Mark Tymchyshyn

Mark Tymchyshyn (born July 30, 1958) is an American actor, best known for his role as Mel Powers, a factory owner, on the TV show George Lopez. He graduated from Wayne State University (MI). Tymchyshyn has directed A Lie of the Mind with playwright Sam Shepard and has made cameo appearances in popular shows such as ER, Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Seinfeld, The Drew Carey Show, and Boston Legal. He also portrayed Gavin Kruger in the daytime drama As the World Turns from 1990 to 1992 and appeared in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle in 2000. Although originally intending to become a teacher, he is now an actor and a professor.