Mason Alexander Park

Mason Alexander Park (born July 12, 1995) is an American actor. They began their career in regional theatre, winning a Helen Hayes Award. Park has since appeared on stage in London's West End. On television, Park is known for their roles in the Netflix adaptations of the anime Cowboy Bebop and comic The Sandman (2022–2025), and the Quantum Leap (2022–2024) revival on NBC. Their films include National Anthem (2023).

Early life Park was born in Fairfax, Virginia, and moved around as a child for their father's work before settling down in North Carolina. They are of Spanish and Mexican descent. Park discovered acting through a summer camp in Texas. In need of a new environment after being bullied at school, Park went to Los Angeles with their mother and enrolled at Grand Arts High School.

In 2012, Park was one of two actors from high schools in Los Angeles County to win the Jerry Herman High School Musical Theatre Awards of Los Angeles, for their role as Cornelius in Hello, Dolly!. They attended the Jimmy Awards in New York City as a finalist.

Park graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre from Point Park University in Pittsburgh.

Career Park began their career as a teenager, guest starring as Toby Peterson in a 2011 episode of the Nickelodeon series iCarly. They would reprise the role in the iCarly reboot in 2023.

In 2015 and 2016, Park worked with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (CLO) on productions such as Mary Poppins and South Pacific at the Benedum Center, and Altar Boyz at the Greer Cabaret Theater. Park alternated the titular role of Hedwig on the 2017 US tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. They later returned to the role in 2021 at Olney Theatre Center. They played Dr. Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show in 2018 at Bucks County Playhouse; Emcee in Cabaret at Olney Theatre Center in 2019, which won Park a Helen Hayes Award; and Charlotte in I Am My Own Wife at Long Wharf Theatre in 2020.

Park returned to television when they were cast as Gren in the Netflix live-action version of the anime Cowboy Bebop, which was released in 2021. That same year, they put on a solo show in New York titled The Pansy Craze. As of 2022, Park plays the androgynous entity Desire in The Sandman, a Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman's comics, as well as Ian Wright in the Quantum Leap revival on NBC.

Park made their West End debut when they once again played the Emcee in Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre in 2023. They also starred as Ariel in Jamie Lloyd's production of Shakespeare's The Tempest alongside Sigourney Weaver at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, from late 2024 to early 2025. In 2025 they played Margaret in Jamie Lloyd's production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing starring Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell in London at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, starting on February 10, 2025 and running through April 5, 2025.

Personal life On July 26, 2024, Park stated on X that they are part of the transgender community. Park is non-binary and goes by they/them and she/her pronouns.

Acting credits Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Pizza & Karaoke Television film 2011 iCarly Toby Peterson Episode: "iLove You" 2012 Broadway or Bust Self 2013 Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures Toby 2 episodes 2020 Acting for a Cause Various 2021 Cowboy Bebop Gren 5 episodes 2022 The Legend of Vox Machina Tavern Keeper Voice role 2022-2025 The Sandman Desire Main role 2022–2024 Quantum Leap Ian Wright Main role2023iCarly Toby Peterson Episode: "iReunited and It Felt OK"

Stage Year Title Role Notes 2015 Mary Poppins Miss Andrew Benedum Center, Pittsburgh CLO 2015 Altar Boyz Mark Greer Cabaret Theater, CLO 2015 Spring Awakening Moritz Greer Cabaret Theater 2016 South Pacific Professor Benedum Center, CLO 2017 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig US tour 2018 The Rocky Horror Show Dr Frank N Furter Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope 2019 Cabaret The Emcee Olney Theatre Center 2020 I Am My Own Wife Charlotte von Mahlsdorf Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven 2021 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig Olney Theatre Center 2021 The Pansy Craze Solo Show The Green Room 42, Chelsea Table + Stage, New York 2023 Cabaret The Emcee Playhouse Theatre, London, West End debut Nominated for Best Takeover Performance at 2024 WhatsOnStage Awards 2024 American Idiot St. Jimmy Deaf West Theatre, Los Angeles 2024 The Tempest Ariel Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London 2025 Much Ado About Nothing Margaret Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London 2025 Oh, Mary! Mary Todd Lincoln Trafalgar Theatre, London2026 Much Ado About Nothing MargaretWinter Garden Theatre, New York City, Broadway debut

Web Year Title Role Notes 2017 TranspLAnts Mas

Audio Year Title Role Notes 2019 Loveville High Jendrix

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2020 Helen Hayes Awards Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical Cabaret 2024 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Takeover Performance Cabaret 2025 Independent Spirit Awards Best Breakthrough Performance National Anthem 2026 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Supporting Performer in a Play Much Ado About Nothing Ian Charleson Awards The Tempest

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