Mark Blane is a bi-coastal actor, director and writer originally from Indiana. They are known for directing, writing, producing and starring in the 16mm feature film CUBBY which premiered In Competition at Torino LGBTQI. CUBBY played a limited theatrical run in NY/LA after playing 30+ festivals including Inside Out Toronto (Innovation Award Nominee), Frameline (Best First Feature Nomination), OutFest and NewFest (NY Centerpiece). Grant support includes Kodak, Leslie Lohman Museum for Lesbian and Gay Art, Gotham Narrative Film Lab, Formfunction and Brooklyn Arts Council. Mark wrote and directed GHOST BIKE (LA Pan African Film Festival Premiere) acting alongside Tamara Tunie. His Portuguese iPhone-shot pilot ASSASSINO AMERICANO AMNÉSICO premiered in competition in Italy in 2023. He plays "Zack" in 6 episodes of the JJ Abrams produced AppleTV+ show LITTLE VOICE, directed by Jessie Nelson (I AM SAM) and Chris Storer (THE BEAR). Other roles include “Kenny” in WEDDED (Pilot), “David” in Daniel Lewinstein’s THE APOLOGY, and the lead in the forthcoming 16mm short SIMON’S RIDE by Noah Morse and production company SogBots. His performances on screen have been alongside talents such as Patricia Richardson, Becky Ann Baker, and Brittany O'Grady.

Blane has been lauded by the LA Times, IndieWire, The Advocate, and more. Fresh Tomato reviews remarked "Mark's performance is kaleidoscopic and engrossing" and "Think Zach Galifianakis meets James Bidgood with a dash of 1990s Gus Van Sant." Mark's play, THE ROCK & THE RIPE, was commissioned by Hetrick-Martin Institute and Rosie O'Donnell's Theater Kids. He's taught filmmaking to seniors through the SU-CASA program across Brooklyn, and he's also been a visiting artist at Syracuse University, Virginia Tech, and Northwestern University.

Mark's second feature film, “The Queer Actor” (wt), won the pitch contest at Torino Film Festival’s Industry Days in 2023, and he is in development on a new short titled “Awkward Turtle” about a former child star (and sexual abuse survivor).

He is repped as an actor theatrically and commercially by Tyler Kahl at Allegory and Nelson Paredez and Garrett Lindsay at The ESI Network.