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My Take
Mark Christopher Lawrence is exactly the kind of working actor I love digging into, a true character man who pops up everywhere. From Child's Play 3 to Crimson Tide to Garfield and The Island, his face has crossed genres for decades, and his cult turn as Tone Def in Fear of a Black Hat shows real comedic range. Add the stand-up and voice-over work and you get a performer who simply keeps the lights on by being versatile. He even maintains his own website, which I read as someone proud of the craft and the long haul. The famous faces get the posters; people like him hold films together.
Overview
Mark Christopher Lawrence (born May 22, 1964) is an American character actor, stand-up comedian and voice-over artist. He is known for his role as esoteric D.J. Tone Def in the 1994 satirical rap mockumentary Fear of a Black Hat. He has appeared in popular films such as Child's Play 3 (1991), Crimson Tide (1995), Sprung (1997), Garfield: The Movie (2004) and The Island (2005).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mark Christopher Lawrence
- Name (Japanese)
- マーク・クリストファー・ローレンス
- Reading
- まーく・くりすとふぁー・ろーれんす
- Born
- May 22, 1964 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dragon
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / television presenter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Southern California
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.