Mark Little is an Australian actor
Mark Little as Joe Mangel.
who played Joe Mangel from 1988 to 1990, 2005 and 2022.
Pre Neighbours career[]
Little appeared in a string of Australian films and TV series during the 1980s, including Short Changed (1986), written by Aboriginal playwright Bob Merritt and directed by George Ogilvie. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the AFI Awards for this role.
He also performed his own comedy in Melbourne's comedy clubs throughout the eighties, while his longest-running television role was as Joe Mangel in the soap opera Neighbours, from 1989 to 1991. Owing to the show's popularity in the UK, he became known in the country and subsequently moved to England. In 1990 he co-hosted with Tania Lacy on Countdown Revolution, a music show that was on ABC each week night. He and Lacy were fired from the show in June after their in-famous protest about acts having to mime & the hosts having to "pretend" to like an artist, even if they didn't
Neighbours 1988-1991[]
After Neighbours[]
In December 2017, Little played the character of "Fleshcreep" in a pantomime production of Jack and the Beanstalk at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield.
In 2019, Little took part in the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice, partnered with Brianne Delcourt. They become the first couple to leave after the judges choose to save ex-cricketer Ryan Sidebottom and his skating partner Brandee Malto in the skate-off.[citation needed]
He has also taken many self-devised shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and toured them nationally throughout the UK.[citation needed]
He is currently appearing in pantomime at the Middlesbrough Little Theatre in a Production of Peter Pan. He is playing the part of Captain Hook. UK.[citation needed]
In May 2022 it was announced he will reprise his role as Joe Mangel for the ending of Neighbours