Saturday, November 10, 2012

Meet Hot New Actor Marlon Clarke

By Madeline Finch


Canada is not only a country of mountains, lakes and remote wilderness. It has a bustling arts scene and film and television industry. Many of the world's most famous and popular actors, including Jim Carrey, Dan Aykroyd, Mike Myers, Ryan Gosling, Christopher Plummer, William Shatner and the Sutherlands, father Donald and son Kiefer, hail from the land of the maple leaf. The country has also produced some big-screen beefcakes like Keanu Reeves. An up-and-coming industry hottie hoping to follow in these famous footsteps is Masimba Marlon Clarke.

Born in 1974 in Winnipeg in Canada's Manitoba province, Marlon spent the first five years of his life in the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. He then moved back to Winnipeg, where he lived for the next five years. When he was ten years old, his family moved eastward to Toronto in Ontario province.

As a high-school student, the young Mr Clarke realized that he wanted to pursue a career in acting. He switched to Drama as the first step in following this dream. Starring in school plays and taking classes in the craft after school helped him to nurture his talent.

Upon completing his high-school career, the aspiring actor went to college. Here he studied for a diploma in journalism, graduating in 1999. However, Toronto's lively entertainment and arts scene is the perfect breeding ground for anybody wanting to make it big on screen and the aspiring star was no exception.

The first break came in 2001, when Mr Clarke was cast in a small role in an independent film. It was a horror movie titled 'Massacre Up North', by writer and director Paul Stoichevski. It tells the tale of a man who was badly maimed in a burning accident and then goes on the rampage to get back at everybody who ever teased him about his looks. The young actor portrayed a police officer.

At the dawn of the millenium, The Tragically Hip, a very popular rock band from Canada, recorded their seventh studio album. In the video for the single 'My Music at Work', the sexy young man showed that he's not only a talented actor, but has got the moves too. He is one of the bored-looking 'office workers' who gets up and starts dancing to the music.

The up-and-coming actor also had a small role guest-starring in one of the episodes of 'This is Wonderland', a popular television series filmed and set in Canada. The legal-themed comedy-drama is set in Old City Hall in Toronto and stars Cara Pifko as a criminal lawyer. The series won several awards in Canada. In the third season, there is an episode with a character called 'Omar number 2', played by Marlon.

Marlon Clarke not only acts. His beefy looks have earned him several modelling jobs too, especially in print ad campaigns. These include ads for Cara Foods, Adidas, Captivate Network, Staples, Jackson Hewitt Tax Services, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario and the Canadian Blood Services. For more about the actor, go to his website or do an online search of video clips and e-cards showing off his hot body.




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