Mark Labbett

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Mark Labbett
Born Mark Andrew Labbett
(1965-08-15) 15 August 1965 (age 58)
Tiverton, Devon, England[1]
Occupation Television personality
Notable credit(s) The Chase (2009—)
The Chase USA (2013—)
The Chase Australia (2016—)
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Weight 380 lb (170 kg)[2]
Spouse(s) Katie (m. 2014)
Website Official website

Mark Andrew Labbett (born 15 August 1965) is an English television personality best known for his role as a "Chaser" on the ITV game show The Chase in the UK. He took up this role in 2009 and has since appeared on the American version as their sole Chaser in 2013, and, from 2016, will also appear on the Australian version as one of their five Chasers.[3] He has also appeared in several television quiz shows, and is a regular in quizzing competitions.

Career

Labbett obtained a Master of Arts degree in mathematics from Exeter College, Oxford, a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in secondary education from the University of Exeter, and legal CPE and LPC qualifications from the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales).[4] He taught in secondary schools, and worked as a supply teacher in maths and physical education.[5]

Labbett became interested in quizzing when working at Butlins holiday camp, where he supplemented his income with winnings from the quiz machines.[6] His pub quiz team won a weekend in Paris in April 2001 after competing in the national competition, Jumbo Quiz.[7]

Labbett works as a question writer for Redtooth, a quiz company from Barlborough near Chesterfield. After two years of part-time work as a promoter for them, he moved to South Yorkshire in 2013 in order to work more often with them, but he no longer lives there.

Television

Labbett appeared on Mastermind in 1999, where his specialist subject was the Olympic Games.[8] He appeared again on Mastermind in 2000, with the animated television show The Simpsons as his specialist subject.[9] Also in 2000, he competed on Countdown, narrowly losing his first game on a crucial conundrum. [10]

In 2004 he won £500 on the Channel 5 show BrainTeaser, and a year later he won £1,500 on BBC One's SUDO-Q.[6] In 2005, he won £32,000 on Millionaire Live, a live version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? that toured seaside resorts throughout the summer.[6][11] As captain, he led the Welsh quiz team to fifth place in the 2006 European Quizzing Championships.[5] In 2007, he was ranked as the 17th top quizzer in the country.[5]

Labbett's team, the Rugby Boys, won BBC Four's Only Connect in 2009.[12] Other television appearances include The National Lottery People's Quiz (2007) where he came second in the grand final,[13] Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,[14] where he won £32,000, and University Challenge.[8]

In 2016, Labbett took part in the three-part ITV series Sugar Free Farm.[15]

The Chase

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See also: The Chase (UK game show), The Chase (U.S. game show), and The Chase Australia

Labbett is one of the "Chasers" in the ITV teatime quiz The Chase, first broadcast in 2009 and hosted by Bradley Walsh. In the show, his nickname is "The Beast",[16] a two-pronged nickname referencing both his stature and his surname (Labbett sounds like the French la bête, meaning "the beast"). He stars alongside fellow Chasers Shaun Wallace (a.k.a. "The Dark Destroyer"), Anne Hegerty (a.k.a. "The Governess"), Paul Sinha (a.k.a. "The Sinnerman"), and Jenny Ryan (a.k.a. "The Vixen").

Since August 2013, Labbett has appeared as the only Chaser on the U.S. version of The Chase on Game Show Network.

In 2016, Labbett will appear as a Chaser on the Australian version of The Chase on the Seven Network, joining fellow UK Chaser Anne Hegerty.[3]

Quiz ranking

In 2012, Labbett was ranked 81st in the World Quizzing Championships.[17]

Filmography

Television

References

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External links

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