Mark Robert Ellis

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Biography

Mark Robert Ellis is a sports stunt coordinator for film, and a former college football player. He played college football at Appalachian State University, had intentions on becoming a college football coach before pursuing a career in film.

Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles

#1One Tree Hill

Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes as Ref

7.8 / 10
Drama

In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court. Popular, affluent Nathan basks in the hero-worship of the town, as the star of his high school team. And both boys are the son of former college ball player Dan Scott whose long ago choice to abandon Lucas and his mother Karen, will haunt him long into his life with wife Deb and their son Nathan.

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#2Radio

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m as Football Referee

7.3 / 10
Drama

In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him. Soon, Radio is Jones' loyal assistant, and he becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School. But things start to sour when Coach Jones begins taking guff from parents and fans who feel that his devotion to Radio is getting in the way of the team's quest for a championship.

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#3The Longest Yard

Movie - 2005, 2h 15m as Stretcher Guy

6.7 / 10
DramaComedyCrime

Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.

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#4Any Given Sunday

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m as Quarterback Coach

6.8 / 10
Drama

A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.

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#5I Can Only Imagine

Movie - 2018, 2h 15m as Coach

7.5 / 10
MusicDrama

Growing up in Greenville, Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, Arthur. When Arthur becomes terminally ill, he finds redemption by embracing his faith and rediscovering his love for his son. Years later, Bart's troubled childhood and mended relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.

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#6The Rookie

Movie - 2002, 2h 15m as Relief Pitcher #2

6.8 / 10
DramaFamily

Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.

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#7The Shaggy Dog

Movie - 2006, 2h 15m as Football Coach

4.9 / 10
ComedyFamily

The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.

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#8Hardball

Movie - 2001, 2h 15m as Waatas Coach

6.5 / 10
Drama

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

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#9Uncle Drew

Movie - 2018, 2h 15m as Basketball Coach (as Mark Ellis)

6.7 / 10
Comedy

Uncle Drew recruits a squad of older basketball players to return to the court to compete in a tournament.

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#10Varsity Blues

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m as Referee (as Robert Ellis)

6.1 / 10
ComedyDramaRomance

In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon, a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game.

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#11Summer Catch

Movie - 2001, 2h 15m as Umpire

5.4 / 10
ComedyRomance

Local boy Ryan Dunne, now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish, the daughter of a wealthy couple who summer on the Cape. Ryan and Tenley fall in love, much to the chagrin of their families, while Ryan clings to one last hope of being discovered and signed to a pro baseball contract.

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#12Home Run Showdown

Movie - 2012, 2h 15m as Umpire #1

8.9 / 10
Family

Two little league teams take on their coaches' sibling rivalry, and end up in battle in a place the baseball world never expected: in the outfield of the Home Run Derby.

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