Mark Shock

Upcoming and recent work

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME

This holiday season you can catch me performing various roles in the EPIC Players' production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME.

Click here for more info and tickets!

pirate pete's movie recommendations

Ahoy there! Set sail with Pete (the Dead Party Pirate) as he dives into the sea of movies! Catch Pete’s third volume of film recommendations, as vast and exciting as the mighty Pacific. Along the way Pete will introduce, rekindle or deepen your love for some of cinema's classics!

'NICE AXE' now streaming!

My award-winning short horror film NICE AXE is now available to stream. I wrote, produced and star in the film as Guy, a wannabe hard rocker who finds a beat up guitar in his building's basement. The guitar, however, may have plans of its own ...

Watch now on YouTube! Viewer discretion advised.

Awards & festivals

My short horror film NICE AXE had its Canadian premiere at the Shock Stock Horror and Underground Film Festival in London, Ontario in May 2025.

Best Actor at the 2024 Bloodstained Indie Film Festival in Tokyo for my performance in NICE AXE.

Top 10 Best of the Fest at the 2024 Spooky Empire Horror Film Festival in Orlando for NICE AXE, as well as nominations for Best Actor, Best Practical Effects, and Best Visual Effects.

Best Actor at the 2023 Triborough Film Festival for playing the title character in writer/director Jason Spagnuoli's short film LENNY.

Best Male Performance by an Actor in a Drama at the 2022 Bridgeport Film Fest for LENNY.

Music video for my original song THE MONSTER directed by Nick Bradshaw (Finalist - 2022 Niagara Falls Film Festival; Semi-Finalist - 2022 San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival; Selection - 2022 Austin Lift-Off Film Festival; Selection - 2022 Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival).