Mark Frankel

Mark Frankel (13 June 1962 – 24 September 1996) was a British actor, known for his leading roles in British film Leon the Pig Farmer and American TV series Kindred: The Embraced. 2Early life Mark Frankel was born to David Lionel Frankel (a former Royal Air Force pilot) and Grace Frankel on 13 June 1962 and was raised in London. His grandmother was a concert pianist, and his grandfather, a prominent violinist and conductor. He was cast in his first professional theatre role at age 10, but he gave up acting at age 16 to concentrate on school Frensham Heights. When he was 20 he returned to the theatre. He studied amateur dramatics, took numerous classes, and studied with Jack Walzer from the Actors Studio in New York. At that point, he decided to attend drama school for classical training. He was awarded a full three-year scholarship to one of the top drama schools in England, London's prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts. 2Career It was during a performance in a play that he was spotted by a British casting agent and cast in the TNT mini-series A Season of Giants, winning the lead role of Michelangelo over more than 80 actors screen-testing for the part. The mini-series took Frankel on location to Italy, where he spent five months filming and working with F. Murray Abraham, John Glover, Ian Holm, and Steven Berkof