Mark Womack

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Mark Womack
Born
Mark Edward Womack

(1961-01-09) 9 January 1961 (age 63)
Liverpool, England
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present
Television Liverpool 1
Murphy's Law
Sorted
Emmerdale
Spouses
Mary Therese McGoldrick
(m. 1995;div. 1997)
(m. 2009;sep. 2018)
Children3

Mark Edward Womack (born 9 January 1961) [1] is an English actor, known for starring in Liverpool 1 , Sorted and Willy Russell's Dancin thru' The Dark. In 2020, he appeared in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as DI Mark Malone.

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Personal life

Womack was born in Liverpool in 1961, eldest son of Frances (née Dean)[ citation needed ] and Tom Womack. He has a younger brother and sister.

He attended high school in Childwall, Liverpool, and later attended RADA, London. [2]

Womack married Mary Therese McGoldrick in 1995. They had one son together before their 1997 divorce.[ citation needed ] Womack soon began a relationship with his married Liverpool 1 costar Samantha Janus. Janus's marriage ended in divorce in 1998, and she and Womack married on 16 May 2009. [3] They have two children together. [4] In August 2020, Janus announced that she and Womack had separated in 2018; but were still living together in the same house with their children. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1990 Dancin' Thru the Dark Eddie Ainsworth Mike Ockrent See also
1993 A Question of Guilt Ryan Stuart Orme
2010 Route Irish Fergus Ken Loach
2010 I Against I Joseph Carmichael
2013Uwantme2killhimMarks DadAndrew Douglas
2014 One Night in Istanbul Tony Fitz James Marquand
2016Between Two WorldsJoe James Marquand

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 Piece of Cake Moke' Miller
1991 Kinsey Eddie
1993SceneDannyDocumentary series
1993 Crime Story Graham Young
1995 Hearts and Minds Archie
1998–1999 Liverpool 1 DC Mark Callaghan
2000 Playing the Field Jason Pratt
2003–2004 Merseybeat DI Pete Hammond
2003 Judge John Deed Andy Powell Q.C.
2005 Murphy's Law David Callard
2011 The Runaway Eamonn Docherty
2012 Good Cop DCI Craig CostelloSeries Regular
2013 Silent Witness Tom HancockEpisode: "Legacy"
2014 Babylon HopwoodRecurring role
2015 Vera Billy ReevesEpisode: "Muddy Waters"
2020 Emmerdale DI Mark Malone Series regular
2021 Moving On Ian Keane Episode: "Wedding Day"
2022 The Responder BarrySeries regular

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References

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  2. Mark Womack Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
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  4. "Samantha Womack". hellomagazine.com. 8 October 2009.
  5. "Ex-EE star Samantha Womack confirms split from Emmerdale's Mark Womack". Digital Spy. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.