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==Personal life== Strong is married to television producer Liza Marshall,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/mark-strong-on-a-life-playing-spies-villains-and-mora-1845421453|title=Mark Strong on spies, villains, and morally compromised doctors|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=23 October 2020 }}</ref> with whom he has two sons: Gabriel and Roman.<ref name="violent">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/4570816/Mark-Strong-the-strong-violent-type.html |title=Mark Strong: the strong, violent type|date=18 February 2009|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=18 November 2010|location=London|first=John |last=Preston}}</ref> They live in [[North London]], which Strong discussed in 2007: "I've got no desire to live anywhere else. I was born here, my wife was born here, my kids were born here, and this is where we're going to stay. [...] I'm able to keep my head below the parapet. I get on with my work, I have a family, and I get on [[London Underground|the Tube]]. It just so happens that I'm doing this job."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/article/welcome-punch-interview-mark-strong|title=Welcome to the Punch: interview with Mark Strong|website=City AM|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142503/http://www.cityam.com/article/welcome-punch-interview-mark-strong|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="independent anti-hero">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/interview-why-actor-mark-strong-is-an-accidental-antihero-397214.html |title=Interview: Why actor Mark Strong is an accidental anti-hero |date=19 October 2007 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=17 November 2010|location=London}}</ref> Strong is a lifelong fan of [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal FC]] and started attending games when he was seven years old.<ref name="Independent 2008" /><ref>{{Citation |title=What Arsenal Winning the Premier League Would Mean to Lifelong Fan Mark Strong {{!}} The Rich Eisen Show | date=29 March 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuVdx3Vi58U |access-date=2023-04-01 |language=en}}</ref> He has named ''[[Ace in the Hole (1951 film)|Ace in the Hole]]'', ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[His Girl Friday]]'', ''[[The Night of the Hunter (film)|The Night of the Hunter]]'', ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'', and the work of the [[Coen brothers]] as his favourite films.<ref name="Independent 2008" /> He speaks fluent German and some Italian,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2010/may/09/mark-strong-ridley-scott-robin-hood |title=Robin Hood star Mark Strong: 'Real knights would have needed tea breaks' |newspaper=The Observer |first=Elizabeth|last=Day |date=9 May 2010|access-date=6 July 2010|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/features/INTERVIEW-MARK-STRONG.6293351.jp|title=Interview: Mark Strong |newspaper=[[Yorkshire Evening Post]] |date=13 May 2010 |first=Susan |last=Griffin |access-date=6 July 2010}}</ref> and provided the German dubbing for [[Daniel Craig]]'s voice in ''[[Obsession (1997 film)|Obsession]]'' when "German with an English accent" was required.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Strong Webchat|url=https://www.empireonline.com/interviews/Preview.asp?IID=1031&CurrentPage=2|access-date=22 June 2015|website=Empire|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622132215/http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/Preview.asp?IID=1031&CurrentPage=2|archive-date=22 June 2015}}</ref> He and Craig previously lived together, became friends, and co-starred in the BBC drama ''[[Our Friends in the North]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Simpson|first=George|date=2021-06-03|title=Mark Strong blames Daniel Craig for failing Bond villain audition after drunken night out|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1444966/Mark-Strong-James-Bond-villain-audition-Daniel-Craig|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Express.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> Craig is also the godfather of Strong's son Roman.<ref name="violent" />
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