Mark Mortimer, known for his role as Nick Hudson on Another World, died at 59 after a battle with cancer. He passed away Sept. 23. His family said, “Mark showed those who loved him that courage is not the absence of fear.” He also worked as an entrepreneur and builder.
Mark Mortimer, an actor best known for his role as Nick Hudson on the soap opera Another World, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 59.
Mortimer died Sept. 23 “surrounded by the people he loved most after a fearless journey with cancer,” according to an obituary written by his family and posted online by Moss-Norris Funeral Home in St. Charles, Illinois.
Mortimer played Nick on Another World starting in 1996. He was the third actor to take on the role, following Justin Chambers and Kevin McClatchy. He appeared on 81 episodes through the end of the NBC soap’s 35-year run in 1999.
He also guest-starred on a 1999 episode of Spin City. His last credit, per IMDB.com, was the 2005 film Nowhere Man.
“Mark Mortimer lived many lives in one lifetime,” his family wrote. “He was an Army veteran, a model, an actor, an entrepreneur and a builder. He was a husband, father, son, brother and friend. He was curious and determined, willing to take chances, start something new, change direction and figure things out along the way. But of all the titles Mark held throughout his life, the two that mattered most to him were husband and dad.”
Born on April 15, 1967, in Yorkville, Illinois, Mortimer also was a co-owner of IOC Construction and helped build it “not simply as a business, but as a family. He believed in hard work, relationships, loyalty and taking care of people. Many of the people who entered Mark’s life through work became lifelong friends,” his family wrote.
He was diagnosed with cancer in 2024. He and his wife of 25 years, Christie, founded the Integrative Access Foundation to give people with cancer access to integrative therapies that might be too costly for them.
“Mark showed those who loved him that courage is not the absence of fear,” his family wrote. “It is choosing to live, love, laugh, hope and trust God even when the road ahead is uncertain.”
In addition to his wife, survivors include their daughter, Hunter; his parents, Sharlene and Emil; and siblings Micheal, Michele, Martin, Melissa, David and Tyler.