Mark Adrian Humphrey (born December 27, 1960) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

best known for the role of Jake Antonelli in the Canadian television series ''

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 1989 to 1994. The series ran for 96 episodes, produced by the Alliance Entertainment Corporation. Plot ...

'' In 1988 he made his feature film debut in the film ''

Iron Eagle II ''Iron Eagle II'' (also titled ''Iron Eagle II: The Battle Beyond the Flag'') is a 1988 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie and written by Furie and Kevin Alyn Elders. It is the first sequel to the 1986 film '' Iron Eagle'', with Louis Gosse ...

'' as Captain Matt Cooper, Doug Masters' (

Jason Gedrick Jason Michael Gedrick (born February 7, 1965) is an American actor best known for his work on the television series '' Murder One'' and '' Boomtown'', and the motion picture '' Iron Eagle'' as Doug Masters. Early life Jason Michael Gedroic was ...

) surviving best friend. Humphrey has been featured in other films and in several television movies. In 2005 he starred in ''Living With the Enemy'' with

Sarah Lancaster Sarah Lancaster (born February 12, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for her long-running roles as Rachel Meyers in the NBC series '' Saved by the Bell: The New Class'' and Ellie Bartowski in the NBC comedy-spy series '' Chuck'', a ...

. In 2006 he starred in ''

The Wives He Forgot ''The Wives He Forgot'' is a 2006 film written and produced by J.J. Jamieson, directed by Mario Azzopardi and starring Molly Ringwald as Charlotte Saint John, a small town attorney, who comes to the aid of Gabriel ( Mark Humphrey), a handsome stra ...

'' with

Molly Ringwald Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. She was cast in her first major role as Molly in the NBC sitcom '' The Facts of Life'' (1979–80) after a casting director saw her playing an or ...

as a handsome amnesiac. In 2007 he appeared in ''

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 b ...

'' with Catherine Bell. Humphrey has also appeared in numerous television series.

Life and career

Humphrey was born in

Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

, to Sidney and

Jack Humphrey Jack Weldon Humphrey (12 January 1901 – 23 March 1967) was a Canadian landscape and figure painter, mainly in watercolour. Art historian J. Russell Harper called him the "most significant eastern Canadian painter of his generation". Biograph ...

. His family relocated to

Toronto, Ontario Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

in 1967, where his father worked as a producer for

CBC Radio CBC Radio is 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 (regardless of language) are outlined below ...

and

Television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

. After graduating from high school, Humphrey moved to New York City to study acting at the

Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (originally the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute) is an acting school founded in 1969 by actor, director, and acting teacher Lee Strasberg. The Institute is located in Union Square on East 15th Street, a ...

. 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 is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...

Paul Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

, and Andy, are professional musicians. His sister, Lesley, is a former Ford model. In 2009 Humphrey appeared in the Canadian dramatic series ''

Paradise Falls ''Paradise Falls'' is a weekly soap opera television series which aired nationally on the Showcase channel in Canada, starting in 2001. It was filmed in the summer cottage community of Muskoka, Ontario. Like many major soap operas, sex is a dom ...

'', and the television movies ''Encounter with Danger'' with

Shannen Doherty Shannen Doherty (, born April 12, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Jenny Wilder in ''Little House on the Prairie'' (1982–1983); Maggie Malene in ''Girls Just Want to Have Fun'' (1985); Kris Witherspoon in '' Our Hous ...

, and ''

Hostile Makeover ''Hostile Makeover'' is a Lifetime Movie Network film. It is a sequel to the 2009 television movie ''Killer Hair'' and is based on the third book in the "Crimes of Fashion" series by Ellen Byerrum. Cast * Maggie Lawson as Lacey Smithsonian * Sadi ...

'' with

Maggie Lawson Margaret Cassidy Lawson (born August 12, 1980) is an American actress who is best known for her role as Detective Juliet "Jules" O'Hara in the TV show '' Psych''. From 2018 to 2019, she held the recurring role of Nathalie Flynn on Fox's ''Leth ...

. He appeared in the 2010 feature film ''Summer Eleven''. In 2015 Humphrey joined the cast of the

Hallmark Channel The Hallmark Channel is an American television channel owned by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., which in turn is owned by Hallmark Cards, Inc. The channel's programming is primarily targeted at families, and features a mix of television movies and ...

series ''

When Calls the Heart ''When Calls the Heart'' is an American television drama series, inspired by Janette Oke's book of the same name from her ''Canadian West series'', and developed by Michael Landon Jr. The series began airing on the Hallmark Channel in the Uni ...

'' as mysterious preacher Frank Hogan. Humphrey appeared in the 2005 independent film '' Cruel But Necessary'' with his ex-wife

Wendel Meldrum Wendy Anne "Wendel" Meldrum (July 21, 1954 – January 27, 2021) was a Canadian actress best known for her roles as the "low talker" in the 1993 ''Seinfeld'' episode "The Puffy Shirt", and as Miss White/Mrs. Heimer on ''The Wonder Years''. She g ...

and their son

Luke Humphrey Luke Humphrey (born June 12, 1987) is an American-born Canadian actor. He is most noted for his performance as John Wayne Bobbitt in the television film '' I Was Lorena Bobbitt'', for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Tel ...

References

External links

Official website
*
''E.N.G.'' Cast Photo Link at the Broadcast History Site
1960 births Living people Male actors from Vancouver Actors Studio alumni Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni {{Canada-actor-stub