About

Mark Janicello is a multiple Award-Winning, American Renaissance Man. There are very few corners of the entertainment universe that he has not worked in. The trilingual singer/actor (English/German/Dutch) had a stage career spanning more than 30 years, including over 100 productions. He has filmed over 90 film, tv and commercial projects. Additionally, he has recorded 39 CDs, and done numerous international concert tours.

He is a classically-trained operatic tenor, who sang over 40 leading roles in operas and operettas while at the same time studying acting for 10 years with a member of NYC's famed Actor's Studio. He made his first stage appearance as a boy soprano at four years old and has been on stage or in front of a camera ever since. In the intervening years, he has performed in 52 countries.

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 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 is Playwright/Musical Author: (1998) The Chamäeon Concert, (Book and Lyrics): (1999) Be My Love: The Mario Lanza Musical, (Book); (2001) Charlie: A New Musical (Book and Lyrics); (2002) Elvis: The Musical (Book and Lyrics); (2005) The Great Caruso (Book); (2009) Cloud 9: A Children's Musical (Book and Lyrics); (2022) Take The Bins Out (Book – 2023 Popcorn/BBC Writer's Room Award Nominee); and (2023) The Finellis Musical (Book and Lyrics)

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

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

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

COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY:

ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Published Author:Nackt im Rampenlicht/ Naked in the Spotlight

(Ibera Verlag, Vienna (German-language) / Amazon Publishing (English)

Critic-at-large: www.broadwayworld.com

Columnist: Hoop Doop Magazine