MarcgraduatedGirardHighSchoolin1990.Marcplayedbasketballthroughouthighschoolandhissenioryear.Becauseofhisathleticability,MarcwentonfullscholarshiptoWakeForestUniversityinWinston-SalemNorthCarolina.Aftercollege,heplayedoneyearinEuropefortheManchesterGiants. HisactingbreakcamewhentheproducersofEddie(1996)neededababy-facedkidthatcouldplaybasketball.