Background
Benton was born in Guisborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Benton was born in Guisborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England.
In 2013, Benton took part in Strictly Come Dancing and in 2015, he hosted daytime game show The Edge. He was in the same drama class at Stockton Billingham Technical College as Elizabeth Carling. Some of Benton"s early acting experience came with Middlesbrough Youth Theatre, with performances in plays such as Atmos Fear and Twist.
Benton has a recurring role as Father McBride in the James Nesbitt series Murphy"s Law and has starred with Vic and Bob in the series Randall and Hopkirk (remake), Catterick, and Monkey Trousers.
He also appeared as an Earthly representative of the Devil in the 2003 Independent Television drama The Second Coming, and the 2005 Independent Television drama Planespotting. From 1995 to 2003 Benton played Martin Pond in sitcom Barbara.
He has also starred in the British Broadcasting Corporation Three comedy I"m with Stupid and in the Doctor Who episode "Rose" as conspiracy theorist Clive. In late 2008, Benton starred in the Independent Television drama Britannia High and co-stars in Scoop, in which he plays Max de Lacey.
Benton co-starred in the Roman Mysteries episode "The Slave Girl from Jerusalem".
Film roles include Philosophy in the 2001 cult British independent film Mr In-Between, and the British comedy Three and Out released on 25 April 2008. Benton featured in all three of The Booze Cruise episodes with Martin Clunes and Brian Murphy among notable others In April 2008, Benton appeared as Jess Yates in the British Broadcasting Corporation Four drama Hughie Green, Most Sincerely.
Benton did the voiceover for the programme Street Doctor on British Broadcasting Corporation One.
Other roles have included Dad in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), Hustle (2010), and Farmer Finch in the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Land Girls. In 2012, Benton appeared in the one-off special Panto! as Francis, the Director of the play.
In 2011, Benton appeared in The Railway Children at Waterloo Station in London as Mr Perks. On British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4, Benton starred as the optimistic title character Harvey Easter in Mr Blue Sky, written by Andrew Collins and broadcast in May and June 2011.
A second series is due for May 2012.
Benton has also played Fred the butcher in the televised series of episodes by Catherine Cookson. In July 2012, it was announced that Benton would star as Edna Turnblad in the 2013 United Kingdom tour of Hairspray the Musical, starting in February 2013 and finishing in September 2013. In 2015 Benton appeared as Police Constable Walt Everett in the British Broadcasting Corporation daytime series Father Brown, episode 3.12 "The Standing Stones".
He also appeared as Les in the "Louisiana Couchette", the first episode of the second series of anthology series Inside Number.
9. In 2015, Mark presented the British Broadcasting Corporation One daytime game show The Edge for its first series, being replaced by Gabby Logan. Benton played the role of the bank manager in a string of 8 television commercials for the Nationwide Building Society, directed by Armando Iannucci, shown from 2004 to 2010.
In 2016, United Kingdom progressive rock band Gandalf"s Fist announced that Benton will voice several characters on their album "The Clockwork Fable"
Strictly Come Dancing
The couple left the show on week 10 after losing the public vote. Benton is a supporter of Middlesbrough F.C. and has featured in the club"s official website advertising campaign to encourage other fans to renew their season tickets.