About Mark D. Friedman

I have spent the better part of my life acting and would like to share with you some of the highlights of how I got started. It all began in a small 500-watt radio station in... no, just kidding. It did start, however, with my family singing around the piano after dinner in a small town in Connecticut. My mother wrote shows for the town and put me in them starting at 5 years old.

I went on to a summer program at Yale University taught by graduate professors. Earl Gister was the dean. It was a very exciting time. After Yale, I attended Cushing Academy where I developed my love for Shakespeare. Jack Cruse was my Drama teacher and was an inspiration.

With the help of Morris and Phoebe Carnovsky, at The Group Theater, the next stop was Ithaca College. Two monologues and a song got me into the Theater Department, where I met my new mentor, Richard Clark. It was his first year picking a freshman class so we were both new. Wow! Best 4 years ever!

When I graduated, Richard recommended that I pursue voiceovers in NYC. We had done radio in college and he was confident I could have a career in radio given the quality of my voice and my ability to manipulate it. I have been doing VO's and Commercials ever since. This website highlights some spots that I have done over the years.

 

Resume

Television

  • Great Performances – PBS

  • L.A. Law – NBC

  • Law & Order – NBC

  • One Life to Live – ABC

Film

  • Little Odessa – Paramount

  • Wolf – Sony

  • Cop Give Waitress $2M Tip – Sony

  • Bright Lights, Big City – United Artists

Theater

  • I, Lombardi – Fighting Turk/Chorus – Metropolitan Opera House

  • You Can't Take It With You – Boris Kolenkhov – Mill Mountain Theatre

  • Ovid's Metamorphosis – Jove/Typhoeous – New Actors Workshop/Dir. Paul Sills

  • Friday Night Improv – Ensemble Player – New Actors Workshop/Dir. Paul Sills

  • Tales of Robin Hood – Little John/Friar Tuck – New York Renaissance Festival

  • A Candle in the Window – Craggs/Craggs – Third Step Theatre Co.

  • Babes in Toyland – Barnaby – Theatreworks USA

  • Man of La Mancha – Dr. Carasco – Mill Mountain Theater

  • Henry IV, Part 1 – Falstaff – New York Renaissance Festival

  • Tales of Robin Hood – Friar Tuck – New York Renaissance Festival

  • Richard II – Bagot – Riverside Shakespeare Co.

  • Comedy of Errors – Duke Solinus – Hoerner Theatre

  • Richard III – Richard Ratcliff – Hoerner Theatre

Training

  • New Actors Workshop – Mike Nichols, George Morrison & Paul Sills – Graduate

  • American Combat Training School – J. Allen Suddeth – Hand to Hand, Rapier/Dagger – Broadsword, Quaterstaff

  • Ithaca College – B.F.A. Theatre

  • Yale Drama School – Earl Gister – Summer Program

  • Other Instructors – Coaching: Morris Carnovsky – Voice: Neil Semer, Franco Iglessias (Baritone)

  • Budo Shin Kai – Boxing – Matthew Sykes/Trainer