Mark was born in Horne, Surrey on the 21st July 1957 to farmer and amateur entertainer Bernard Kempner, and former land-girl Mary Kempner. He went to the Michael Hall school but as he wasn't made to work hard, he didn't gain a single O-Level. Instead of working Mark entertained his classmates, going as far as to drive the headmaster's car in to a ditch when he was 15. Mark worked on the family far ...
show all Mark was born in Horne, Surrey on the 21st July 1957 to farmer and amateur entertainer Bernard Kempner, and former land-girl Mary Kempner. He went to the Michael Hall school but as he wasn't made to work hard, he didn't gain a single O-Level. Instead of working Mark entertained his classmates, going as far as to drive the headmaster's car in to a ditch when he was 15. Mark worked on the family farm until meeting wife Anna at 18. They married in 1982. Mark fitted amateur theatre around his work as a maintenance engineer at Gatwick airport. He played parts such as Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls (who was played by another of Mark's idols in the film version, Frank Sinatra) and Fagin in the play version of Oliver Twist. In 1997 Mark took over running a company selling murder mysteries and other corperate entertainment. It has since become one of the country's premium companies in the corperate entertainment field. In between running the company, Mark has had many parts in adverts (notably as the professor in Starburst ads and as a dodgy car salesman in the Iceland ads) and in Tv dramas such as The Bill.
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