Mark-Paul Gosselaar is an American actor and model. He has been in the industry since the age of five. He became famous when he starred in the series Saved by the Bell. He has been continuously working hard in the entertainment industry.
He has played numerous lead and supporting characters in various TV series. Some well-received series he has played are Pitch, The Passage, NYPD Blue, and Mixed-ish. He has been nominated for many awards and has won Best Young Actor Starring in an Off-Primetime Series.
When Was Gosselaar Born?
Mark-Paul Gosselaar was born on March 1, 1974. He is 49 years old. He was raised in Panorama City, Los Angeles. His mother Paula Van Den Brink is the homemaker and was the hostess for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Paula was born in Bali, Indonesia. His father Hans Gosselaar is a plant supervisor for a brewing company, Anheuser-Busch Companies.
His father was born in Dutch and is of German and Dutch Jewish descent. His parents got separated later. He is the youngest of his parent’s four children. He got an older brother, Mike, and two older sisters, Linda and Sylvia. All his siblings except him were born in the Netherlands. He considers himself as ‘half-Asian’.
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He could speak fluent Dutch as a child according to the wiki. His zodiac sign is Pisces and he follows the Judaism religion. At the age of five, he began modelling with her mother as his manager. He got cast in Oreo cookies and Smurf merchandise commercials during his childhood. He spent his teenage and attended Hart High School in the Santa Clarita Valley in Southern California.
What Has Gosselaar Worked On?
Gosselaar made his breakthrough with a hit television comedy series Saved by the Bell that ran from 1989 to 1993. He even appeared in the reprised versions, Saved by the Bell: The College Years and Saved by the Bell: The New Class.
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Some of the well-known movies and TV shows that he is known for include Mixed-ish, NYPD Blue, Franklin & Bash, Dead Man on Campus, Raising the Bar, and The Understudy. He has appeared in countless shows including Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Dinner at Tiffani’s.
Is Gosselaar Married?
Gosselaar revealed that he dated his three female co-stars Lark Voorhies, Tiffani Thiessen, and Elizabeth Berkley at different times during Saved by the Bell production. He is still friends with the cast members of Saved by the Bell.
He married former model Lisa Ann Russell in 1996 in Maui, Hawaii. With his first wife, Mark has two kids. Their oldest son Michael Charles was born in 2004 and their youngest daughter Ava Lorenn was born in 2006. On June 18, 2010, Gosselaar filed their divorce After 14 years of marriage. They officially got divorced in May 2011.
In August 2011, he got engaged to Catriona McGinn who is an advertising executive. On July 28, 2012, they got married at Sunstone Winery in Santa Ynez. They have two children: a son Dekker Edward born in 2013, and a daughter Lachlyn Hope born in 2015 in their family.
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Gosselaar currently lives in Los Angeles. He is a sports car enthusiast. He is also involved in race car driving, track cycling, dirt biking, and piloting. At the Encino Velodrome, he won the Category 4/5 Sprint Championship event. He has a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is under Rigan Machado.
What Is Gosselaar's Net Worth?
Gosselaar has an estimated net worth of $8 million. He has played a number of roles in movies and TV shows. He has also done modelling gigs. He is involved in real estate. He had a property in Sherman Oaks which he was renting for $13,500 per month. He sold that house with a $3 million profit margin. It is reported that he does not get residuals from the hit series Saved by the Bell because of bad deals.
What is Gosselaar's Height?
Gosselaar has a height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.8m). He had blond hair as a kid. Now he has dark brown hair color. He has hazel eyes and a bumpy chin. He is estimated to weigh around 80 kg. He is an avid cyclist so has a healthy body.
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