About us

Mark Wakeling

Actor, Managing Director, Tutor

Although I did study at drama school and worked commercially I never truly became an actor until I started The Actors’ Temple in 2002 and began to work with Tom Radcliffe. Previously I had served as an Army Officer and worked as a personal trainer, yet it took me several years before I realised I needed to apply those principals of training to my acting. For me it's about being independent as an actor and my interests now lie in developing my own work with my colleagues, this takes away the reliance on anyone else to control my career. I hope that through offering the work we do at the Actors' Temple we can also help other's find their true independence as actors, paving the way for a long and ultimately satisfying career. My professional credits include Ken Loach’s The Wind That Shakes The Barley, ITV’s Primeval, Peep Show, Doctors, Footballers Wives, Athul Fugard's Playland, Band of Brothers.