Early life and education

Mark Curry was born in Oakland, California as the youngest child out of nine. He attended St. Joseph Notre Dame High School in Alameda, California and California State University, East Bay in Hayward, CA.

Career

Mark Curry's first role was in the film Talkin' Dirty After Dark, alongside Martin Lawrence in 1991.

In 1992, Curry's first major role was on television series Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, where he played the lead role of Mark Cooper, an NBA player-turned-substitute teacher/gym coach.

Curry appeared in two episodes of The Jamie Foxx Show as eccentric driving instructor Sergeant Easy. In addition, he also had guest starring roles on television series Living Single in 1994 and Martin in 1997, and minor roles in the films Switchback and Armageddon in 1998.

In 2000, Curry also had a recurring role on The Drew Carey Show as Drew's boss at Winfred-Louder. He appeared in six episodes. In an April Fools' episode of The Drew Carey Show, Drew refers to Mr. Soulard as Mr. Cooper, the joke being that Curry played both roles

He was the host of Comedy Central's Don't Forget Your Toothbrush in 2000 and had minor roles in For Your Love, which starred Hangin' with Mr. Cooper co-star, Holly Robinson Peete). Also, in 2000, Curry starred in A Man Is Mostly Water. In 2001 had a minor role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Motocrossed. Later in the year, Curry played one of the leads in another Disney Channel Original Movie, The Poof Point.

Curry was the host of the PAX-TV show Animal Tails and BET's "Coming to the Stage" in 2003. In 2004, he appeared on Celebrity Mole Yucatan. He came in second place to Dennis Rodman. In 2005, had guest starring roles in Less Than Perfect and Fat Actress.

On November 30, 2008, Mark performed a stand-up comedy routine on The Comedy Festival Laffapalooza Special, hosted by Tracy Morgan.

In 2009-2011, Curry hosted Jamie Foxx's "FoxxHole Live" every Monday in the Conga Room in Los Angeles, which was heard on Satellite Radio sirus 106/XM 149.

In 2012, Curry joined Sommore, Earthquake, Bruce Bruce and Tony Rock on the "Royal Comedy Tour."

Later in 2012, Curry joined Nick At Nite's first-ever original live-action family comedy series, See Dad Run as Scott Baio's friend Marcus. As of January 2014, the live action comedy series is currently taping its third season at Paramount Studios.

In 2014, Curry joined "Sommore's Standing Ovation Comedy Tour" along with Bill Bellamy, Tommy Davidson, and others.

In Spring of 2014, Bounce TV launched the sitcom "One Love," starring Curry and Sheryl Lee Ralph.

Music

Curry was featured in Too Short's music video "I Ain't Trippin'", and is also featured in Bow Wow's Take Ya Home video as a father trying to get his daughter a doll of the rapper.

He appeared in the 2002 song Oakland Raiders by Oakland rap group Luniz. Delivering a humorous monologue as the song faded out, Curry asserted his status as a pimp and stated his fondness for big dank.

Personal life

On April 17, 2006, an aerosol can that had fallen behind a water heater exploded and Curry, who was doing laundry at the time, was burned on over 20% of his body, including his arm, back and side. He spent many months recuperating at his home. According to an Associated Press interview posted on CNN.com on February 17, 2007, Curry considered suicide after waking from a three-day, medically induced coma, but decided against it with the help of friends and fellow comedians, such as Sinbad and Bill Cosby. He went on The Montel Williams Show to discuss this issue.

In October of 2015, Curry was on a San Francisco-bound flight from Los Angeles that required an emergency landing because of a physical dispute between two passengers over a reclining seat.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Talkin' Dirty After Dark	Antonio
1995	Panther	Lombard
1997	The Fanatics	Fly Walker
1997	Switchback	Robbie
1998	Armageddon	New York Cab Driver
2001	Motorcrossed	Bob Arness	Disney Channel TV Movie
2001	The Poof Point	Norton Ballard	Disney Channel TV Movie
2011	Poolboy: Drowning Out The Fury	Captain O'Malley

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992-1993	It's Showtime at the Apollo	Host
1992-1997	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Mark Cooper	Lead; 5 Seasons
1994	Living Single	Regine's Boyfriend	1 Episode
1996	All That	Various	1 Episode
1997	Martin	Ronnie Cochran	1 Episode
1998	The Jamie Foxx Show	Sergeant Easy	2 Episodes
2000	The Drew Carey Show	Robert Soulard	6 Episodes
2000	For Your Love	Dr. Collins	1 Episode
2000	Don't Forget Your Toothbrush	Host	1 Season
2002-2003	Pyramid	Himself	2 Episodes
2003	Coming To The Stage	Host	1 Season
2003-2004	Animal Tails	Host	Variety TV Show
2004	The Mole	Himself	Realty TV
2007	Dexter	Himself	1 Episode
2005	Fat Actress	Max Cooper	2 Episodes
2005	Less Than Perfect	Morpheus	1 Episode
2010	Life After	Himself	1 Episode
2011	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Himself	1 Episode
2011-2012	The Secret Life of the American Teenager		2 Episodes
2012	Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?	Himself	1 Episode
2012-2015	See Dad Run	Marcus Barnes	Nick At Nite Series
2013-2014	Instant Mom	Minister	2 Episodes
2014-2015	One Love	Pastor Williams	Bounce TV Series

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