Mark Mortimer, ‘Another World’ Soap Opera Star, Dies at 59

Mark Mortimer, best known for his role as Nick Hudson on the soap opera “Another World,” died Sept. 23 after a battle with cancer. He was 59.

“Mark Mortimer lived many lives in one lifetime,” his family wrote in his online obituary. “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, Ill., Mortimer began his acting career in 1996 with his role as Nick in “Another World,” in which he appeared in 81 episodes over three years. He also guest starred on “Spin City” in 1999 and acted in films like “The Nowhere Man” in 2005 before finishing his on-screen career.

Mortimer was diagnosed with cancer in 2024. That same year, he and his wife, Christie, created the Integrative Access Foundation to give people facing cancer access to integrative therapies that might otherwise be financially out of reach. In addition to his acting career, Mortimer served in the United States Army, modeled and created the company Inside Out Construction.

He is survived by Christie, his daughter Hunter, his mother Sharlene Pearson, father Emil Mortimer and siblings Michael Mortimer, Michele Doyle, Martin Mortimer, Melissa Gassmann, David Mortimer and Tyler Mortimer.

“Mark loved being Hunter’s dad,” Mortimer’s family wrote in the obituary. “He was honest with her. He was present. And everything he did as her father was filled with love. When Hunter was little, Mark put her to bed every night. As she grew, he made the deliberate choice to build his life around being her father. He didn’t fit fatherhood in; he scheduled his work life around fatherhood. Being there for Hunter was never something Mark squeezed into his schedule. She was the schedule.”