Mark Lamarr (born Mark Jones on January 7, 1967) is an English comedian and television presenter.

Lamarr was born in the Park South area of 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 "Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Work" (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 was 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.

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