Stand Up Comedy at The Merc Theater with MARK CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE

Headliner: Mark Christopher Lawrence

Featuring: Alan Henderson

BioActor | Comedian | Event Host | Auctioneer | Inspirational Speaker

Mark Christopher Lawrence  is an international headliner that has worked with the likes of Sinbad Jerry Seinfeld Rodney Dangerfield and Jeff Foxworthy as well as having headlined clubs and colleges all over the USA and Canada. MCL is best known for his series regular role as Big Mike on the NBC TV series CHUCK. He recently completed production on the hit ADULT SWIM TV show BLACK JESUS and is recurring on The PureFlix Show Malibu Dan The Family Man. He can be seen on the Disney Channel’s original TV movie Life Is Ruff and guest appearances on Lab Rats Good Luck Charlie Heroes Weeds My Name Is Earl Reba Grounded for Life Crossing Jordan and Amazing America with Sarah Palin. MCL is in pre-production on several projects as a writer and/or producer and has just released on PureFlix.com his hilarious talk show Pure Comedy which he also hosts. On video you can watch MCL’s work in The Pursuit of Happyness The Island GarfieldTerminator II Fear of a Black Hat and Cooties to list a few.

In 1986 MCL was cast by Director Sir Tony Richardson as Alexis in a six week run of William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra at the Los Angeles Theater Center starring Rosalyn Cash Mitchell Ryan John Goodman and CCH Pounder. It was this production that catapulted his acting skills to the next level. He went on to perform in 10 plays at LATC. While working at LATC he became lifelong friends with actor Barry Shabaka Henley who has had a profound influence on his craft and life. While working at LATC Henley Tarabu Betserai Kirkland Sati Jamal and MCL founded the Black Theater Artists Workshop where they produced productions and became a favorite stomping ground for a lot of Black Hollywood’s elite to congregate for collaborations on readings and productions. MCL Henley and Rusty Cundieff performed a workshop favorite The Black Horror Show penned by Cundieff and directed by Sati Jamal annually for Black History month. 1986 also was the year MCL was cast as a drug dealer (1 of 2 such roles in his entire career) in his first television role on Hill St. Blues a groundbreaking show that changed the way “Cop Shows” are made. 

Approximately a year later MCL would be cast as a construction worker in his first film role in Caddy Shack 2. His career in film and television began to snowball after that landing him in a myriad of television sitcoms like Seinfeld Murphy Brown The George Wendt Show (MCL’s first series regular role) and five seasons on the NBC hit Chuck to name a few. His snowballing career and friendship with Rusty Cundieff casted him in his first lead role as Tone Def in Cundieff’s Fear Of A Black Hat and opened doors to blockbusters like Terminator II Judgement Day Crimson Tide K-Pax and The Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith. MCL has been fortunate to work in many different capacities as an actor in film television stage voiceover in front of and behind the cameras. He has worked for every major network in the country. All of these experiences and relationships have lead MCL to a natural progression into producing. 

As a producer MCL has produced a six episode series forPureFlix.com entitled Pure Comedy. He co-produced the first VR comedy special Mark Christopher Lawrence Live from the Mad House Comedy Club. This work has received the DreamlandXR award for Best Director and has been a FireFox VR Pick of the Week as well as having been nominated for an Emmy award. He’s currently in pre-production on his one-man stage show and an album of hymns where he showcases his more than capable vocal prowess. 

Tickets: 

$20 regular*

*18+ (adult subject matter; not suitable for children)

Host or Publisher Empire Comedy