Lamarr was innate inside Swindon and has three older sisters. He passed 5 O-Levels and dropped away from school at Seventeen. Plucked from either obscurity when writing a poem "I'm the James Dean of the dole queue" (published in 1987), his act developed from either poetry to stand-up comedy. He was spotted on the traveling circuit for the launch of Channel Four's The Big Breakfast in 1992 and co-presented The Word.

He is the persons of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, the comedy pop quiz, & was a team captain in the foremost 3 series of Shooting Stars (1995–1997), where he displayed the mixture of dour tedium & contempt towards hosts Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer who, in turn, mocked his "50's throw-back" appearance.

In radio, Mark has presented his have indicate in BBC GLR, BBC Radio Five Live & has presented occasional shows on BBC Radio 1. In July 20 1998, Lamarr launched his popular radio show on BBC Radio 2 called Shake, Rattle & Roll, in which he plays tracks from either his have sizeable record collection of obscure rock and roll gems. He besides presents A Reggae Indicate series & ''Mark Lamarr's Guide 60s'', in which he presents lesser known tracks from either a 1960s.