Mark Kinsey Stephenson is an American-born actor most famous for his role as Randolph Carter

Randolph Carter

Randolph Carter is a recurring protagonist in H. P. Lovecraft'sfiction and a thinly disguised alter ego of Lovecraft himself. The first tale in which Carter appears--"The Statement of Randolph Carter" --is based on one of Lovecraft's dreams....

 in the H.P. Lovecraft film adaptation named The Unnamable

The Unnamable (film)

The Unnamable, based on H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Unnamable", was a film made in 1988 about a group of university students that made the poor decision to stay, over-night, in a 'haunted house'. Mark Kinsey Stephenson played the lead role, Randolph Carter , alongside Charles King...

 and its sequel The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter

The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter

The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter is a 1993 horror film. It incorporates elements from the short story "The Statement of Randolph Carter" by H.P...

; the latter covered the whole of Lovecraft's story, The Statement of Randolph Carter

The Statement of Randolph Carter

"The Statement of Randolph Carter" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written December 1919, it was first published in The Vagrant, May 1920...

, in about ten minutes.

Career

Although Mark Kinsey Stephenson played the lead role in The Unnamable and its sequel, it almost wasn't to be on the grounds that he wasn't 'cosmetically suited' for a lead role. In other words, he was deemed a little less good looking than your average star. The director, Jean-Paul Oullette

Jean-Paul Oullette

-Career:Jean-Paul Ouellette is a film Director, Producer and Writer, that has achieved a certain amount of success, mostly in the H.P. Lovecraft movie adaptation circle with The Unnamable and its sequel The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter...

, fought for his lead spot in the film and won, which proved to be a successful move and the films quickly earned the respect of many a teenager worried about what the opposite sex think of their looks.

Since then Stephenson has had very few roles, mostly very minor roles. He also has writing in his credits as he wrote Someone is Watching for television in 2000. Mark is still active in the industry, but is scarcely given any work nowadays.

Filmography

• The Unnamable
  The Unnamable
  The Unnamable may mean:* The Unnamable , a 1953 novel by Samuel Beckett* "The Unnamable" , by H. P. Lovecraft* The Unnamable , a 1988 movie based on the H. P. Lovecraft short story...
  
  (1988) - Randolph Carter
• Servants of Twilight (1991) - Gunman at House
• The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
  The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
  The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter is a 1993 horror film. It incorporates elements from the short story "The Statement of Randolph Carter" by H.P...
  
  (1993) - Randolph Carter
• Where Evil Lies (1995) - David
• Domino
  Domino (film)
  Domino is a 2005 American action film directed by Tony Scott and written by Richard Kelly. It is inspired by the story of Domino Harvey, the English daughter of stage and screen actor Laurence Harvey, who became a bounty hunter working in Los Angeles. The film stars Keira Knightley as Domino and...
  
  (2005) - Catholic Teacher
• Night of the Templar (2009) - Limo Driver

As writer:

• Someone Is Watching (2000)

External links

• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827291/
• http://www.fandango.com/markkinseystephenson/filmography/p68013
• http://www.lastageblog.com/author/mark-kinsey-stephenson/