Mark Jones (b. January 7, 1967), better known as Mark Lamarr, is a British comedian and television presenter.
Lamarr was born in Swindon and has three elder sisters. He passed five O-Levels and dropped out of school at 17. Plucked from obscurity after writing the poem "I'm the James Dean of the dole queue" (published in 1987), his act developed from poetry to stand-up comedy. He was spotted on the touring circuit for the launch of Channel Four's The Big Breakfast in 1992 and co-presented The Word.
He is the host of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, a comedy pop quiz, and was a team captain in the first three series of Shooting Stars (1995–1997), where he displayed a mixture of dour boredom and contempt towards hosts Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer who, in turn, mocked his "50's throw-back" appearance.
Talking about his TV career to Jo Brown of Cheers Magazine, Lamarr said "'The Word' was no fun at all, it was a horrible, horrible, repulsive environment to work in, mainly due to the company, they were just very…just an obnoxious group of people to deal with and I think that came across in the shows they ended up producing. And 'Shooting Stars' was strangely no fun what-so-ever, because I was sort of playing a particularly moody, almost mute character and you end up just doing that. ... I mean it was always fun with Vic and Bob because they are old friends and it was nice working with them, but no, it wasn't fun."
On radio, Mark has presented his own show on BBC GLR, BBC Radio Five Live & has presented occasional shows on BBC Radio 1.
On July 20 1998, Lamarr launched his popular radio show on BBC Radio 2 called Shake, Rattle and Roll, where he plays tracks from his own sizeable record collection of obscure rock and roll gems. He also presents The Reggae Show series and Mark Lamarr's Alternative 60s, where he presents lesser known tracks from the 1960s.
At the end of 2005, it was announced that Mark Lamarr is to take a break from Never Mind The Buzzcocks after 150 episodes to concentrate on other projects. The first series in 2006 is to be hosted by guest presenters. Lamarr is set to return later in the year.
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Also known to have sexual relations with Mike Tyson, after he relealed to the press in October 2005, he stated that "his favourite position is Doggy" and "i love it when he nibbles my ear, i get so hot"