Mark Feuerstein

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Mark Feuerstein

Born	June 8, 1971 (1971-06-08) (age 37) New York City, New York

Mark Feuerstein (born June 8, 1971) is an American actor.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Career
- 1.2 Personal life
2 Quotes
3 Filmography
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Feuerstein got his break-through on television as a recurring character on the daytime soap opera Loving (1983). When director Nancy Meyers was casting What Women Want, her daughter recognized Feuerstein from Practical Magic (1998) and insisted that her mother cast him. He was dubbed by wags as "Murderer of a thousand sitcoms" and "sitcom kryptonite" due to his lack of success in Fired Up (1997), Conrad Bloom (1998), The Heart Department (2001), Good Morning, Miami (2002) and, 3 Lbs. (2007). Feuerstein reunited as a love interest with Practical Magic co-star Sandra Bullock in the film Two Weeks Notice, but all of his scenes were deleted.

Feuerstein is one of the two rappers in Lazy Monday, a West Coast response to the December 2005 Saturday Night Live parodic music video Lazy Sunday.

Feuerstein was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2003. On the website, "Hey, It's That Guy!" (a site for actors who are recognizable, but not household names), it was predicted that he would never be a heart-throb. However, he became one after appearing on the TV show, Good Morning, Miami.

[edit] Personal life

Feuerstein was born in New York City to a lawyer father and a school teacher mother. His brother is a successful real estate attorney. However, most of the people in his family are lawyers. He was a wrestler in high school and won the State Championship. Feuerstein attended The Dalton School and graduated from Princeton University in 1993. He won a full scholarship to the London School of Dramatic Arts and studied with the top clown teacher at Ecole Phillipe Gaulier in France.

He got the nickname "Chaplin" on the set of Giving It Up (1999) because of his uncanny knack of physical comedy. He even had a physical slapstick back-and-forth with Mel Gibson a year later on the set of What Women Want (2000).

He married Dana Klein on June 9, 2005 in a Jewish ceremony.^[1] The two have a daughter, Lila Jane and a son, Frisco Jones.

Feuerstein has written a 193-page school thesis: Every Man is A King: An Actor's Journal. He is a constant supporter and activist for AIDS charities. He also enjoys mountain-biking, wrestling, dancing (hip-hop to salsa), yoga and jogging.

[edit] Quotes

"There are so many incredibly talented people out there who don’t get some of the opportunities I get. I’m constantly mystified by my good fortune."

"Once you become an actor, it's important to take care of yourself. I live in Santa Monica, where I can mountain bike, hike and go running on the beach. I like a nice sunset jog."