Mark Atkin

Mark Atkin is a talented model and film actor from Wellington, New Zealand. He was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England and shifted to Staffordshire, where he grew up and studied.

An unusual turn in his career happened when he shifted to New Zealand to work as a detective and police officer. Mark never thought that his life would make a dramatic change when he left England and become a detective in another country. In 1996, he started working as a police officer at West Midlands Police and later worked in Hertfordshire Constabulary. In 2004, he moved to Metropolitan Police in London. Mark also joined the police force in Wellington, New Zealand in the year 2008.

One day, a friend suggested him to go to an open movie audition, which he agreed to do so, even if the production is looking for an actor under 5ft 2 in, in height. When he got there, he was told that he was too tall, and so he went away. One of the producers came to him and asked him to come back and then, he was told to do another audition. Eventually, he finds himself working on the set of the blockbuster fantasy adventure film series, The Hobbit (2014), helmed by Peter Jackson Peter Jackson is a New Zealand based director, pro >> Read More... . Initially, he was selected to be a stunt performer and a scale double for the actor, Richard Armitage, who played as Thorin II Oakenshield in the film. Mark left his job and took the role and found himself acting together with some major film stars.

Mark also performed in New Zealand’s on-stage, The Mousetrap. He joined The Stunt Guild of New Zealand to gain more work and to get the chance to work in more fantasy films and perform on stage. This results to roles in several short films like Far Away, Fisk Mota and Trapped, Solomon, and more. He put all his effort in the one-act play, Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, where he earned positive reviews. He also earned praises for his performance in Me/You/Us/Them at Bats Theatre in Wellington. In 2015, he played as Ketkrókur in Michael Dougherty’s Christmas horror comedy film, Krampus.