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Mark Ballas

A dancer and choreographer, Mark Ballas was born in Texas, USA on 24th May, 1986. He is equally talented as an American actor, singer, musician and song writer. He gained popularity as a dancer after participating in the “Dancing with the Stars” program, which airs on ABC.

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Dancing runs in Ballas’s blood. Both of his parents were excellent ballroom dancers. His mother was shown in the dancing show “Dancing with the Stars” recently, where Ballas is a regular participant. He studied in Rosemead Preparatory School located in London. He was passionate about dancing from a very early age. His skills in dancing earned him a full time position at the Academy just when he was 11 years old. He also got a full scholarship in college.

He got his first acting role as Tony in Copacabana. He earned the role of lead dancer during the UK tour of musical “Maria de Buenos Aires”. Not only that, he was a part of the Harry Potter family too, albeit a small one. He played a small role in the first Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone where he belonged to the Hufflepuff House. He has also made several guest appearances for various TV shows, including the season premiere of Samantha Who in 2008, and the show Melissa & Joey in 2010. Melissa Joan Hart, one of the stars of that show was a partner of Mark in a previous season of Dancing with the Seasons.

He has participated in several consecutive seasons of the “Dancing with the Stars”, starting from the 5th till 21st season. His most successful season was the 6th and the 8th. He won the 6th series after being partnered with Kristi Yamaguchi, an Olympic gold-medallist in skating. His partner for the 8th season was Shawn Johnson, who was another Olympic gold-medal winning gymnast. He has been partnered with several famous celebrities throughout all these seasons; Kim Kardashian, and Willow Shields, star of the Hunger Games series are a notable few. He also came 2nd twice, and 3rd three times. His worst performance came in the 10th season, where his position was 11th.

He is quite active on Twitter and other social networking sites, and even has his own website.

As stated earlier, he also is a brilliant singer and musician. In 2011, he released “HurtLoveBox”, his first solo music CD.

His girlfriend, BC Jean is a brilliant singer, and the couple opened a group named Alexander Jean. The name was decided by taking into consideration both of their middle names. Ballas met Jean in 2012 at a livestream event. They have written quite a few songs, and were even show on Duck Dynasty, a family show. They believe they are perfectly balanced since Jean prefers taking vacations now and then, while Mark is obsessed with work, so the two cancel each other out. Recently, they were seen in jewellery shops looking for engagement rings. Hence, rumours have started that they will get engaged soon, although Ballas refused to make any comments regarding this matter.

As of 2015, Mark Ballas has an estimated net worth of $2 million.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 24 May, 1986
Age: 33 yrs
Occupations: Singer
Dancer
Choreographer
Stage actor
Guitarist
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Houston
Education: Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Gender: Male
Description: American actor and dancer
Net Worth 2021: 3 million
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Last Modified: Feb 19 2023
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