Mark Heap

Mark Heap is an English actor and comedian whose early stage work involved juggling, puppetry, and street theater with the Medieval Players and the duo The Two Marks. He became a familiar figure in British television sketch comedy through Brass Eye, Big Train, and Chris Morris’s radio and television projects Blue Jam and Jam.

Heap’s sitcom characters include artist Brian Topp in Spaced, Dr. Alan Statham in Green Wing, and neighbor Jim Bell in Friday Night Dinner. He also played Robert Greene in Upstart Crow. These roles draw on awkward physical behavior and tightly controlled character performances developed across his stage and sketch work.