Mark Douglas Brown McKinney was born on June 26, 1959, in Ottawa, Ontario. He is a middle child. His older sister is Jane and his younger brother is Nick, a member of a comedy troupe called The Vacant Lot. He has lived in a lot of places like Trinidad and Tobago, Washington D.C, and Paris, France. He went to a college in Newfoundland and worked at the campus radio station until he dropped out and moved to Calgary, Alberta. He worked at the Foothills Piano Shop and met Bruce McCulloch doing Theatre Sports. They formed the comedy troupe The Audience and moved to Toronto where they became The Kids in the Hall with Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, eventually Scott Thompson, and others. After the others left, the Kids in the Hall became how they are known today. Popular characters Mark played on Kids are the Head Crusher, Christine, Nina, Tanya, and my favourite, the Chicken Lady. After Kids, Mark was a member of the cast of Saturday Night Live for two seasons where he was very poorly used. He has also had small parts in the movies Spice World, The Last Days of Disco, Dog Park, and he was absolutely fantastic in A Night At The Roxbury. He also had a role in the Broadway show called A Flee in Her Ear. He now lives in New York City's Upper West end with his wife, Marina Gharabegian, and his son, Christopher Thomas Russell McKinney. His most recent project has been a role in the movie "The Out of Towners".
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