Mark Humphrey
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Mark Adrian Humphrey is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 best known for the role of Jake Antonelli in the Canadian television series E.N.G.
E.N.G.
E.N.G. is a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a fictional Toronto television news station . The show aired on CTV from 1988 to 1994...

In 1988 he made his feature film debut in the film Iron Eagle II
Iron Eagle II
Iron Eagle II is a 1988 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie. It is the first sequel to the 1986 film Iron Eagle, with Louis Gossett, Jr. reprising his role as Charles "Chappy" Sinclair. An uncredited Jason Gedrick also returns as ace pilot Doug Masters in the film's opening scene.Like its...

as Captain Matt Cooper, Doug Masters' (Jason Gedrick
Jason Gedrick
Jason Gedrick is an American actor best known for his work on the television series Murder One and Boomtown and the motion picture Iron Eagle....

) surviving best friend. Humphrey has been featured in other films and in several television movies. In 2005 he starred in Living With the Enemy
Living With the Enemy
Living With The Enemy is a 2005 film starring Sarah Lancaster as Allison Conner, a young woman who meets a handsome software billionaire, Phillip Lauder , while attending a technology conference with her boss. A romance quickly develops between the two, Phillip proposes, and they quickly marry...

with Sarah Lancaster
Sarah Lancaster
Sarah Lancaster is an American actress. Since the show's inception in 2007, she has co-starred in the NBC comedy-spy series Chuck, as the title character's sister, Ellie Bartowski....

. In 2006 he starred in The Wives He Forgot
The Wives He Forgot
The Wives He Forgot is a 2006 film starring Molly Ringwald as Charlotte Saint John, a small town attorney, who comes to the aid of Gabriel , a handsome stranger who's suffering from amnesia. Charlotte can't help but fall in love with this seemingly perfect man...

with Molly Ringwald
Molly Ringwald
Molly Kathleen Ringwald is an American actress, singer and dancer. Having appeared in the John Hughes movies Sixteen Candles , The Breakfast Club , and Pretty in Pink , Ringwald has been frequently named the greatest teen star of all time...

 as a handsome amnesiac. In 2007 he appeared in Still Small Voices
Still Small Voices
Still Small Voices is a 2007 film starring Catherine Bell as a female 911 dispatcher, Michael Summer, who receives ghostly phone calls from a little girl. Michael is compelled to investigate this girl's mysterious disappearance, which she believes is somehow linked to recent nightmares....

with Catherine Bell
Catherine Bell
Catherine Lisa Bell is an American actress known for her role of Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie of the television show JAG from 1997 to 2005...

. Humphrey has also appeared in numerous television series.

In 2009 Humphrey appeared in the Canadian dramatic series Paradise Falls
Paradise Falls
Paradise Falls is a weekly soap opera shown nationally on the Showcase channel in Canada, starting in 2001. It is set in a summer cottage community in Central Ontario....

, and the television movies Encounter with Danger with Shannen Doherty
Shannen Doherty
Shannen Maria Doherty is an American actress, producer, author and television director, known for her work as Heather Duke in Heathers , as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and its spinoff series 90210, and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed .-Early life and career:Doherty was born in Memphis,...

, and Hostile Makeover with Maggie Lawson
Maggie Lawson
Margaret "Maggie" Lawson is an American actress who is best known for her role as Juliet O'Hara in the TV show Psych...

. He also appeared in the 2010 feature film Summer Eleven.

Humphrey appeared in the 2005 independent film Cruel But Necessary
Cruel But Necessary
Cruel But Necessary is a 2005 independent film directed by Canadian actor/director Saul Rubinek. Actress, Wendel Meldrum, took a turn as a screenwriter for this project. Meldrum stars in the film as Betty Munson, a woman struggling to put her life back together after her marriage falls apart...

with his ex-wife Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Anne Meldrum is a Canadian actress best known for her roles of Leslie the "low talking" clothing designer from the 1993 Seinfeld episode The Puffy Shirt, and school teacher, Miss White, on The Wonder Years....

 and their son Luke Humphrey.

Biography

Humphrey was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to parents Jack and Sidney Humphrey. His family relocated to Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 in 1967, where his father, Jack Humphrey
Jack Humphrey (producer)
Jack Humphrey was a Canadian television producer and writer.Born John R. Humphrey in St. Boniface, Manitoba, and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was introduced to the entertainment industry by his sister, J.J. McColl, a writer and CBC Radio personality...

, worked as a producer for CBC Radio
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...

 and Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

. After graduating from high school, Humphrey moved to New York City to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
__notoc__The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute is an acting school located at 115 East 15th Street between Union Square East and Irving Place in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, as well as at 7936 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California...

. Humphrey spent five years in New York, later returning to Toronto, and eventually relocating to California.

Humphrey has four siblings. His three brothers, John
John Humphrey (bass player)
John Michael Humphrey is a bass player who has toured with guitarist Scott Henderson since 1998, performing with drummer, Kirk Covington, as a trio. Together they recorded Well To The Bone in 2003...

, Paul
Paul Humphrey (singer/songwriter)
Paul Humphrey is a Canadian singer/songwriter and musician who plays keyboards and guitar and is best known as the lead singer for the 1980s Canadian new wave band Blue Peter. Humphrey has also been the leader of The Paul Humphrey Band, The Monkey Tree, and Broken Arrow.-Blue Peter:Blue Peter was...

, and Andy, are professional musicians. His sister, Lesley, is a former Ford model
Ford Models
The Ford Modeling Agency, or as it is known today Ford Models, is a modeling agency in New York City. It was established in 1946 by Eileen and the late Gerard W. Ford.-Company:...

.

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