forces.
At the end of the year, the film "Catcher Was a Spy" was shown. In it, Mark reincarnated as a friend of the main character of the tape. At the center of the action is the life of the brilliant lawyer Morris "Moe" Berg, played by Paul Rudd.
He successfully combined work with a professional career as a successful baseball player and service in the CIA.
2018 added the actor's film portfolio with "Stockholm" and "Sharp Turn". The first film tells about the history of the concept of "Stockholm Syndrome". It arose in 1973 after the seizure of one of the Swedish banks by an armed bandit.
The offender Jan-Erik Olsen held several employees of the institution for six days, threatening with reprisals.
All of them, after being released, defended the bandit. Mark Strong does not like to advertise life outside of filming.
Therefore, the press knows too little about the artist's family. However, it is known that he has been an exemplary family man for several years. Strong's wife, actress Lisa Marshall, in the early spring of 2005, pleased her husband with her son Gabriel. Mid-autumn 2007 was the time of the birth of the second child of the acting couple, named Roman.
