Mark Frechette: Mark Frechette. Actor: Zabriskie Point. Mark Frechette, a high school dropout of Quebecois ancestry from Fairfield, Connecticut, made his acting debut in Michelangelo Antonioni's controversial Zabriskie Point (1970). As Antonioni toured the U.S., experiencing cultural clash firsthand and shooting background footage, a talent scout saw Frechette, a carpenter, scream and throw a flowerpot at a woman on a Boston street. Antonioni immediately cast Frechette, a non-actor, in the movie's lead...
Known For: Zabriskie Point (Mark), Many Wars Ago (Sub-lieutenant Sassu), The Big Black Sow (Enrico Mazzara), The Dick Cavett Show (Self)