In St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1954, Mark Linn Baker was born.

Although his christened name is without the recognizable hyphen, it wasn’t until he decided to join the actors union where there was already an existing Mark Baker in the records, forcing Mark to hyphenate his last name to Linn-Baker.

In 1995, the same year he landed the role of Hysterium for the Broadway production "A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum", Baker married set designer Adrianne Lobel. Together the two have a daughter.

Baker continued to expand his Broadway resume with his role as "Marvelous" Mark Slackmeyer in "Doonesbury: The Musical"..

Based on the writing teams for Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, "My Favorite Year" and "Laughter on the 23rd Florr" found room for Baker in their productions, establishing him in notable roles.

Currently, Mark is a partner in Manhattan's West Bank Café and in 2002 Mark starred as Toad in the Minneapolis’s Children Theater’s play, “A Year with Frog and Toad”.

Mark Linn Baker's notable credits include...

Twelve and Holding (2005)

Noises Off (1992)

Doonesbury: The Musical (1983)

MY FAVORITE YEAR (1982)

The End of August (1982)

Manhattan (1979)

Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)