MARK SALVESTRO
actor - writer - producer
Actor Me
So, yeah, I'm an actor! An award-winning one, apparently*
One of the most common questions I get is 'what kind of acting do you do?'
Well, to answer that question: I 'do' honest, connected acting, mostly in theatre these days but I also love to work on screen now and again.
I perform in shows that I've written myself (you can learn more about these via the 'Projects' tab above) and in shows written by others, from solo performances to ensemble productions.
*My solo show 'The Will To Be' won a Best Theatre Weekly Award at the Adelaide Fringe in 2020. You can learn more about it here.
Adelaide Fringe, 2017 Photo by Fabiola Barba
Adelaide Fringe, 2020
Australian Shakespeare Company, 2018 Photo by Andrew Cullimore
Adelaide Fringe, 2017 Photo by Fabiola Barba
So far, I've been lucky to perform in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Cooma, Forbes and Sale in Australia, and in 2018, I got to perform in the Czech Republic as part of the Prague Fringe Festival with Australian Shakespeare Company.
If you're after something a little more formal, you can view my showreel and download my bio and resume below.
Got a project you think I might be good for?
Photo by Sare Clarke
Melbourne Fringe, 2016
Photo by Sare Clarke
Photo by Sare Clarke
In 2016, I co-founded a theatre collective in Melbourne called North of Eight. Together, we produce a bunch of new and existing scripted material and perform them in pubs, halls, old churches and intimate theatres. You can learn more about NoE here.
I do leave the nest occasionally though and have performed with a bunch of other theatre companies over the years too.
One of the things I love about being an actor is traveling around and performing in new towns and cities and meeting lots of different people along the way.
Adelaide Fringe Director & CEO, Heather Croall, presenting Mark with his 'Best Theatre' Weekly Award Photo by Missy Husband
Adelaide Fringe, 2017
Adelaide Fringe Director & CEO, Heather Croall, presenting Mark with his 'Best Theatre' Weekly Award Photo by Missy Husband
My Showreel
My Resume
Web
The Live Comedy Show
Multiple Roles
David Perrin - Screaming Goat Productions
Film
A Covid Coming Out
Something Rotten in the State of Denmark
The Establishment
One Foot in the Grave
Brawl
The Independent Variable
2 Friends and a Duck
Brothers in Arms
Quietus
Deadline
Lead
Principal
Lead
Principal
Featured
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Supporting
Mark Salvestro/Midsumma
Melody Rooks - Pet Rock Films
Christopher Fulloon
Jake Murphy
Nadia Townsend - Turtle Lab
UNSW - College of Fine Arts
SAE Institute - Sydney
Northern Sydney Institute
SAE Institute - Melbourne
Marion Slatter
Short film written and performed by Mark Salvestro. Commissioned by Midsumma.
Short film by Pet Rock Films, directed by Melody Rooks
Working w/ director Shane Connor on set with the Howard Fine Acting Studio
Short film written and performed by Mark Salvestro. Commissioned by Midsumma.
Theatre
Chiaroscuro
The Will To Be
Strata Inc.
Comedy of Errors
Lonely People are Always Up in the Middle of the Night
Navy Pier
Buried at Sea
Private Moments: A Double Bill
(Buried at Sea - Solo Show)
Fairy Tale News
Couch Potato
Caravaggio
William
Barry
Antipholus of Syracuse
Multiple
Martin
George/Self
George/Self
'Big' Mal Wolfe
Robert
David Atfield
Sarah Hallam/Phoebe Taylor
Faran Martin
Kevin Hopkins
Hila Ben Gera
Phoebe Anne Taylor
Phoebe Anne Taylor
Phoebe Anne Taylor
Jennifer Piper
Belinda Campbell
Canberra Theatre Centre
Melbourne Fringe & Adelaide Fringe,
La Mama, Cooma Little Theatre
North Of Eight
Australian Shakespeare Co. - Graduate Players
La Mama Theatre
North Of Eight
Melbourne Fringe/Adelaide Fringe/Snowy Mountains Tour
Second Breakfast
(Brisbane Anywhere Festival)
WIT Incorporated
(Melbourne Int. Comedy Festival)
WIT Incorporated
2010 - present
2010 - present
Commercial
McDonald's McOz Burger
Surf Lifesaver
Steve Hudson - Prodigy Films
Training
Howard Fine Acting Studio - Australia
Full-time Program:
Acting: Howard Fine, Marilyn McIntyre, Laura Gardner
Voice & Speech: Stephen Costan
Singing & Speech for Actors (SFA): David Coury
Alexander Technique: Penny McDonald & Jean-Louis Rodrigue
Acting to Camera: Shane Connor
Singing: Sally Bourne
Part-time:
Ongoing Scene Study: Howard Fine, Marilyn McIntyre, Sarah Hallam, Lisa Treloar
Alexander Technique: Penny McDonald
4-Day Intensive Master Class: Howard Fine (2015 & 2016)
4-Day Intensive Master Class: Howard Fine & David Coury (2015 & 2019)
Application of Technique to Screen: Shane Connor
Improvisation: Jimmy Eaton
Playing The Bard: Shakespeare in Performance: Sally McLean
Australian Shakespeare Company: Graduate Players Program - Kevin Hopkins & Claire Nichols
Voice & Speech: Stephen Costan
Improcorp: Improvisation Level 1&2 - Lyn Pierse
Sydney Screen Actors Group: Acting to Camera - Sam Haft, Marti Keefer
Actors Centre Australia
Acting: Jamie Irvine
Shakespeare: Lyn Pierse
Musical Theatre: Margi de Ferranti, Martin Crewes, Bev Kennedy, Nancye Hayes,
Philip Quast, Dean Carey, Gail Edwards
Other Skills/Interests
General American Accent, Impersonations/Voices, Intermediate Pianist, Singer (tenor – music theatre), Bicycling, Writing, Journalist (2yr exp./1st Yr. B. Communications & Media/1st Place Comms & Media Award – U. Notre Dame Aus.), Shakespeare.