Mark Christopher Lawrence
Biography
Mark Christopher Lawrence is an American stand-up comedian, voice-over artist and character actor who grew up in Compton, California, and landed his first television role after a talent agent noticed him performing at the Los Angeles Theater Center. He is known for playing D.J. Tone Def in the 1994 mockumentary Fear of a Black Hat and Big Mike on the series Chuck, and he has made guest appearances on programs including Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Malcolm in the Middle, My Name Is Earl and Good Luck Charlie. His films include Child's Play 3 (1991), Crimson Tide (1995), Sprung (1997), Garfield: The Movie (2004) and The Island (2005). He also voices Ed Washington on the radio series Adventures in Odyssey, and his stage work earned him a Dramalogue Award and an NAACP award.
62years old
Turns 63 on May 22in 221 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 30 years1993 to 2023
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First role
Lawrence's first television job came after a Hollywood talent agent spotted him performing at the Los Angeles Theater Center, leading to a role on Hill Street Blues.
Big break
Lawrence's performance in Ken Davis' play The Glass House won him an NAACP award in 1990 and caught the attention of director James Cameron, who cast him in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
A first
Lawrence joined the forensics squad at Cerritos Community College and competed at state and national levels. There he earned the collegiate Bovero-Tabor Award, given to the nation's best community college speaker.
Early training
Lawrence's debate success drew the attention of USC's debate team coaches, who awarded him a full scholarship to the university.
A change of course
Lawrence worked with the San Francisco Mime Troupe after finishing USC, and he also did standup comedy in the United States, Australia and Canada, opening for acts including Jerry Seinfeld and Rodney Dangerfield.
Mark Christopher Lawrence movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Christopher Ray directed two of these films. Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Gerald Webb's page
Jonathan Lipnicki's page
Leigh-Allyn Baker's page
All films by Christopher Ray
Also two films together3 more actors
- Robert AmayaFamily Camp (2022) and Nothing is Impossible (2022)
- Mike Jerome PutnamCircus Kane (2017) and Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (2014)
- Heather LandRoll with It (2023) and Family Camp (2022)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Mark Christopher Lawrence's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$309 million
7 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 7 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$201M65.0% of the total
- 2$50M16.3% of the total
- 3$39M12.8% of the total
- 4$13M4.2% of the total
- 5$4.0M1.3% of the total
- 6$714K0.2% of the total
- 7$581K0.2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.