Mark Little (Australian actor)
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Mark Little (born October 20, 1959) is an Australian actor, television presenter and comedian.
Little appeared in a string of Australian films and TV series during the 1980s. He also performed his own comedy/performance in Melbourne's bourgening comedy clubs throghout the eighties. His longest-running television role was as Joe Mangel in the soap opera Neighbours. He played the role for three years until 1991. The role gave his profile a big boost in the United Kingdom where Neighbours was being watched by ten million people every day at the time. He consequently has spent much of his career in the UK. He has taken many self devised shows to the Edinburgh Fringe and toured them nationally throughout the UK. In 1994 he replaced Chris Evans as the presenter of The Big Breakfast. Recently he has worked on films such as Blackball and in the West End with a hit one man show Defending the Caveman, which also won the Laurence Olivier Award in 2000. He returned to Neighbours as Joe on a short term basis in 2005 but was not satisfied with the writers' flippant handling of Joe and refused to return on a long term basis.
Little is married with two children, Angus and Jasper.
Filmography
- Blackball (2003) .... Mark Doohan
- Motion (2001) .... Foreman
- Summer Rain (2001) .... Travel Agency Manager
- The Villa (1999) TV Series .... Narrator (1999-2000)
- Distant Shadow (1999) .... The Landlord
- The Rat Trap (1999)
- Greenkeeping (1992) .... Lenny
- Nirvana Street Murder (1990) .... Toady
- Golden Braid (1990) .... Punk
- Neighbours (1985) TV Series .... Joe Mangel (1988-1991, 2005)
- Evil Angels (1988) .... Constable Morris
- Bachelor Girl (1988) .... Waiter
- A Matter of Convenience (1987) (TV) .... Roger Purvis
- The Flying Doctors (1986) TV Series .... Ron Miller (1986)
- Short Changed (1986) .... Curly
- The Gillies Republic (1986) TV Series .... Not Many Roles
- Wills & Burke (1985) .... John King
- An Indecent Obsession (1985) .... Benedict Maynard
- The Dunera Boys (1985) (TV) .... Pete Dunstan
- The Flying Doctors (1985) (mini) TV Series .... 'Roughneck' Ron
- Waterfront (1984) (mini) TV Series .... Allan
- The Clinic (1982) .... Basil
- Starstruck (1982) .... Carl
- Tennis Elbow (1982) .... Sidney Tower
- The Sullivans (1976) TV Series
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