Mark Antony Howard In Every Medium

When Mark Antony Howard was younger, someone once told him, "You remind me of Sammy Davis Jr." At the time, he didn't even know who that was. "So I looked him up," he said, "and I was like, wow. I could see why they said that." What started as a casual comparison turned into something deeper. He watched interviews, studied performances, and wrote papers on him in school. Years later, when a short film casting call for a Sammy Davis Jr. role came up, it felt too perfect. "If they don't pick me, that's going to be wild," he remembered thinking. He nailed the audition, then waited six months with no response. "I was a little upset. It was one of those auditions where I couldn't let it go." Eventually, the callback came, and Mark Antony landed the role. "It was everything I imagined it to be," he said.

The truth is, he had been preparing for it long before he got the part.

Mark Antony Howard is the kind of multi-hyphenate whose creativity comes from every direction. Actor. Singer. Dancer. Illustrator. Photographer. "My mom was an actress and a visual artist. She used to direct church plays, and I was in them. My dad was an illustrator. It all just… feels natural to me," he said. "I've been doing this since I was a kid."