Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar was born on March 1, 1974, in Panorama City, California. He was born to Dutch-born father Hans Gosselaar and Indonesian-born mother Paula, who are now divorced. He has an older brother, Mike, and two older sisters, Linda and Sylvia. In 1989, after a career with small movies and commercials, Gosselaar started in the teen hit "Saved by the Bell" (1989), co-starring Tiffani Thiessen who played his girlfriend, Kelly Kapowski, throughout the show's run. The characters eventually married each other after the show and its spin-off, "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" (1993) , ended production. It was there he met his future real-life wife, Lisa Ann Russell, whom he married in 1996 in Maui, Hawaii. Most recently, he starred with Geena Davis in "Commander in Chief" (2005) for executive producer Steven Bochco, with whom he also worked when he starred as detective John Clark in Bochco's critically-acclaimed drama "NYPD Blue" (1993) Gosselaar's other television credits include TV movies Atomic Twister (2002) (TV), The Princess & the Marine (2001) (TV), For the Love of Nancy (1994) (TV), Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas (1994) (TV), She Cried No (1996) (TV), Dying to Belong (1997) (TV) and Born Into Exile (1997) (TV). On the big screen, Gosselaar appeared in Dead Man on Campus (1998), as well as the independent films Beer Money (2001) (TV) and Sticks and Stones (2008) (TV). Gosselaar's sporting interests include cycling, motocross and auto racing. He is also an avid pilot. Gosselaar lives outside of Los Angeles with his wife, Lisa, and their 2 children.
Series | Found | Sir | 2023-10-03 |
Series | The Passage | Brad Wolgast | 2019-01-14 |
Series | mixed-ish | Paul Johnson | 2019-09-24 |
Movie | Precious Cargo | Jack | 2016-07-15 |
Series | Pitch | Mike Lawson | 2016-09-22 |
Series | Truth Be Told | Mitch | 2015-10-16 |
Movie | Heist | Marconi | 2015-11-13 |
Movie | 12 Dates of Christmas | Miles Dufine | 2011-12-11 |
Series | Franklin & Bash | Peter Bash | 2011-06-01 |
Movie | Hide | Alex Wilson | 2011-12-06 |
Series | Raising the Bar | Jerry Kellerman | 2008-09-01 |
Series | John from Cincinnati | Unknown | 2007-06-10 |
Movie | The House Next Door | Kim Dougherty | 2006-10-30 |
Series | Weeds | Jack | 2005-08-07 |
Series | Commander in Chief | Richard 'Dickie' McDonald | 2005-09-27 |
Series | Over There | Unknown | 2005-11-13 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | 2004-09-13 | |
Movie | Atomic Twister | Deputy Jake Hannah | 2002-06-09 |
Movie | A Day in the Dirt | Narrator (voice) | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | The Princess & the Marine | Jason Johnson | 2001-02-18 |
Movie | Beer Money | Tim Maroon | 2001-06-19 |
Series | D.C. | Pete Komisky | 2000-04-02 |
Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Paul Winthrop | 2000-10-06 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | Dead Man on Campus | Cooper | 1998-08-21 |
Series | Hyperion Bay | Dennis Sweeny | 1998-09-21 |
Movie | Dying to Belong | Steven Tyler | 1997-02-24 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | Sticks & Stones | Dale Finley | 1996-09-01 |
Movie | Brothers of the Frontier | Hiram Holcomb | 1996-04-06 |
Movie | Specimen | 1996-09-14 | |
Movie | Kounterfeit | Paco / Danny | 1996-11-15 |
Movie | She Cried No | Scott Baker | 1996-09-23 |
Movie | Twisted Love | D.J. | 1995-08-08 |
Movie | The St. Tammany Miracle | Carl | 1994-01-01 |
Series | Robin's Hoods | Billy Higgins | 1994-08-22 |
Movie | Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas | Zack Morris | 1994-10-07 |
Movie | For the Love of Nancy | Tommy | 1994-10-02 |
Series | Saved by the Bell: The College Years | Zack Morris | 1993-05-22 |
Series | Saved by the Bell: The New Class | Unknown | 1993-09-11 |
Movie | White Wolves - A Cry in the Wild II | Scott | 1993-12-31 |
Series | NYPD Blue | John Clark Jr. | 1993-09-21 |
Movie | Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style | Zack Morris | 1992-11-27 |
Series | Blossom | Unknown | 1990-07-05 |
Series | Saved by the Bell | Zack Morris | 1989-08-20 |
Movie | Necessary Parties | Chris Mills | 1988-01-01 |
Series | The Wonder Years | Unknown | 1988-01-31 |
Series | Good Morning, Miss Bliss | Zack Morris | 1988-11-30 |
Series | Murphy Brown | Unknown | 1988-11-14 |
Series | Stingray | Eric Murray | 1985-07-14 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
Series | Punky Brewster | Walker Wimbley | 1984-09-16 |
Series | Highway to Heaven | Unknown | 1984-09-19 |
Series | Charles in Charge | Unknown | 1984-10-03 |
Series | Brains & Brawn | Host | 1958-09-13 |