Mark Collie is a man of many talents – recording artist, record producer, songwriter, actor, filmmaker, and philanthropist. Born and raised in Waynesboro , Tennessee just off the Hardin County line, Collie developed his passion for writing songs and performing. His fervor eventually led him to Nashville where his blues-based rockabilly sound exploded onto the national country music scene in 1991. “I've come a long way from where I started” he says with a laugh, “but there's a long stretch of road ahead.”

Collie found success with his fresh and unique style of music. His four MCA albums Hardin County Line, Born and Raised in Black and White, Mark Collie, and Unleashed spawned hit after hit including Even The Man In The Moon Is Crying and Born To Love You. He later united with longtime friend and renowned record producer James Stroud to record and co-produce his Giant Records debut, Tennessee Plates. In total, Mark earned ten top 20 singles, five top 10 singles and two top 5 singles.

In addition to penning the majority of songs on his albums, Mark's tunes have been recorded by many of country's top hitmakers, including Garth Brooks , Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Randy Travis, Collin Raye, Billy Ray Cyrus and Alabama . Playboy Magazine praised George Jones' single, Ain't Love A Lot Like That written by Collie, stating it “is the most effective up-tempo honky-tonk Jones has done since the late Sixties.”

In 1998 Collie embarked on a film and television journey that took him in a distinct creative direction. He made his acting debut opposite Steven Seagal as town bully Hatch in the action-drama Fire Down Below. He has also appeared in television favorites Walker Texas Ranger, Early Edition and a special CBS two hour Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. Collie proudly received his first stuntman credit on the set of Twilight, a Paul Newman film starring Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon.