Mark Samual Bonanno is best known for his general silliness within comedy troupe Aunty Donna, one of Australia's biggest comedic acts who have garnered a huge international audience both live and online. Since studying Acting at the University of Ballarat Arts Academy, Mark's work has won and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy in 2017, Best of The Fest at Sydney Comedy Festival in 2018, and across the last few years, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble and Best Comedy Web Series at the Melbourne International Web Festival. Mark's work directing Demi Lardner's 2017 and 2018 stage shows also saw award attention, winning both the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Director's Choice Award and Pinder Prize in their respective years. In 2020, Mark has co-written/created the six part sitcom Why Are You Like This, which will be coming to the ABC (Australia). Mark also live streams weekly on Twitch under the name VeryPoliteGamer.

Filmography

• 2026Aunty Donna: Drem — Self/Italian, Writer
• 2026The Shadowman's Nightmare — Ken Holden / The Shadowman, Editor, Visual Effects, Animation, Sound Designer, Director, Writer
• 2026X-MEN but better and more accurate — Professor X / Cyclops / Mystique/ Robber 2
• 2025Aunty Donna: The Magical Dead Cat — Self/Italian, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2025Lesbian Space Princess — Leader (voice)
• Trope RPG — Haley Joel Osment, Con Man
• Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe — Mark, Executive Producer, Writer
• Aunty Donna's Dungeons and Dragons — Dungeon Master, Creator
• 2023Bald Future — Owen
• Fairbairn In The City — Executive Producer
• The Most Upsetting Guessing Game in the World — Self - Host, Creator
• Finding Yeezus — Self, Executive Producer
• Hug the Sun — The Shädow Män
• Why Are You Like This? — Writer, Creator
• Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun — Himself, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer
• Aunty Donna: Glennridge Secondary College — Mark / Various, Creator
• 2019Scopa — Screenplay
• 2018Aunty Donna: New Show — Himself, Writer
• 2017The Aunty Donna LIVE Spooktacular — Himself, Writer
• Aunty Donna: 1999 — Writer, Creator
• The Wizards of Aus — Skulldrich
• 2014The Comedian — Simon
• Thank God You're Here
• Kooky Crazy No Good Neighbour — Director, Writer
• Monday Afternoon — Director

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2024The Story of Pud: A Tell All Documentary — Self
• Drag Race Down Under — Self - Special Guest
• Melbourne Comedy Festival — Self - Host
• 2019Aunty Donna - The Album Tour — Himself
• Have You Been Paying Attention? — Self - Guest Quizmaster