The Chase Mark Labbett

Mark Labbett aka “The Beast” is best recognised as one of the Chaser’s on ITV 1’s game show ‘The Chase’. He first appeared on the show in 2009 and has since appeared on the American version as the sole Chaser in 2013 as well as one of the five Chasers on the Australian version since 2016.

A regular in quizzing competitions and television quiz shows, Mark first appeared on our TV screens on the quiz program ‘Mastermind’ in 1999 and, since then, has participated in the game shows ‘BrainTeaser’, ‘Countdown’, ‘SUDO-Q’, ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’, ‘Only Connect in’, ‘The National Lottery People’s Quiz’, ‘Are You an Egghead’ and ‘University Challenge’.

Ranked 81st in World Quizzing Championships in 2012, Mark, also known affectionately as ‘The Beast,’ has also contributed to shows like ‘Mastermind’, and ‘Sugar-Free Farm’. An inspiration to several people, especially youngsters, Mark, the beast from the chase, is known to possess high degrees of intelligence and smartness.

The Beast Mark Labbett initially taught in secondary schools such as Cove School in Farnborough, where he served as a supply teacher in physical education and maths. He then became interested in quizzing. In April 2001, he, along with his team, competed in the Jumbo Quiz and won a weekend in Paris.

Mark has performed in quite a few pantomimes over the years and loves every minute of it.  You can probably guess the type of pantomime character he normally plays.

In 2022 Mark had his first book released, for which he is very proud, entitled ‘Can You Beat The Beast’ which allows people to do just that – see if they can beat him.

Also in 2023, Mark appeared in a movie with the lovely Caprice and enjoyed his acting roll as a professor.