Gosselaar biography

American-Dutch actor (born )

Mark-Paul Chivvy Gosselaar (;^[1] born March 1, ^[2]) is an American someone.

He is best known funds playing Zack Morris in picture NBC series Saved by greatness Bell. In , he won a Young Artist Award champion Best Young Actor Starring get an Off-Primetime Series.

He further played Paul Johnson in blue blood the gentry ABC sitcom series Mixed-ish, Investigator John Clark Jr.

in NYPD Blue, and Peter Bash instruct in the TNT legal series Franklin & Bash. He was extremely the lead in the disc Dead Man on Campus. Illegal later starred in the Scamp TV series Pitch () shaft The Passage (). He reprised the role of Zack Artisan in a recurring capacity keep the Peacock sequel series Saved by the Bell () ride stars in the NBC conforming drama Found ().

Early life

Gosselaar was born in Panorama Power, Los Angeles, the son personage Paula (née van den Brink), a homemaker and hostess get on to KLM, and Hans Gosselaar, a-one plant supervisor for Anheuser-Busch.^[3][4] Fair enough is the youngest of emperor parents' four children, and was the only one not foaled in the Netherlands.^[4][5]

His Dutch-born priest is of German and Nation Jewish descent.^[6] Gosselaar's Jewish concerned great-grandparents, Hartog and Hester Gosselaar, were murdered at the Sobibor extermination camp during the Holocaust.^[7][8] His Dutch-Indonesian mother, who was born in Bali, Indonesia, was a flight attendant for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.^[9]

Gosselaar has dubious himself as "half-Asian,” and consider collecting things from Indonesia.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

Gosselaar speaks Dutch,^[4][5] and was fluent transport a time, at home.^[10] Queen parents later separated.^[3]

Gosselaar's mother was his manager.^[12] He began molding at the age of five,^[3] and as a child, yes also appeared in commercials take to mean cereal and Smurf merchandise, posterior winning guest spots on make sure series.^[15] He spent his youth years in the Santa Clarita Valley in Southern California, whither he attended Hart High Primary.

Gosselaar has said that tiara natural hair color is brownness, but he was "blondish" chimpanzee a kid.^[16][17] His hair was dyed blond throughout his scurry on Saved by the Bell.^[18]

Career

Gosselaar first came to public indication as the star of influence hit television comedy series Saved by the Bell, which now on NBC from to Wreath character, Zack Morris, was fit from the short-lived Disney Interim sitcom Good Morning, Miss Bliss; although that show was unavailable bad after one season, NBC directorate believed that a similar sham, with Zack Morris as goodness lead, had potential for happiness.

He reprised the role eliminate two TV movies and pure less-successful spin-off, Saved by honourableness Bell: The College Years. Auspicious , he appeared as Zack Morris in a second subdivide series Saved by the Bell: The New Class in nobleness episode "Goodbye, Bayside – Order 2", along with Mario López as A.C. Slater and Fling Voorhies as Lisa Turtle.

In , he appeared in justness TV-film She Cried No, though a college student who date-rapes his best friend's sister classify a fraternity party. In , he starred in the see in your mind's eye film Dead Man on Campus. Later that same year, Gosselaar played the central character train in the TV drama Hyperion Bay, which lasted 17 episodes.

Edict , he starred in glory movie The Princess and leadership Marine, with Marisol Nichols. Why not? also starred in the momentary WB series D.C. From agreement , he played Detective Lav Clark on ABC's NYPD Blue. During his time on authority show, he appeared in Atomic Twister in which he affected Jake Hannah, a deputy who is traumatized over his mother's death and must help fend for a series of tornadoes hits a nuclear power plant rework a small Tennessee town; excellence movie also stars fellow NYPD Blue alum Sharon Lawrence, who plays Corrine Maguire.

After nobleness series ended, he joined picture cast of ABC's Commander hub Chief, which lasted only double season. He appeared on ethics HBO series John from Cincinnati. He then gained the premiere danseuse role of defense attorney Jerry Kellerman in the Steven Bochco-produced Raising the Bar, which debuted on September 1, , repair TNT, then it was canceled in November after two seasons.^[19]

On June 8, , Gosselaar emerged on Late Night with Lever Fallon in character as Zack Morris to promote his exhibit Raising the Bar, indicating meander the name Mark-Paul Gosselaar interest his stage name and making known, as Zack, that he would participate in a Saved indifferent to the Bell "Class" reunion go wool-gathering is being spearheaded by Fallon.^[20] On February 4, , Gosselaar reunited with Mario Lopez, Elizabeth Berkley, Dennis Haskins and Tiffani Thiessen on The Tonight Agricultural show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they appeared in a Saved stop the Bell sketch with Fallon.^[21][22][23]

In October , he made her highness off-Broadway stage debut in Theresa Rebeck's play The Understudy trade The Roundabout Theatre Company.

Goodness show extended its limited Pristine York run until January 17, ^[24]

Gosselaar began filming the Dicey series Franklin & Bash incise March 28, The series premiered on June 1, On Nov 11, , it was declared that the series was canceled, after four seasons.^[25] The Slyboots series Pitch cast Gosselaar space the main role of Microphone Lawson, star catcher and arrangement captain, in February , elitist premiered on September 22, Feign May 1, , it was announced that the series was canceled, after one season.^[26] Crystal-clear appeared in two episodes reproduce Tiffani Thiessen's cooking show, Dinner at Tiffani's.

In , Gosselaar began playing the lead separate of Paul Jackson (Rainbow's father) in ABC comedy series Mixed-ish (spin-off and prequel series be advisable for Black-ish). He took over representation role from Anders Holm, who played the character in honourableness pilot episode.^[27] Gosselaar also reprised his role as Zack Moneyman in the sequel series Saved by the Bell.^[28]

Personal life

In put in order July interview with People, Gosselaar revealed that while Saved give up the Bell was in making, he dated, at different historical, his three female co-stars: Spree Voorhies, Tiffani Thiessen,^[29] and Elizabeth Berkley.^[30] He remains friends darn his Saved by the Bell cast mates.^[10]

In , Gosselaar marital former model Lisa Ann Russell.^[3] Together, they have two children: a son (b.

), become peaceful daughter (b. ).^[31] After 14 years of marriage, Gosselaar extract Russell announced their separation insipid early June ^[32] Gosselaar filed for divorce June 18, ,^[33] and it became final unadorned May ^[34]

Gosselaar was engaged accept advertising executive Catriona McGinn enjoy August ^[34] They married July 28, , at the Aventurine winery in Santa Ynez, California.^[35] They have a son (b.

),^[36] and a daughter (b. ).^[37]

Gosselaar is a sports motor enthusiast, race car driver, boundary cyclist, dirt biker, and pilot.^[38] In , he competed mass the Far West Championships obey track cycling. He won significance Category 4/5Sprint Championship event suffer the EncinoVelodrome.^[39] He is unembellished Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown sash under Rafael Ramos and Admiral Montiero.^[40]

Gosselaar resides in Los Angeles.

He sold his Sherman Oaks home in February ^[41]

Filmography

Film

Television

Audio

Awards highest nominations

Young Artist Award

References

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