Mark Kassen (born 1971) is an American actor, director and producer. He has appeared in the films Growing Up Brady (2000), The Good Student (2006), Puncture (2011), and Jobs (2013). In July 2020, he and Chris Evans launched A Starting Point, a website that presents both the Democratic and Republican points of view on many issues of importance to Americans. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Kassen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 4, 1971 (55)
- Syracuse, New York
- Actor, producer and director, also writer
- 14 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
What are Mark Kassen's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 9
Light 3 · Serious 4 · Dark 4
Grounded 8 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3
Roles they play
- Allyas Paul Danziger in Puncture (2011)
- Heroas Glen in Dark Around the Stars (2013)
- Shadowas Freeman Bender in Broken Soldier (2022)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Mark Kassen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).
- Third Watch (1999) · actor · free
- Before We Go (2014) · actor, producer · free
- PH-1 (2026) · actor, director, writer, producer · free
- The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018) · producer · free
- Psychopaths (2017) · actor · free
- Dark Around the Stars (2013) · actor · free
- Broken Soldier (2022) · actor, producer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Mark Kassen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
23 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Animals(2026)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Crooks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
PH-1(2026)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Broken Soldier(2022)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Psychopaths(2017)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Before We Go(2014)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Dark Around the Stars(2013)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Jobs(2013)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Puncture(2011)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Bernard and Doris(2006)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Good Student(2006)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Sasquatch Gang(2006)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Hopeless Pictures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Looking for Kitty(2004)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Trigger Happy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Growing Up Brady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Third Watch(1999)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Looking For Lola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Killing Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Through Thick & Thin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Cybill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Untitled Gene Kelly Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 84th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 21 titles, 20 of them dated from 1995 to 2026; peak year 2010.
Biggest box office
The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
Highest rated
Puncture (2011)
Most popular right now
The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
Film career
Peak 2010 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2000Screen debut· Growing Up Brady
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Mark Kassen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 14 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Mark Kassen's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Mark Kassen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mark Kassen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Olsen shares the most, 4.
Actors
- Vinessa ShawShared titles: PH-1 (2026), Dark Around the Stars (2013), Puncture (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Vinessa Shaw
- Jesse L. MartinShared titles: PH-1 (2026), Puncture (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Jesse L. Martin
- Chris EvansShared titles: Before We Go (2014), Puncture (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Evans
Composers
- Adam PetersShared titles: PH-1 (2026), Broken Soldier (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Adam Peters
Producers
- Mark OlsenShared titles: Broken Soldier (2022), Before We Go (2014), Bernard and Doris (2006), The Good Student (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Mark Olsen
- Adam KassenShared titles: Puncture (2011), Bernard and Doris (2006), The Good Student (2006), The Sasquatch Gang (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Adam Kassen
- Dana BrunettiShared titles: Bernard and Doris (2006), The Good Student (2006), The Sasquatch Gang (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Dana Brunetti
- Kevin SpaceyShared titles: Bernard and Doris (2006), The Good Student (2006), The Sasquatch Gang (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Kevin Spacey
