Biography
Mark Lainer is an American actor. He is originally from Worcester, Massachusetts, attended Worcester Academy and graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College with a degree in neuroscience. Before pursuing acting he worked as a bookkeeper and accountant, interned as a research biologist, and spent time volunteering in East Africa.
Lainer trained in improvisation in New York and performed with several troupes before moving into screen work. His credits include the role of Hostage in Free Guy (2021), Norm Davis in FBI (2018), Sheriff Bobby Erdy in Bones (2005), a phone company technician in Halt and Catch Fire (2014), Martin Pennymaker in Clarissa Explains It All (1991) and appearances in From the Earth to the Moon (1998) and Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020).
