Mark Heap has a wonderful family with his wife and children at the moment.

Heap was the youngest of four sons born to an English father and an American mother in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India.

He began his acting career in the 1980s as a member of the Medieval Players, a touring company that used stilt-walking, juggling, and puppetry while performing medieval and early modern theatre.

Carl Heap, his brother, was the company’s artistic director. Following the show’s demise, he joined the street theatre team The Two Marks, who performed on television shows.