Mark Fite

Place of birth:

Illinois, USA:

Biography:

Mark Fite (Mark Elliott Fite, born in Illinois) is an American actor and comedian who grew up mostly in Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a BA in Communications and Theatre Arts before moving to Los Angeles, where he became a founding member of the comedy group Two Headed Dog and performed with The Actors' Gang and Theater of NOTE. He has been active since 1988 and has appeared in over 100 productions across film, television, and voice work. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Berlin Film Festival International for The Lost One (2015) and won Best Actor at the Block Island Film Festival in 2025 for No Small Sacrifice. His most notable screen roles include Second Man at Auto Shop in Fight Club (1999) (Brad Pitt, Edward Norton), Pilot in Independence Day (1996) (Will Smith, Bill Pullman), Radio Operator in Godzilla (1998) (Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno), James Wilson in David Fincher's Mank (2020) (Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried), and Customer #2 (voice) in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) (Tom Kenny, Antonio Banderas). On television he has appeared in Seinfeld, Friends, SpongeBob SquarePants (24 episodes), Grey's Anatomy, Criminal Minds, and Scandal. He also appeared in the Dior short film L.A.dy Dior (2011) opposite Marion Cotillard, directed by John Cameron Mitchell.