Mark Umbers
| Mark Umbers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 June 1973 Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
Mark Umbers (born 17 June 1973) is an English theatre, film and television actor.
Born in Harrogate, West Riding of Yorkshire, Umbers was brought up in Wetherby and was educated at Sedbergh School. In 1995 he graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Latin and Greek Literature and Philosophy.
Umbers' first professional engagements were in 1997 in the BBC dramas The Student Prince and Berkeley Square. His first theatre engagement was the lead role in Joseph Papp's version of The Pirates of Penzance at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds and the Theatre Royal, Bath, later remounted at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London.
In 1999, Trevor Nunn cast Umbers in his multi-award-winning 1999 season at the Royal National Theatre, where he appeared in Candide, Troilus and Cressida and The Merchant of Venice, which was later filmed for broadcast by the BBC. After appearing in the BBC series The Scarlet Pimpernel, Umbers returned to the National to play Freddy in the critically acclaimed 2001 revival of My Fair Lady, later transferring to Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
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