Mark Lamarr

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.