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Mark Womack
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<h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2> <p>Womack was born in Liverpool in 1961, eldest son of Frances (née Dean) and Tom Womack. He has a younger brother and sister. </p><p>He attended high school in <a href="/facts/Childwall/xYJc4HQ6">Childwall</a>, Liverpool, and later attended <a href="/facts/RADA/6KF6w3QI">RADA</a>, London.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>Womack married Mary Therese McGoldrick in 1995. They had one son together before their 1997 divorce. Womack soon began a relationship with his married <i><a href="/facts/Liverpool_1_(TV_series)/r4hTW00v">Liverpool 1</a></i> costar <a href="/facts/Samantha_Womack/u1zSqWhc">Samantha Janus</a>. Janus's marriage ended in divorce in 1998, and she and Womack married on 16 May 2009.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> They have two children together.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> In August 2020, Janus announced that she and Womack had separated in 2018; but were still living together in the same house with their children.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="filmography">Filmography</h2> <h3>Film</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Director</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td><i>Dancin' Thru the Dark</i></td><td>Eddie Ainsworth</td><td><a href="/facts/Mike_Ockrent/IVqEK4w9">Mike Ockrent</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Dancin%2527_Thru_the_Dark/qQtU67As">See also</a></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td><i>A Question of Guilt</i></td><td>Ryan</td><td>Stuart Orme</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Route_Irish_(film)/TjyorY1P">Route Irish</a></i></td><td>Fergus</td><td><a href="/facts/Ken_Loach/GVesc7rJ">Ken Loach</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td><i>I Against I</i></td><td>Joseph Carmichael</td><td><ul><li>Mark Cripps</li><li>David J Ellison</li><li><a href="/facts/James_Marquand/0RzDVcxF">James Marquand</a></li></ul></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>Uwantme2killhim</td><td>Marks Dad</td><td>Andrew Douglas</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td><i><a href="/facts/One_Night_in_Istanbul/Ac0bThpJ">One Night in Istanbul</a></i></td><td>Tony Fitz</td><td><a href="/facts/James_Marquand/0RzDVcxF">James Marquand</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td><i>Between Two Worlds</i></td><td>Joe</td><td><a href="/facts/James_Marquand/0RzDVcxF">James Marquand</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Television</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Piece_of_Cake_(TV_series)/kGh30J4C">Piece of Cake</a></i></td><td>Moke' Miller</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Kinsey_(TV_series)/XWH5vakm">Kinsey</a></i></td><td>Eddie</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td><i>Scene</i></td><td>Danny</td><td>Documentary series</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Crime_Story_(British_TV_series)/AWW26IbL">Crime Story</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Graham_Young/Q9YSsQMB">Graham Young</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Hearts_and_Minds_(1995_TV_series)/svMk3dG5">Hearts and Minds</a></i></td><td>Archie</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998–1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Liverpool_1_(TV_series)/r4hTW00v">Liverpool 1</a></i></td><td>DC Mark Callaghan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Playing_the_Field/V6kMBUDY">Playing the Field </a></i></td><td>Jason Pratt</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>Judge John Deed</td><td>Mark Powell</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003–2004</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Merseybeat_(TV_series)/CRJfjyPI">Merseybeat</a></i></td><td>DI Pete Hammond</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Judge_John_Deed/eGEQf2pm">Judge John Deed</a></i></td><td>Andy Powell Q.C.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Murphy%2527s_Law_(British_TV_series)/hxoaF0bk">Murphy's Law</a></i></td><td>David Callard</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Runaway_(TV_series)/1sIylN0p">The Runaway</a></i></td><td>Eamonn Docherty</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Good_Cop/awmSm3rl">Good Cop</a></i></td><td>DCI Craig Costello</td><td>Series Regular</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Silent_Witness/EIbFkP0F">Silent Witness</a></i></td><td>Tom Hancock</td><td>Episode: "<a href="/facts/List_of_Silent_Witness_episodes/AgyJ4Wq3">Legacy</a>"</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Babylon_(TV_series)/HuV4AGGJ">Babylon</a></i></td><td>Hopwood</td><td>Recurring role</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Vera_(TV_series)/TtSlQRPX">Vera</a></i></td><td>Billy Reeves</td><td>Episode: "<a href="/facts/Vera_(TV_series)/TtSlQRPX">Muddy Waters</a>"</td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Emmerdale/nHabgRJp">Emmerdale</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/DI_Mark_Malone/hBh0orkw">DI Mark Malone</a></td><td>Series regular</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Moving_On_(TV_series)/AhQWWhfo">Moving On</a></i></td><td>Ian Keane</td><td><a href="/facts/List_of_Moving_On_episodes/yKnGzHVU">Episode: "Wedding Day"</a></td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Responder/W3prSwYE">The Responder</a></i></td><td>Barry</td><td>Series regular</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938828/">Mark Womack</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>http://web.researcha.com/iccquery/detail/?did=25702884&c=uk[permanent dead link] <a href="http://web.researcha.com/iccquery/detail/?did=25702884&c=uk" target="_blank">http://web.researcha.com/iccquery/detail/?did=25702884&c=uk</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Mark Womack Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.movietome.com/people/173337/mark-womack/bio.html" target="_blank">http://www.movietome.com/people/173337/mark-womack/bio.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Samantha Janus marries Mark Womack". Now magazine. 18 May 2009. <a href="http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/341705/samantha-janus-marries-mark-womack/1/" target="_blank">http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/341705/samantha-janus-marries-mark-womack/1/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Samantha Womack". hellomagazine.com. 8 October 2009. <a href="http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/samantha-janus" target="_blank">http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/samantha-janus</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Ex-EE star Samantha Womack confirms split from Emmerdale's Mark Womack". Digital Spy. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020. <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a33735691/samantha-womack-split-emmerdale-mark-womack/" target="_blank">https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a33735691/samantha-womack-split-emmerdale-mark-womack/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>