Mark Lamarr
Born: 1967-01-07 in Swindon - England - United Kingdom
Known For: Acting
Biography
Mark Lamarr is an English comedian, radio DJ and television presenter. Lamarr was born in the Park South area of Swindon, Wiltshire. He has three elder sisters. His father is Irish. He passed five O-Levels at Park School (renamed Oakfield School) but dropped out of school at 17 and moved to Harrow, London, which was the centre of the early 1980s British rockabilly revival scene. After his poem Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Work was published in 1987, his act developed from poetry to stand-up comedy. He took to performing at London's Comedy Store in 1985, He previously hosted Never Mind the Buzzcocks from 1996 until 2005. He was also a presenter on The Word from 1992 to 1994, the on the road presenter with The Big Breakfast from 1992 to 1996 and a team captain on Shooting Stars from 1995 to 1997.
Filmography
2013
- What a Load of Buzzcocks as Self - Host
2010
- Huge as Self
2004
- Two Tone Britain as Narrator
2002
- 15 Storeys High as Silver Man
- Screaming Lord Sutch as narrator
2001
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- Jukebox Heroes as Self - Narrator
1999
- It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- Mark Lamarr: Uncensored And Live as Self
1998
- Never Rewind the Buzzcocks as Self
1997
- Pervirella as Irch Bishop
1996
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Presenter
- Shooting Stars: Unviewed and Nude
1993
- Shooting Stars as Self- Team Captain
1992
1990
- The Word as Presenter
1967
- Omnibus as Self
1964
- Top of the Pops as Self - Presenter