| 15th | Top Kappa Alpha Order members |
| Mark L. Walberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mark Lewis Walberg August 31, 1962 Florence, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor Comedian Television personality Game show host |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Spouse(s) | Robbi Morgan (1987-present) |
Mark Lewis Walberg (born August 31, 1962) is an American actor, television personality and game show host. His television credits include Antiques Roadshow, as well as the game shows Russian Roulette on GSN and The Moment of Truth on Fox.
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Walberg was born and raised in Florence, South Carolina. In a 2002 statement with GSN, he said that as a little boy, he grew up watching game shows, under the likes of hosts: Bob Barker, Bill Cullen, Bob Eubanks, Wink Martindale, Monty Hall, Geoff Edwards, among many others. He attended West Florence High School, and graduated in 1980. After graduation, he attended Francis Marion University, for five years, before working for veteran personality Dick Clark, for Dick Clark Productions in 1985, just a few years before moving on to host a sports magazine program for ESPN. At that time, the late Brandon Tartikoff noticed his work that the two would later work on his own talk show. He also worked as a stand-up comedian.
Previous to the Roadshow he was the host of game shows: Temptation Island, Free 4 All, The Big Date, Russian Roulette (where he was introduced as Mark L. Walberg), and On the Cover, as well as a short lived, self-titled talk show (Mark Walberg) that aired for one season from 1995-1996.[1] In addition, he guest-hosted one episode of Friend or Foe? in an April Fools' Day stunt by GSN. In January 2008, he also hosted a new game show on the Fox network, The Moment of Truth, abruptly canceled later that August, in which contestants were asked a series of 21 increasingly personal and embarrassing questions for a huge jackpot.
Before hosting game shows, Walberg received a contract from Stone Stanley Entertainment in 1990, where his first television exposure was that of the announcer on Teen Win, Lose or Draw, before he was known to audiences as the announcer and sidekick to Pat Finn on the long-running TV series Shop 'til You Drop from 1991 to 1994, for Lifetime Television. He also hosted the short-live Burnt Toast, for ESPN. On January 17, 2009, he began appearing as host of Make Me a Millionaire, the California Lottery's new game show.[2]
Mark Walberg is on the board of directors of Goodwill of Southern California and the board of managers of the Hollywood/Wilshire YMCA. Mark plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home Games for the Goodwill Industries of Southern California.
He was slated to host a game show adaptation of the popular board game Trivial Pursuit: America Plays beginning in fall 2008, but was unable to get out of his Fox contract and was replaced by Christopher Knight.
Mark L. Walberg is married to actress Robbi Morgan Walberg and has two children, a boy and a girl. He is an avid Chicago Cubs fan, evidenced by his diehard love of the bleachers at Wrigley Field.[3]
He is a member of Kappa Alpha Order, Delta Tau Chapter, Francis Marion University. He has a Third Nipple
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