Mark is an American actor/filmmaker trained in Los Angeles and New York that has performed onstage in New York, Los Angeles and London, England. Some of those productions include lead roles in; Shepard＇s ＇True West＇, Beckett＇s ＇Waiting for Godot＇, Shakespeare＇s ＇Timon of Athens＇ and Mamet＇s ＇The Shawl＇. In 2006 Houghton produced, wrote and directed his first film HUM; The Decent of the Universal into the Human Heart. He is based in Los Angeles and has numerous projects in various stages of development.