Marko Caka(I)
- Actor
- Producer
Marko Caka (Tsaka) is an Albanian-born American actor. This versatile actor has been steadily working on several movies and TV Series. He is also a journalist and reporter that worked with numerous televisions and newspapers in Greece, Albania, and USA.
Marko is the only son (among three children) of parents, mother Leze Caka and father Prend Caka, a great humanist and distinguished academic. As an historian, his father was the author of several articles and books.
Marko Caka was born in Shkoder, Albania and then relocated to Athens, Greece where he lived for 19 years. He studied and completed his Bachelor's Degree on Philosophy and Journalism at the Athens National Kapodistrian University. He worked as a media correspondent of several televisions and newspapers (printed and online) both in Greece and Albania. He covered major international and regional events on politics, film festivals, sport competitions, social issue, etc. His career as a journalist continued also in New York, USA where he relocated in 2010. He is an active member of the American Federation of Media, Los Angeles Press Club, and New York Press Club.
Once he discovered his love for acting, he decided to pursue it professionally, where he took several classes at the HB Studio. He was also trained by coach Ron Millkie on Contemporary, Commercial, and Theatrical performances. He joined then later on the American Film Industry, where his incredible performances qualified him for his membership in Aftra.
Even though at the beginning of his acting career, he worked with renown producers and directors, like: Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Timothy Van Patten, Errol Harris, and Spike Lee.
In some of his big SAG-AFTRA's film projects, he played alongside movie stars, i.e. : Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies (2015) (2015), Jim Belushi in Show Me a Hero (2015) (2015), Dakota Fanning and Richard Gere in The Benefactor (2015) (2015), Ben Affleck in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (2016), Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire (2010) (2010), George Clooney and Julia Roberts in Money Monster (2016) (2016), Megan Fox in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) (2016), Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in The Fate of the Furious (2017) (2017), Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman (2017) (2017), Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro in The Wizard of Lies (2017) (2017), Meryl Streep in The Post (2017), Sylvester Stallone in Creed II (2018) (2018), Millie Bobby Brown and Charles Dance in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) (2019), Joaquin Phoenix in Joker (2019) (2019), Maya Hawke and Liev Schreiber in Human Capital (2019) (2019), Jennifer Lopez and Maluma in Marry Me (2022) (2020). He also played a staring role in The Spy Who Raised Me (2018) (2018).
Marko has been featured in International Music Video of famous singers Anitta and J Balvin "Downtown" (2017).
In 2020 he married youth advocate and diplomat Ediola Pashollari.
Marko is the only son (among three children) of parents, mother Leze Caka and father Prend Caka, a great humanist and distinguished academic. As an historian, his father was the author of several articles and books.
Marko Caka was born in Shkoder, Albania and then relocated to Athens, Greece where he lived for 19 years. He studied and completed his Bachelor's Degree on Philosophy and Journalism at the Athens National Kapodistrian University. He worked as a media correspondent of several televisions and newspapers (printed and online) both in Greece and Albania. He covered major international and regional events on politics, film festivals, sport competitions, social issue, etc. His career as a journalist continued also in New York, USA where he relocated in 2010. He is an active member of the American Federation of Media, Los Angeles Press Club, and New York Press Club.
Once he discovered his love for acting, he decided to pursue it professionally, where he took several classes at the HB Studio. He was also trained by coach Ron Millkie on Contemporary, Commercial, and Theatrical performances. He joined then later on the American Film Industry, where his incredible performances qualified him for his membership in Aftra.
Even though at the beginning of his acting career, he worked with renown producers and directors, like: Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Timothy Van Patten, Errol Harris, and Spike Lee.
In some of his big SAG-AFTRA's film projects, he played alongside movie stars, i.e. : Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies (2015) (2015), Jim Belushi in Show Me a Hero (2015) (2015), Dakota Fanning and Richard Gere in The Benefactor (2015) (2015), Ben Affleck in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (2016), Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire (2010) (2010), George Clooney and Julia Roberts in Money Monster (2016) (2016), Megan Fox in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) (2016), Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in The Fate of the Furious (2017) (2017), Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman (2017) (2017), Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro in The Wizard of Lies (2017) (2017), Meryl Streep in The Post (2017), Sylvester Stallone in Creed II (2018) (2018), Millie Bobby Brown and Charles Dance in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) (2019), Joaquin Phoenix in Joker (2019) (2019), Maya Hawke and Liev Schreiber in Human Capital (2019) (2019), Jennifer Lopez and Maluma in Marry Me (2022) (2020). He also played a staring role in The Spy Who Raised Me (2018) (2018).
Marko has been featured in International Music Video of famous singers Anitta and J Balvin "Downtown" (2017).
In 2020 he married youth advocate and diplomat Ediola Pashollari.