Mark Oosterveen (born 1979) is an English actor, director and writer.[1][2] He is mainly known for being the associate writer/director and one of the main subjects of Grand Theft Hamlet.[3][4] He has also appeared in the Guy Ritchie film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare starring Henry Cavill, and the Terence Davies film Benediction starring Jack Lowden. He attended the University of Reading and Drama Studio London.[5][6]
His television work includes the BBC series Silent Witness, the BBC series Casualty, the Western series Django for Sky, the fifth season of Unforgotten for ITV, the third season of The Girlfriend Experience for Amazon Prime Video, and the recurring character of Carl Rapley in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders. He has also worked extensively on stage, including for the Arcola Theatre, the Crucible Theatre, the Royal Exchange Theatre, the Soho Theatre, Theatre503, the Orange Tree Theatre and 59E59 Theaters in New York City.
Career
Grand Theft Hamlet
During the 2022 third COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, alongside his friend Sam Crane, Oosterveen co-directed and performed in a full production of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet within the live environment of the video game Grand Theft Auto Online.[7] This production later won the Innovation Award from the British theatre publication The Stage in January 2023. The process was depicted in the critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary Grand Theft Hamlet, co-directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane.[8][9][10][11]
Selected credits
- Angels in the Asylum (feature film) as Dr Stickler
- Hedda (feature film) as Professor Dunbar
- Grand Theft Hamlet (documentary) as associate writer/director and subject
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (feature film) as Hugh Dowding
- Silent Witness (TV series)
- Casualty: "How to Save a Life" (TV episode) as David Bevan
- Django (TV series) as Sheriff Boone
- Unforgotten (TV series) as Graham Saville
- Doctors (TV episode) as Mr Chesterman
- Benediction (feature film)
- The Girlfriend Experience (TV series)
- EastEnders (TV episodes) as Carl Rapley
- The Last King of Scotland (Crucible Theatre) as Stone
- Breaking the Code (Royal Exchange Theatre) as John Smith
- Love's Comedy (Orange Tree Theatre) as Styver
- Personal Enemy (59E59 Theaters) as Sam Kessler
- Pythonesque as John Cleese
References
- ^ "Grand Theft Hamlet review - in-game Shakespeare performance is brilliantly exciting". The Guardian review.
- ^ Harris, Sarah Ann (2015-03-12). "Family's fury as Alzheimer's sufferer has phone line CUT OFF because h". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
- ^ "GRAND THEFT HAMLET Interview: Sam Crane, Pinny Grylls Talk Their Innovative Doc, MUBI, Massively Multiplayer Promenade Performance". ScreenAnarchy. 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ^ Saito, Stephen (2024-03-11). "'Grand Theft Hamlet' Review: A Captivating Staging of Shakespeare in 'Grand Theft Auto' Changes the Game". Variety. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ^ "Drama Studio London: 2008 Graduates". Drama Studio London official website.
- ^ "Grand Theft Hamlet". Connected (University of Reading Alumni Magazine).
- ^ "Grand Theft Hamlet". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Grand Theft Auto: How Shakespeare's Hamlet found a virtual stage". www.bbc.com. 2024-12-10. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ^ Buckley, Nick (2024-08-07). "'Don't kill the actors': three friends' quest to stage Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ^ "'Grand Theft Hamlet' Stages Shakespeare in a Land of Shootouts". The New York Times interview.
- ^ "The Stage Awards 2023 announced". WestEndTheatre.com news article.
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