- Born
- Height3′ 9″ (1.14 m)
- Mark Povinelli's career -including films, TV shows, theater productions and dozens of national commercials- expresses his remarkable versatility regarding the entire range of medium, style and genre from New York Theater to Studio Films, from slapstick comedy to heartfelt drama and from broad caricature to quiet realism through a notable body of prolific work reflecting his qualities as a brilliant artist of superb acting through his wonderful performances full of subtlety, intelligence, charisma and profoundness.
For most of the 2000s, Mark had been touring the world as the critically praised 'Torvald Helmer' in the OBIE award winning acclaimed production of Mabou Mines Dollhouse (2009), an inspired adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic "A Doll's House". His tour-de-force excellent interpretations in a wide range of roles in other notable stage productions include the premiere of Martha Clarke's "Belle Epoque" at Lincoln Center in the lead role of 'Henri Toulouse-Lautrec' as well as at the Shakespeare Theater, Children's Theater Company, Radio City Music Hall, Oklahoma Lyric Theater, Will Geer Theatricum and UCLA Live together with his exquisite film and TV work such as in Boardwalk Empire (2010), Water for Elephants (2011), Are You There, Chelsea? (2012), Criminal Minds (2005), Happyish (2015), Mad Dogs (2015), Still the King (2016), My Dinner with Hervé (2018) and Nightmare Alley (2021) among others.
When Mark is not working, he dedicates his time to Little People of America, an organization that promotes awareness, advocacy and medical assistance for individuals with forms of dwarfism.
Mark resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
- IMDb mini biography by: Angelique and Markos.
- SpouseHeather Davis(2001 - present) (2 children)
- Mark was elected and served two terms as President of Little People of America from 2017-2024. LPA is the largest organization in the world that supports and advocates for people with dwarfism and their families.
- Mark was nominated for a 2025 Drama Desk Award for his performance as Benjamin Lay in the one man show, "The Return of Benjamin Lay.".
- Mark was nominated for a Drama Desk award for Best Solo Performance in 2025 for the one man show The Return of Benjamin Lay.
- [referencing his character in Water for Elephants (2011)] I can relate to Kinko's life on the fringes of society. While his situation is far more extreme than mine ever has been, I think being so physically different from birth always sets you up to live on the edges of society. You are constantly battling to own your space in the world.
- My wife has always been crazy supportive. And she's not in the arts. She's a teacher. I think what attracted her to me was this actor side of me that wants to go off and try new things. But that's also the part that drives her crazy, because then I have to travel. It's been hard, but we've gotten through it.
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