Mark Matkevich is an American art gallery director and actor known for his role as Drue Valentine in recurring episodes of Dawson’s Creek. The popularity of the show marked the beginning of other roles he will take in films like Ed and Joan of Arcadia. He later switched his time to his art gallery after many came to know his face from movies.
Interestingly, Mark has stayed away from the cameras and has not been seen in films years after he made his big break. The reason for the Pennsylvania actor’s absence lies in starting Axiom Contemporary. Yet, he remains an interesting celebrity to know about.
Juicy details about his personal life, marriage, and other interesting facts keep making fans and followers curious.
Details About His Early Life
The actor was born Mark Matkevich in Pennsylvania on June 19, 1978. He is a homegrown Pennsylvanian. He had his early education at Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield.
After high school, he started as a Theatre Major at Temple University in his native state. He left school and moved to New York in his junior year after he was found by a talent agent.
Mark started acting at the age of 18 when he got a role on Dawson’s Creek. He stopped acting at the age of 31 to pursue other ventures. He lived in Los Angeles for fifteen years before he decided to work in a gallery.
Mark Matkevich’ Married Life Is Not Clear
Throughout his career as an actor and now a director in a gallery, Mark’s private life remains quiet. There are many fans of his that wish to know if he is gay or straight. Yet, Mark has not revealed anything about his romantic life.
Interesting Details To Know About Him
1. He stopped acting when his father became terminally ill
The decision to leave acting for another career was a sad reality that dawned on Mark when his father became very sick.
He realized that he needed challenging work. According to him, acting was becoming less fulfilling for him.
2. Mark is one of the founders of Axiom Contemporary
After years of making a living as an actor, Mark turned his career path around to something he finds fulfilling. He started working in a gallery and from there developed contacts. One of these contacts turned out to be his future business partner, Jason Kirk.
They started an art gallery, Axiom Contemporary together in Santa Monica, California. The gallery specializes in abstract work, pop, neo-street, and works from other artists. Mark and Kirk worked on the success of their gallery from scratch to what it is today.
Axiom has participated in many art fairs within the United States and Internationally.
3. His Movies And Roles
Mark’s acting career left a lasting impression in the hearts of many even though he later skipped acting for art exhibitions.
4. These are the movies he acted in
His recurring role on episodes of Dawson Creek was as a supporting character but it helped to show what the teenagers were thinking. He acted as Drew Valentine, a friend to the main character. The story was influenced by some real-life events in Kevin Williamson, the series creator.
- Melvin Smarty (2012) as Sebastian
- Quarter Life (2008) as Josh
- NCIS (2007) as Jake
- The Other Mall (2006) as Jean Store Rep
- Dexter (2006) as Alex
- Campus Ladies (2006) as Malcolm Rice
- CSI: Miami (2005) as Thomas Woodward
- Joan of Acadia (2005) as Roger
- Twins (2005) as Waiter
- Sweet Home Alabama (2002): as Tom Darovsic
- Deadline (2000) as Ratkovich
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4. He sang with The Spies
According to his IMDB page, Mark sang with the Los Angeles rock band, Spies. Looking at the growth of Indie Rock bands in Los Angeles, Mark’s name is not part of any of such bands.
The Spies founded by brothers Robert Mardo and Aron Mardo in the 90s is one of the popular bands within the area. It is likely that he once had a collaboration with them, as of this writing there were few details.
5. Mark Matkevich displays the works of Michael Gorman
One of the famous artists Axiom gallery works with is the talented Michael Gorman. Gorman is described by many art lovers to be driven by the genius that makes him restless.
The gallery display Michael Gorman’s work a lot. He has an interesting story behind his work not known by many.
Years before he found a niche that suits his personality, he worked for the US Navy as a cryptologist. He later went back to school to study architecture yet, he was still not satisfied with it. He shifted his majors to fine arts after he nearly lost his life to boredom.
Gorman used his experience and art passion to work on the set for motion pictures in L. A. It was through his work in motion pictures that he met others in the business.
