Meet Mark Janicello

Mark is a multiple Award-Winning, American Renaissance Man. A native New Yorker, there are very few corners of the entertainment universe that Mark has not worked in. He is trilingual (English/ German/Dutch) and has had a stage career spanning more than 30 years, including over 100 productions. Mark is a classically-trained operatic tenor, who sang over 40 leading roles in operas and operettas, while also studying acting for 10 years with a member of NY's Actor's Studio. He took a break from the stage and began working in filmed entertainments in 2013, and to date has appeared in more than 95 filmed projects. Over the course of his career, he has performed in 52 countries, recorded 39 CDs in every conceivable musical style.  

He is also a Puccini Foundation Grant Awardee and was the first recipient of the Fleischer Music Prize from the City of Leipzig, Germany for his contributions to music and culture.
He has written and produced successful stage- and touring productions throughout Europe, including six world-premiere musicals, (Elvis: The Musical, The Chameleon Concert, Be My Love: The Mario Lanza Musical, Charlie, Cloud 9, and The Great Caruso). He was recently commissioned to write a new play, Take The Bins Out, which will celebrate its world-premiere at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe.

Among his many talents, he has been blessed with a truly unique, extremely versatile singing voice. He’s had the honor to share the stage, microphone, or screen with such Show Business Legends as  Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli, Bill Cosby, Chick Corea, Jody Watley, Jon Secada, Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer  Bo Diddley, Reggae Stars  Black Uhuru; operatic Superstars such as  Cecilia Bartoli, Edita Gruberova, Francisco Araiza, Anna Moffo  and  Alfredo Kraus; Tony-Award Winners/Nominees like Liz Callaway, Debbie Gravitte, Kiril Kulish  and  Judy Kaye; as well as Hollywood luminaries like  Anne Bancroft, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Alec Baldwin, among others.

In addition to his performing abilities, Mark is a talented painter with 13 international exhibitions to his name.  He has worked as both a columnist for Hoop Doop Magazine, and as a theatre critic for Broadway World.

Mark has been vegan since 2004 and advocates for a plant-based lifestyle.

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Countries

Mark's performances have already brought him to 52 countries (and counting). 

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Prizes

NOMINATIONS AND PRIZES AS SCREENWRITER/ACTOR/PRODUCER FOR THE FINELLIS:
● 64 Award Nominations: 22 Wins in 12 different countries - See the full list on Wikipedia

SINGING PRIZES
● 1988 - Puccini Foundation Grant Awardee
● 1992 - Winner of the KFC Musical Feast as the "Best Street Performer in America"
● 2016 - City of Leipzig - Fips Fleischer Music Prize
● 2022 - Porthcawl Elvis Festival – World's Best Gospel Elvis

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Apartments

Mark's current home in London is his 36th apartment in the 13th different country.