Mason Alexander Park (born July 12, 1995) is an American actor. They[a] began their career in regional theatre, winning a Helen Hayes Award. Park has since appeared on stage in London's West End. On television, Park is known for their roles in the Netflix adaptations of the anime Cowboy Bebop (2021) and comic The Sandman (2022–), and the Quantum Leap (2022–2024) revival on NBC. Their films include National Anthem (2023).
Park was born in Fairfax, Virginia, and moved around as a child for their father's work before settling down in North Carolina. They are of Spanish and Mexican descent. Park discovered acting through a summer camp in Texas.[1] In need of a new environment after being bullied at school, Park went to Los Angeles with their mother and enrolled at Grand Arts High School.
In 2012, Park was one of two actors from high schools in Los Angeles County to win the Jerry Herman High School Musical Theatre Awards of Los Angeles, for their role as Cornelius in Hello, Dolly. They attended the Jimmy Awards in New York City as a finalist.[2]
Park began their career as a teenager, guest starring as Toby Peterson in a 2011 episode of the Nickelodeon series iCarly. They would reprise the role in the iCarly reboot in 2023.
Park returned to television when they were cast as Gren in the Netflix live-action version of the anime Cowboy Bebop, which was released in 2021.[10] That same year, they put on a solo show in New York titled The Pansy Craze.[11] As of 2022, Park plays the androgynous entity Desire in The Sandman, a Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman's comics,[12] as well as Ian Wright in the Quantum Leap revival on NBC.[13]
Park made their West End debut when they once again played the Emcee in Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre in 2023.[14] They also starred as Ariel in Jamie Lloyd's production of Shakespeare's The Tempest alongside Sigourney Weaver at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, from late 2024 to early 2025.
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