Mark Wakeling is a British actor and founder of The Actors Temple in London.

Biography

After serving as an officer in the Coldstream Guards Wakeling trained as an actor and became a professional actor in 1998. He founded The Actors' Temple in 2003 and has since trained under Tom Radcliffe. As well as being a working actor, Wakeling founded The Actors' Temple with Ellie Zeegen and teaches Meisner

Meisner technique

The Meisner technique is an acting technique developed by the American theatre practitioner Sanford Meisner.Meisner developed this technique after working with Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler at the Group Theatre and as head of the acting program at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse and...

 there. He has worked with Ken Loach

Ken Loach

Kenneth "Ken" Loach is a Palme D'Or winning English film and television director.He is known for his naturalistic, social realist directing style and for his socialist beliefs, which are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as homelessness , labour rights and child abuse at the...

 on The Wind That Shakes The Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

"The Wind That Shakes the Barley" is an Irish ballad written by Robert Dwyer Joyce , a Limerick-born poet and professor of English literature. The song is written from the perspective of a doomed young Wexford rebel who is about to sacrifice his relationship with his loved one and plunge into the...

 and played the part of Captain Tom Ryan in Series 1 of ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

’s Primeval

Primeval

Primeval or primæval may refer to:* Primeval, a British science fiction television series.* Primeval , a 2007 film* Primeval , a score of music from the BBC TV series Doctor Who...

 which premiered in 2007. However, Mark's character died at the end of the first series, so didn't return when the second series aired in 2008.

Douglas Henshall

Douglas Henshall

Douglas James Henshall is a Scottish actor probably best known for his role as Professor Nick Cutter in the British science fiction series Primeval.-Early life:...

, who starred in Primeval

Primeval

Primeval or primæval may refer to:* Primeval, a British science fiction television series.* Primeval , a 2007 film* Primeval , a score of music from the BBC TV series Doctor Who...

, said in an interview with SFX magazine

SFX magazine

SFX is a British magazine covering the topics of science fiction and fantasy.-Description:SFX magazine is published every four weeks by Future Publishing and was founded in 1995. The magazine covers topics in the genres of popular science fiction, fantasy and horror, within the media of films,...

, "(Ryan) was a great character. Also Mark Wakeling was perfect for that kind of role."

The Actors' Temple

Mark Wakeling is the co-founder and co-director of The Actors' Temple studio which offers a full training for professional actors enabling them to practice their craft on a daily basis.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
2000	In Defence	PC Crispin Mills
	Shiner Shiner (2000 film) Shiner is a 2000 released film written by Scott Cherry and directed by John Irvin and starred Michael Caine and Martin Landau.The story centers on Billy "Shiner" Simpson, played by Caine, a boxing promoter whose promising son he represents is killed. Simpson suspects a rival played by Landau and...	TV Cameraman
2001	Never Say Never Mind: The Swedish Bikini Team	Richard
	Sword of Honour Sword of Honour (Australian TV) Sword of Honour was an Australian miniseries which was made in 1986 and aired on Channel Seven. Four 100-minute episodes were made. The series starred Andrew Clarke, Tracey Mann and Alan Fletcher. The series was about two young men who are trying to get over the horrors of the Vietnam War...	Halberdier sergeant
	Band of Brothers: Day of Days	Pilot - Plane 66
2002	Woman X
	Doctors: Borrowed Time	Nathan
	Prick	Rob
2003	Two Minutes After Midnight	the angel
2004	Footballer's Wives: Series 3 - Episode 3	Doctor Wilson
2005	L.V.J.	Police Sniper
	The STDers	Richard Creek
	Love Soup Love Soup Love Soup is a British television comedy-drama produced by the BBC and first screened on BBC One in the autumn of 2005. It stars Tamsin Greig as Alice Chenery and Michael Landes as Gil Raymond . The series is written by David Renwick of One Foot in the Grave fame, and was produced by Verity Lambert... : Series 1 - Episodes 1 and 2	Greg
	Peep Show Peep Show (TV series) Peep Show is a British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The television programme is written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by Mitchell and Webb themselves, amongst others. It has been broadcast on Channel 4 since 2003. The show's seventh series makes it... : Series 3 - Episode 1	Stu
2006	Cut Sleeve Boys	Antoine
	The Wind That Shakes the Barley The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film) The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 Irish war drama film directed by Ken Loach, set during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War...	Captain Harris
	La Petite Mort
2007	Primeval: Series 1 - Episodes 1-6	Captain Tom Ryan
2008	Doctors: Up Close and Personal	Hadley Stephens
	Quantum of Solace	MI6 agent
2009	Eastenders EastEnders EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End... : Airdate 28 July 2009	Luke

External links

• The Actors' Temple. Visited July 21, 2011.