ACTOR
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
- Known for
- Saved by the Bell (1989), The Passage (2019), Pitch (2016), Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993)
20 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
Mark-Paul Gosselaar is an actor best known for Saved by the Bell, The Passage and Pitch.
All facts (20)
- #001
Mark-Paul Gosselaar dyed his hair blond for every episode of Saved by the Bell (1989), and wore a blond wig for the 2020 reboot.
- #002
In a 2019 TV conversation with host Andy Cohen, Mark-Paul Gosselaar was asked when he had last spoken to his former Saved by the Bell (1989) co-star Dustin Diamond and immediately answered "1994." This matched the timeline in which the famous cast (along with Mario Lopez, Tiffani Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley and Lark Voorhies) last filmed together in 1994 for the two-hour TV movie Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas (1994). That same year, in late 1994, they reunited in the Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993) episode Goodbye Bayside: Part 2 (1994). More recently, in 2019, they briefly came together at a convention in Canada where they did a photo shoot promoting the series' 30th anniversary.
- #003
Mark-Paul Gosselaar has been closest to Tiffani Thiessen since their Saved by the Bell (1989) days and considers her like a sister.
- #004
Mark-Paul Gosselaar spoke fluent Dutch at home as a child.
- #005
Mark-Paul Gosselaar is still in touch with his Saved by the Bell (1989) co-star Mario Lopez.
- #006
On his Dutch Jewish father's side, Mark-Paul Gosselaar's great-grandparents Hartog "Herman" Gosselaar and Hester van Emden were killed in the Holocaust. They died on 9 April 1943 at the Sobibor extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
- #007
Mark-Paul Gosselaar's father is Dutch and of Dutch Jewish and German descent. His mother is from Bali, Indonesia, and is of Dutch and Indonesian descent. His father's grandfather came from a Dutch Jewish family whose lineage goes back to the 1700s; his patrilineal line extends to his four-times-great-grandfather Jacob Nathan Gosselaar, in Rotterdam in 1733.
- #008
Mark-Paul Gosselaar lists the episode Running Zack (1990), in which Zack explores and learns about his Native American heritage and forms a close bond with a local Native American, as his favorite episode of Saved by the Bell (1989).
- #009
Mark-Paul Gosselaar played the same character (Zack Morris) in five different series: Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1987), Saved by the Bell (1989), Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993), Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993) and Robot Chicken (2005).
- #010
Mark-Paul Gosselaar and his wife Catriona Gosselaar (Catriona McGinn) welcomed their first child, son Dekker Edward Gosselaar, on 30 September 2013 in Los Angeles.
- #011
Mark-Paul Gosselaar competed as a celebrity race car driver.
- #012
Mark-Paul Gosselaar holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
- #013
Mark-Paul Gosselaar's children are Michael Charles Gosselaar (born 31 January 2004) and Ava Lorenn Gosselaar (born 7 May 2006). Both were born in Los Angeles, California.
- #014
Mark-Paul Gosselaar's older brother Mike and older sisters Sylvia and Linda were all born in the Netherlands.
- #015
Mark-Paul Gosselaar announced that his wife Lisa Ann Russell was expecting her second child, a girl, in March 2006.
- #016
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez and Dustin Diamond were the only actors to appear in all 86 episodes of Saved by the Bell (1989).
- #017
Mark-Paul Gosselaar's wife Catriona Gosselaar (Catriona McGinn) is an advertising executive.
- #018
Mark-Paul Gosselaar and his wife Catriona Gosselaar (Catriona McGinn) announced to People Magazine in September 2013 that they were expecting a baby. It was his third child.
- #019
Mark-Paul Gosselaar is Lisa Ann Russell's first husband.
- #020
Mark-Paul Gosselaar is Chris Gosselaar's uncle.
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