Mark Strong is 59 years old as of 2022.
Mark Strong celebrates his birthday every August 5. He was born on August 5, 1963 in London, United Kingdom to Waltraud D. Salussolia and Giuseppe A. Salussolia.
Raised in Myddleton Square, Kensington, Strong attended Wymondham College in Norfolk. Strong aspired to be a lawyer but returned to London following one year of studying German law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He subsequently studied English and drama at Royal Holloway, University of London before attending the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Strong rose to prominence in 1996 when he starred in the BBC drama series, Our Friends in the North (1996).
He has since starred in over 100 films and tv shows including Stardust (2007), RocknRolla (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Kick-Ass (2010), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Green Lantern (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Imitation Game (2014), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Shazam! (2019), Temple (2019), Cruella (2021), Nocebo (2022), Can I Help? (2021), Tár (2022), and many more.
In 2015, Strong won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for his role in A View from the Bridge, for which he also won the Critics Circle Award. He was also nominated for the Tony Award and won the Theatre World award for the same performance on Broadway.