Mark Samual Bonanno

Mark Samual Bonanno is best known for his general silliness within comedy troupe Aunty Donna, one of Australia's biggest comedic acts who have garnered a huge international audience both live and online. Since studying Acting at the University of Ballarat Arts Academy, Mark's work has won and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy in 2017, Best of The Fest at Sydney Comedy Festival in 2018, and across the last few years, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble and Best Comedy Web Series at the Melbourne International Web Festival. Mark's work directing Demi Lardner's 2017 and 2018 stage shows also saw award attention, winning both the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Director's Choice Award and Pinder Prize in their respective years. In 2020, Mark has co-written/created the six part sitcom Why Are You Like This, which will be coming to the ABC (Australia). Mark also live streams weekly on Twitch under the name VeryPoliteGamer.

What are Mark Samual Bonanno's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

53%

Bonds

31%

Morality

17%

Identity2 Friendship2

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Tricksteras Mark in Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun (2020)

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd

2

Joyful

2

Thrilling

1

Manic

1

Melancholic

1

Other

2

How their films linger

Fun3 Bittersweet2

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 Samual Bonanno's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).

Also on these channels

Cineverse1 title, show their title on Cineverse
Midnight Pulp1 title, show their title on Midnight Pulp
RetroCrush1 title, show their title on RetroCrush

Subscription and free streaming for Mark Samual Bonanno'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

24 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

X-MEN but better and more accurate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
as Professor X / Cyclops / Mystique/ Robber 2
The Shadowman's Nightmare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Director · Animation · Editor · Sound Designer · Visual Effects · Writer · as Ken Holden / The Shadowman
Lesbian Space Princess(2025)
as Leader (voice)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Aunty Donna: The Magical Dead Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Executive Producer · Writer · as Self/Italian
Trope RPG (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Show 13 episodes · as Con Man · as Haley Joel Osment
Fairbairn In The City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer
Aunty Donna's Dungeons and Dragons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 10 episodes · Creator · as Dungeon Master
Bald Future (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as Owen
The Most Upsetting Guessing Game in the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 12 episodes · Creator · as Self · as Self - Host
Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer · as Mark
Finding Yeezus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self
Hug the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Show 6 episodes · as The Shädow Män
Why Are You Like This(2018)
Show 1 episode · Creator · Writer
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun(2020)
Show 6 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · as Himself
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Scopa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Screenplay
Aunty Donna: Glennridge Secondary College (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 16 episodes · Creator · as Mark / Various
Aunty Donna: New Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Writer · as Himself
The Aunty Donna LIVE Spooktacular (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Writer · as Himself
Aunty Donna: 1999 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 10 episodes · Creator · Writer · Actor
The Wizards of Aus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 6 episodes · as Skulldrich
The Comedian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
as Simon
Thank God You're Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Kooky Crazy No Good Neighbour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Director · Writer
Monday Afternoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Director

Career shape

Star power in the 12^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 24 titles, 22 of them dated from 2006 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Lesbian Space Princess (2025)

$134K worldwide

Highest rated

Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun (2020)

Midcredits 83^rd

Film career

2025Screen debut· Lesbian Space Princess

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting13 of 24Directing3 of 24Writing10 of 24Producing5 of 24Editing1 of 24Other crew7 of 24

24 titles, 9 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · acting2010s7 · 4 acting · 5 crew2020s14 · 8 acting · 9 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Who does Mark Samual Bonanno work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mark Samual Bonanno's MovieCove titles; Shabana Azeez shares the most, 2.