Mark Mortimer, an actor best known for playing Nick Hudson on the NBC soap opera Another World, has died. He was 59.

Mortimer died on Sept. 23, 2026, surrounded by loved ones after what his family described as a “fearless journey with cancer.” He had been diagnosed with the disease in 2024, according to an obituary published by Moss-Norris Funeral Home. The type of cancer has not been revealed.

Mortimer lived a varied life that included acting, modeling, military service and business. However, his family said the roles that meant the most to him were being a husband and father.

His Role on ‘Another World’

Mortimer became known to television audiences through his role as Nick Hudson on Another World, the long-running NBC daytime soap opera.

The series aired from 1964 until 1999 and followed the complicated lives and relationships of families living in the fictional town of Bay City. Mortimer joined the show during the 1990s, appearing as Nick Hudson.

His time in entertainment was only one chapter of a life that took him in several different directions. Mortimer also worked as a model and had previously served in the United States Army.

A Life Beyond Acting

Mortimer was not afraid to change careers or try something different. After his time in entertainment, he eventually moved into construction and entrepreneurship.

He and his wife, Christie, along with their business partner Dave, helped build Inside Out Construction. The company remained an important part of Mortimer’s life for more than 20 years.

His obituary described him as someone who valued hard work, loyalty and personal relationships. Many people he originally met through business eventually became close, longtime friends.

Mortimer and Christie also moved several times during their life together, living in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and eventually returning to the Chicago area.

His Wife and Daughter Came First

Mortimer met Christie at Hunter Mountain in New York in 2000. The couple went on to share 25 years of marriage.

After waiting 11 years to become parents, the couple welcomed their daughter, Hunter. According to his obituary, becoming a father was one of the most important moments of Mortimer’s life.

As Hunter grew older, Mortimer arranged his work schedule so he could remain an active part of her life. His family remembered him as a father who was present, dependable and honest with his daughter.

“Of everything he accomplished in his life, nothing made him prouder than being her dad,” his obituary said.

Cancer Diagnosis Led to a New Mission

Mortimer was diagnosed with cancer in 2024. Although his family did not provide additional details about the type of cancer in the obituary, they said the illness never became what defined him.

Instead, Mortimer and Christie turned their difficult experience into an effort to help other people.

The couple founded the Integrative Access Foundation, an organization created to help people battling cancer gain access to integrative therapies that might otherwise be too expensive.

Mortimer also shared his experiences through Beyond the Diagnosis, helping make his cancer journey part of a larger effort to support others facing serious illness.

Family Remembers His Faith

Mortimer’s family said his Christian faith became especially important as he approached the end of his life. His obituary said he believed in Jesus and Heaven and that those beliefs brought him peace.

His family remembered him as a man who continued to love, laugh and hope even while facing an uncertain future.

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

He also leaves behind his in-laws, nieces and nephews, friends and the people he worked alongside at Inside Out Construction.

His family said Mortimer’s legacy will continue through Christie and Hunter, the business he helped build, his charitable work and the people whose lives he touched.

His obituary summed up his life with a series of simple statements: He served, built, took chances, loved deeply, gave generously and showed up for the people who mattered most to him.