# 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. On television, they are known for their roles in the Netflix adaptations of the anime Cowboy Bebop (2021) and Neil Gaiman's The Sandman (2022–), and the Quantum Leap (2022–2024) revival on NBC.

## 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 a production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest alongside Sigourney Weaver in the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, from late 2024 - early 2025.

## Personal life

On July 26, 2024, Park shared 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

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2015 | Not in My Backyard | Student |
| 2019 | Before You Know It | Fellow |
| 2023 | National Anthem | Carrie |

### 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 | The Sandman | Desire | Main role |
| 2022–2024 | Quantum Leap | Ian Wright | Main role |
| 2023 | iCarly | 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 | 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 | 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 |

### 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 | Won |
| 2024 | WhatsOnStage Awards | Best Takeover Performance | Cabaret | Nominated |
| 2025 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance | National Anthem | Nominated |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Park uses both they/them and she/her pronouns and switches between them; this article uses they/them pronouns for consistency.