Mark Gonzales

Acting

Mark Gonzales

Born 1968-06-01 · South Gate, California, USA

Mark Gonzales (born June 1, 1968) is an American professional skateboarder and artist. He is known in the skateboarding world as a top pioneer of modern street skateboarding and was named by the Transworld Skateboarding magazine as the "Most Influential Skateboarder of all Time" in December 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Gonzales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Gummo poster
6.6

Teenagers Solomon and Tummler kill time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.

Gummo

1997

"HEADBANGER" poster
NR

Directed by William Strobeck. The video features Kader Sylla, Troy Gipson, Joseph Campos, Zion Effs, Patrick O’Mara, Seven Strong, Vincent Touzery, Jax Effs, Kris Brown, Sean Pablo, Ben Kadow, Mark Gonzales, Aidan Mackey, Caleb Barnett, Rezza Honarvar, Elijah Odom, Beatrice Domond, Joel Meinholz, Rico Abdou, Sully Cormier, Kevin Bradley, Nik Stain, Zack Krull, Matt Finley, Brian Anderson, Rowan Zorilla, Casper Brooker, Taylor Nida, Auguste Bouznad, and Lil Dre. Filmed by William Strobeck, Johnny Wilson, Alex Greenberg, Omar Massiah, and Dan Lundy.

"HEADBANGER"

2025

Adidas - Diagonal poster
NR

One of the most anticipated videos to come out of Europe this year

Adidas - Diagonal

2009

The Cinematographer Project poster
10.0

TransWorld SKATEboarding is proud to present our 24th video, The Cinematographer Project. We’ve assembled 13 of skateboarding’s finest filmmakers to each produce their own original three-to-five minute short. The result is a truly creative and diverse take on the current world of skateboarding. Featuring: Jon Holland, Mike Manzoori, Bill Strobeck, Russell Houghten, Dan Wolfe, Chris Ray, Brennan Conroy, Beagle, Torsten Frank, Lee Dupont, RB Umali, Christopher Middlebrook, Alien Workshop

The Cinematographer Project

2012

GX1000 poster
8.0

After years of putting out edits, Ryan Garshell dropped a GX1000 full-length this spring. The video picks up where its predecessors left off, with straightforward footage of skaters like Al Davis, Jake Johnson, Yonnie Cruz, and Brian Delatorre, along with clips from Mark Gonzales, among others.

GX1000

2016

Birdhouse - Feasters poster
NR

The first skateboard video from Birdhouse Skateboards

Birdhouse - Feasters

1992

“Play Dead” poster
7.5

Skateboard video by William Strobeck and Supreme.

“Play Dead”

2022

Candyland poster
NR

A video by William Strobeck for Supreme in San Francisco.

Candyland

2019

Piggy poster
NR

Directed by William Strobeck. The video features Caleb Barnett, Seungwook Jee, Troy Gipson, Rowan Zorilla, Mark Gonzales, Nik Stain, Kader Sylla, Patrick O’Mara, Kris Brown, Seven Strong, Jun Kummer, Sully Cormier, Chansuk Hong, Ben Kadow, Sun Woo Moon, Eugene Choi, and Juwon Eun. Filmed by William Strobeck, Johnny Wilson, and Alex Greenberg in Seoul, South Korea.

Piggy

2023

Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine poster
7.0

A look at the rise and fall of the subversive skateboarding magazine Big Brother, which rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and had a profound effect on the skating subculture with its unfiltered approach.

Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine

2017

Video Days poster
8.0

Video Days is a skateboarding video by Blind Skateboards released in 1991.

Video Days

1991

Krooked: Kronichles poster
NR

Skateboard video by Krooked Skateboards.

Krooked: Kronichles

2006

Pussy Gangster poster
4.0

A skate video by William Strobeck for Supreme.

Pussy Gangster

2016

The Work of Director Spike Jonze poster
8.1

When you experience The Work of Director Spike Jonze, you enter a world where anything can happen and frequently does. From the innovative director of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation., this superior compilation of music videos, documentaries, interviews, and early rarities offers abundant proof that Jonze is the real deal--a filmmaker ablaze with fresh ideas and fresh ways of filming them. Featuring The Beastie Boys, Bjork, Weezer, The Pharcyde, Fatboy Slim and many others.

The Work of Director Spike Jonze

2003

Mark’s Brain poster
NR

“Mark’s Brain” features Gonz curiously floating through the deep compartments of his own memory. From vibrant tunnels filled with Schmoo birds to archival skate footage from the past 30 years.

Mark’s Brain

2022

Krooked - LSD: Let's Skate Dude poster
NR

A brand new full length skate video featuring the Krooked team. Nothing to it but to go skate dude.

Krooked - LSD: Let's Skate Dude

2017

Naughty poster
NR

This 25 minute, no frills DVD from Krooked might be just what you need to get off your ass and skate. With no menus and simple style, Naughty lets you really get into the skating. They don't try to blow you away, its just a bunch of guys having a blast skating. You know... the way it should be.

Naughty

2008

A Love Supreme poster
NR

Filmed in 1995, A Love Supreme was filmed for Supreme in New York by Thomas Campbell. Shot in black and white with a really jazzy soundtrack featuring John Coltrane. A beautiful record of 1990s NYC.

A Love Supreme

1995

The Man Who Souled the World poster
6.3

Steve Rocco, the controversial godfather of street, led a cultural revolution during the early 1990s topping the corporate giants who controlled the skateboard industry and ushering in the most degenerate, savage, innovative & entertaining era in the history of skateboarding. For better or worse his legacy shaped skateboarding as we know it today like no other.

The Man Who Souled the World

2007

"cherry" poster
8.0

Supreme presents, "cherry" a video by William Strobeck featuring Tyshawn Jones, Sage Elsesser, Sean Pablo, Nakel Smith, Kevin Bradley, Aidan Mackey, Paulo Diaz, Mark Gonzales, Alex Olson, Dylan Rieder, Jason Dill…

"cherry"

2014

Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician poster
4.8

Chance, a hapless Los Angeles musician is searching for the coveted Moletron synthesizer through the classified ad paper the "Southlander", and meeting interesting characters along the way.

Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician

2001

Glasses For Your Feet poster
NR

Doug Diaz, Gino Perez, Mark Gonzales, James Qua, John Deago, Larry Moore, Ron Chatman, Steve Claar

Glasses For Your Feet

1995

Thrasher - Rocket Science poster
NR

Bottom line: Thinking ain't doing, so when you put on the ol' sneakers and get ready to blast off, just remember that skating is not rocket science...it's harder. This ain't something they teach you in school; we learn on the streets.

Thrasher - Rocket Science

2004

Away Days poster
10.0

Filmed over the course of three years and spanning shoots in more than 100 cities around the globe, Away Days is the first full-length skateboarding film from Adidas. Anchored by unique team chemistry and creativity inspired by life on the road, Away Days showcases the raw talent, style, and personalities of its global and international teams including legacy pros Mark Gonzales, Dennis Busenitz, Silas Baxter-Neal and Lucas Puig and rising stars Alec Majerus, Miles Silvas, Na-kel Smith and Tyshawn Jones.

Away Days

2016

Behind the camera