Mark Strong Net Worth

Mark Strong's Quotes

• On Stardust (2007) director Matthew Vaughn ... From "Good Omens: The Making of Stardust" on Stardust DVD: What I love about Matthew is his taste. He won't look at the monitor and let something pass unless he thinks it's right and, as an actor, that's what you want from a director. You want them to be your mate behind the camera.
• On his character Prince Septimus in Stardust (2007) ... From "Good Omens: The Making of Stardust" on Stardust DVD ... (Contains spoiler for movie): I was able to do pretty much most of my fighting scenes in this movie. The difficulty obviously is, it's one thing being able to do fighting, but it's another thing doing it with your eyes closed while you're slumped over and you can't see your opponent.(when he was used as a Zombie by the Witch Lamia): In a film, the more effort you put in, the more fantastic it looks.
• [on Green Lantern (2011)]: I had to imbue in Sinestro an evil feeling, so the audience could take that journey into what might be in store for them. That's why Sinestro had to have a presence and a potential to be a badass.
• I'm not convinced that this business runs on talent, otherwise why would there be so much crap on the box?
• (On his character in Our Friends in the North (1996)) There's a kind of simpleness about him but that doesn't mean he's stupid," Strong says fondly, "and a kind of hardness but that doesn't mean he's not vulnerable. He's just someone who's working his bollocks off to do something and get somewhere despite all the limitations holding him in."

Interesting Facts about Mark Strong

1. Born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in London to an Italian father and an Austrian mother.
2. He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role of 2002 for his performance in "Twelfth Night", performed at the Donmar Warehouse.
3. He can speak fluent English and German.
4. Has appeared in two films under the same title: Sunshine (1999) and Sunshine (2007).
5. Has appeared in two films where the lead male character is named "Tristan": Tristan + Isolde (2006) and Stardust (2007).
6. He got down to the last two spots for the role of Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men (2007). Originally turned down Body of Lies (2008) because his wife was pregnant with their second child.
7. Has two sons with Liza Marshall: Gabriel and Roman. Son Roman was born October 5, 2007.
8. Close friends with Daniel Craig. Craig is also the godfather of one of Strong's sons.
9. Has appeared in five films with Colin Firth: Fever Pitch (1997), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Before I Go to Sleep (2014), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017).
10. He grew up in Myddleton Square, Kensington, London.
11. His theatre break was in 'Napoli Milionaria' at the National Theatre and his television break in 'Our Friends in the North'.
12. Seems to have a passion for espionage movies as he has portrayed secret service agents on numerous occasions: He was the head of Jordanian secret intelligence in Body of Lies (2008), a cold war era MI-6 agent in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), a CIA agent in Zero Dark Thirty (2012), the chief of WWII era British Secret Intelligence Service in The Imitation Game (2014), a non-governmental secret service operative in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), and a retired MI-6 assassin in Grimsby (2016). He also played a semi-retired MI-6 agent in 2018 television mini-series Deep State (2018).
13. He was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best supporting Actor for his performance in Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse (London) in 2002.
14. Lost his hair in his mid-twenties.
15. Won the 2015 Olivier Award for Best Actor for A View From The Bridge for which he also won the Critics Circle Award. He was also nominated for the Tony Award and won the Theatre World award for the same performance on Broadway.