Mark Labella is a Cebu-born, San Diego-raised, award-winning screenwriter and actor, a veteran Hospital Corpsman of the United States Navy, and graduated with a doctorate in Medicine. He received his first screenwriting training at the WGA Veteran's screenwriting program and has produced, and written, multiple projects including the Chicago Screenplay Award-Winning "MisDiagnosed" medical comedy series, the murder-mystery thriller "Catholic School", and the comedy series "Soul & Spice". As an actor, he's appeared in features "The Plane" with Gerard Butler, television shows "NCIS:LA," "Magnum P.I.," "Chicago Fire," Disney's "Doogie Kamealoha," and more. His passion for storytelling at a young age, when he received the library's student of the month award at St. Columba because of his passion for books and poetry, and confusing many of his peers. He also began at a young age leading to a school musical at the age of 7 despite his parents, being in the medical industry, who did not encourage such a career. With his full array of experiences as an MD, as a first-generation immigrant, Mark Labella chooses to tell stories that promote perspectives rarely seen in Hollywood. He has seen the poorest of the poor, the most incredulous of medical emergencies, and the most gruesome of sides of humanity, and he aims to focus his career as a screenwriter and producer on stories that show heart, and humanity. Mark Labella boasts the record of being the ONLY sailor in the history of the United States Navy to have his very Asian mother show up at her only son's barracks because he did not answer his phone for two days. He uses such experiences growing up with his beautifully-strange Filipina mother in his writing, his array of adventures from his U.S. Navy days providing care for Marines and Sailors to his misadventures as a doctor that include delivering babies in the middle of the street during an earthquake. And though he has a medical doctorate, he gave his mother another reason to pop yet another blood vessel by quitting medicine for the much more stable and highly dependable work that is screenwriting and Hollywood. Today, he Hamilton-writes like he's running out of time, not simply because writing has always been his first love, and he's been writing since he can remember. But he fights to succeed and give back to my aging mother, who, despite her quirks, worked hard selling chewing gum and comic books in the streets of Cebu while going to nursing school to provide him a great life in America.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor, also producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Mark Labella's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
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.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Labella's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Mark Labella'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
14 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Nurse the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
No Room for Love(2026)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Spine Scam(2025)
Homestead(2024)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Hello, Love, Again(2024)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Get Your Story Straight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Bare-Knuckle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Let It Kill You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Labyu with an Accent(2022)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.(2021)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Magnum P.I.(2018)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
S.W.A.T.(2017)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
NCIS: Los Angeles(2009)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Criminal Minds(2005)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 15th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles from 2005 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Hello, Love, Again (2024)
Highest rated
Hello, Love, Again (2024)
Most popular right now
No Room for Love (2026)
Film career
- 2024Screen debut· Homestead
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.
How do Mark Labella's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of the 4 of 5 with a score; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 9 titles are Divisive.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed2
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.
Who does Mark Labella work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mark Labella's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joross Gamboa shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Joross GamboaShared titles: Hello, Love, Again (2024), Labyu with an Accent (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Joross Gamboa
Composers
- Jessie LasatenShared titles: Hello, Love, Again (2024), Labyu with an Accent (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Jessie Lasaten
Producers
- Carlo L. KatigbakShared titles: Hello, Love, Again (2024), Labyu with an Accent (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Carlo L. Katigbak
- Carmi RaymundoShared titles: Hello, Love, Again (2024), Labyu with an Accent (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Carmi Raymundo
- John Leo GarciaShared titles: Hello, Love, Again (2024), Labyu with an Accent (2022)See all 2 shared titles with John Leo Garcia
- Kriz G. GazmenShared titles: Hello, Love, Again (2024), Labyu with an Accent (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Kriz G. Gazmen
