90s teen heartthrob looks unrecognisable as bearded criminal in new police procedural drama – but can you guess who he is?
He plays a devious criminal with a penchant for manipulation in the gritty procedural show Found.
But this bearded actor was once a fresh-faced teen heartthrob in the early 1990s when he first found fame on the small screen.
He started out as a child actor and has since worked steadily in shows like The Twilight Zone, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and NYPD Blue.
But it was his role in the hit 1989 sitcom Saved By The Bell that first launched him to stardom.
Now that he's back on screen with his latest role, can you guess who this actor is?
He plays a devious criminal with a penchant for manipulation in the gritty procedural show Found
But this bearded actor was once a fresh-faced teen heartthrob in the early 1990s when he first found fame on the small screen
That's right, it's Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
The actor now seems unrecognizable from his role as Zack Morris in Saved By The Bell.
The show lasted four seasons and also starred Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkeley, Mario Lopez and the late Dustin Diamond.
It also spawned two spin-off shows Saved By The Bell: The College Years and Saved By The Bell: The New Class.
The series was later revived in 2020 as a single-camera series, with Mark-Paul returning as Zack, where he now serves as the Governor of California.
Mark-Paul previously explained why he doesn't want his children to follow in his footsteps in showbiz in an excerpt from the documentary Kid 90.
The actor was just 15 when Saved By the Bell debuted in 1989 and revealed that he discovered early on that he wasn't in a children's business.
“I remember walking onstage at Saved By the Bell and the director said, 'As soon as you walk through these double doors onto the stage, you're no longer a child, you're an adult. You have to behave like an adult,” the actor said.
That's right, it's Mark-Paul Gosselaar who found fame as Zack Morris on Saved By The Bell
The show lasted four seasons and also starred Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkeley, Mario Lopez (right) and the late Dustin Diamond (center)
The actor was just 15 when Saved By the Bell debuted in 1989 and revealed that he discovered early on that he wasn't in a children's company (pictured with Dustin Diamond)
He added that he “didn't think much about it” at the time, but he realized “we all know what that meant, it's like, this is an adult thing.”
“That's one of the reasons why I don't want my kids there, because I feel like it's not a place for kids,” the actor said.
Mark-Paul is father to four children: Michael, 19, and Ava, 17, with his first wife Lisa Ann Russell and Dexter, 9, and Lachlyn, 8, with Catriona McGinn, to whom he has been married since 2012.