Mark Webber (actor)

Webber was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he spent the first nine years of his life. His mother, Cheri Lynn Honkala, is a noted advocate for the homeless in Philadelphia,{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/07/31/honkala|title=Unwelcome in America|first=Karen|last=Abbott|work=Salon|date=July 31, 2000}}{{cite web|url=http://www1.appstate.edu/~clarkne/socm/bios/honkala.htm|title=Social Movement Leader Bio|work=appstate.edu|access-date=August 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116010256/http://www1.appstate.edu/~clarkne/socm/bios/honkala.htm|archive-date=January 16, 2011|url-status=dead}} and was the vice-presidential nominee of the Green Party in the 2012 presidential election.{{cite magazine |last=Steinmetz|first=Katy |date=July 11, 2012 |url=https://swampland.time.com/2012/07/11/the-green-team-jill-steins-third-party-bid-to-shake-up-2012/ |title=The Green Team: Jill Stein's Third-Party Bid to Shake Up 2012 |magazine=TIME |access-date=July 11, 2012}} He is of Cheyenne descent through his maternal grandmother and of Finnish descent through his maternal grandfather.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ku.fi/artikkeli/2666532-cheri-honkala-amerikan-koyhien-sisukas-puolustaja |title=Cheri Honkala, Amerikan köyhien sisukas puolustaja |last=Hakala |first=Jenni |date=October 14, 2011 |website=KU |language=fi |access-date=September 11, 2023}}

In 1989, he and his single mother moved to Philadelphia, where they spent time homeless, living in cars and abandoned buildings, and struggling to survive during the harsh winters.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/p239626|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117020356/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/p239626|url-status=dead|title=Mark Webber movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography…|date=January 17, 2013|archive-date=January 17, 2013|website=Archive.is|access-date=December 30, 2017}}{{Cite web |last=Kramer |first=Gary M. |date=2017-11-09 |title=Forgiving yourself and rebuilding the world that broke you, in Mark Webber's "Flesh and Blood" |url=https://www.salon.com/2017/11/09/forgiving-yourself-and-rebuilding-the-world-that-broke-you-in-mark-webbers-flesh-and-blood/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Salon |language=en}}

Webber began his acting career in 1998. He favors "offbeat independent productions and challenging roles that involve intense characterization."

In March 2019, Webber was cast as Grey McConnell in the ABC crime drama series Stumptown which was written by Jason Richman.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/stumptown-michael-ealy-mark-webber-star-abc-drama-pilot-1202573741/|title='Stumptown': Michael Ealy & Mark Webber To Star In ABC Drama Pilot|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=March 11, 2019|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 13, 2019}} After the series was ordered, Webber was replaced and the role was recast with Jake Johnson.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/new-cobie-smulders-abc-series-recast-mark-webber-reaction-calls-treatment-degrading-1202612642/|title=New Cobie Smulders ABC Series Recasts A Male Lead, Departing Mark Webber Calls Treatment "Degrading"|date=May 11, 2019|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=May 13, 2019}}

Webber was formerly in a relationship with actress Frankie Shaw, with whom he has a son. The end of their relationship inspired Webber to create his film The End of Love, which starred himself and his son and premiered at Sundance in January 2012.{{cite web|last=Kaufman|first=Amy|title=Sundance 2012: Mark Webber's unsuspecting castmate|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/01/mark-webber-the-end-of-love-sundance.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 24, 2013|date=January 25, 2012}} Webber and Shaw share joint custody of their son.{{cite web|last=Cohn|first=Beverly|title=Mark Webber Discusses "The End Of Love"|url=http://www.smmirror.com/articles/seven-days/Mark-Webber-Discusses-The-End-Of-Love/37073|work=Santa Monica Mirror|access-date=December 24, 2013|date=March 21, 2013}}

In September 2012, Webber began dating Australian actress Teresa Palmer after she contacted him via Twitter. They became engaged in August 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/teresa-palmer-warm-bodies-star-engaged-to-mark-webber-201338|title=Teresa Palmer, Warm Bodies Star, Engaged to Mark Webber!|date=August 3, 2013|work=Us Weekly|access-date=December 21, 2013|first=Brittany|last=Galla}} and married on December 21, 2013, in Mexico.{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/teresa-palmer-marries-mark-webber-in-mexico-wedding-before-baby-arrives-20132112|title=Teresa Palmer Marries Mark Webber in Mexico Wedding Before Baby Arrives|date=December 21, 2013|work=Us Weekly|access-date=December 21, 2013|first=Nicole|last=Eggenberger}} They have four children: a son (b. February 2014),{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/teresa-palmer-welcomes-baby-boy-with-husband-mark-webber-2014182|title=Teresa Palmer Welcomes Baby Boy With Husband Mark Webber|date=February 18, 2014|work=Us Weekly|access-date=February 18, 2014|first=Nicole|last=Eggenberger}} a second son (b. December 2016),{{cite web|last=Marquina |first=Sierra |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/teresa-palmer-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-forest-sage-w455510 |title=Teresa Palmer Gives Birth to Baby Boy Forest Sage - Us Weekly |website=Usmagazine.com |date=December 12, 2016 |access-date=July 6, 2017}} a daughter (b. April 2019),{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/teresa-palmer-welcomes-daughter-poet-lake|title=Teresa Palmer Welcomes Third Child, A Daughter|work=People|access-date=April 13, 2019}} and a second daughter (b. August 2021).{{cite web|url=https://www.who.com.au/teresa-palmer-baby-number-four|title=Teresa Palmer welcomes baby number four!|last=Christie|first=Erin|date=August 20, 2021|website=Who|access-date=August 27, 2021}} In March 2025, the couple announced that they are expecting their fifth child together, Webber's sixth.{{Cite Instagram|postid=DHaNv0gT0O1|user=teresapalmer|title=Our family is expanding 🥹 overwhelmed with gratitude to be welcoming another little one into our lives. Feels like a dream ✨🌈|date=March 19, 2025|author=Teresa Palmer}}

As of 2013, they reside in the Beachwood Canyon community of Los Angeles.{{Cite news |last=Christie |first=Joel |date=March 11, 2013 |title=A day in the life of Teresa Palmer |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/a-day-in-the-life-of-teresa-palmer/story-fn907478-1226594282419 |access-date=March 19, 2013}}

Webber and his mother are longtime outspoken advocates for the homeless. They have organized protest walks, helped educate voters, and volunteered to provide food and shelter to the urban poor in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Honkala ran for Sheriff of Philadelphia in 2011 with the Green Party on a "no evictions" platform.{{cite web |title=Philly Sheriff Candidate Would Turn Selective Enforcement on its Head |url=http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/584 |access-date=December 30, 2017 |work=Thiscantbehappening.net|date=April 27, 2011 }}

He is a long-time vegan.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf7OD7S21LE | title=Mark Webber, Filmmaker (And an announcement!) | website=YouTube | date=May 31, 2024 }}

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• Explicit Ills (2008)
• The End of Love (2012)
• The Ever After (2014)
• Flesh and Blood (2017)
• The Place Of No Words (2019)
• Finding Miss Almond (2024){{cite web | url=https://www.filmink.com.au/public-notice/indigenous-aussie-history-to-be-captured-in-new-mark-webber-film/ | title=Indigenous Aussie History to be Captured in New Mark Webber Film }}
• Tecie (TBA)

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