Mark L. Walberg

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Mark L. Walberg
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Walberg in 2013
Born
Mark Lewis Walberg

(1962-08-31) August 31, 1962 (age 59)
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
OccupationActor, television personality, game show host
Years active1990–present
Known forAntiques Roadshow, Market Warriors, The Moment of Truth
Spouse(s)Robbi Morgan (1987–present)
Children2

Mark Lewis Walberg (born August 31, 1962) is an American actor, television personality, and game show host best known for hosting Antiques Roadshow, Temptation Island, and the game shows Russian Roulette on GSN and The Moment of Truth on Fox.

Career[]

From September 1995 to May 1996, Walberg hosted his own American syndicated tabloid talk show, The Mark Walberg Show.

Walberg is on the board of directors of Goodwill Southern California and the board of managers of the Hollywood/Wilshire YMCA. He plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home Games for the Goodwill Industries of Southern California.

On the series finale episode (and also as an April Fools Day episode) on April 1, 2003, Walberg hosted Friend or Foe?.

He was slated to host a game show adaptation of the popular board game Trivial Pursuit: America Plays beginning in fall 2008. Although he hosted the pilot, he was unable to get out of his Fox contract and was replaced by Christopher Knight when the series debuted.[1]

In 2010, Walberg hosted a series on CMT titled Your Chance to Dance.[2]

Walberg is currently the host of two television shows. In 2006, he joined the long-running PBS series, Antiques Roadshow. The Game Plane, the first game show which is shot on an airplane in flight, debuted on Discovery Family channel in 2014.[3]

In 2011, he made a cameo on West Coast Report.[4] Walberg has also been a spokesperson for 23andMe.[5]

He is the current host of The Price Is Right Live! and Temptation Island.[6]

Filmography[]

Television[]

Acting[]

Year Title Role Notes
1997, 2000 Hang Time Chick Storm 2 episodes
2002 Son of the Beach Mark Walberg Episode: "Penetration Island"
2004 I Want to Marry Ryan Banks Stan Television film
2020 Sneakerheads Mark Wahlberg Episode: "The Match"

Hosting[]

Year Title Notes
1991–1994 Shop 'til You Drop Also announcer
1995–1996 The Mark Walberg Show 2 episodes
2001–2003 Temptation Island 28 episodes
2002 Pyramid Episode: "Pilot #1"
2002–2003 Russian Roulette 70 episodes
2002–2019 Antiques Roadshow 242 episodes
2003 Joe Millionaire Episode: "The Aftermath"
2003 Friend or Foe? Episode dated 1 April 2003
2003 Test the Nation Television special
2004 On the Cover 94 episodes
2004 Test the Nation 2 Co-host
2006 Three Card Poker National Championship Television special
2006 L.A. Holiday Celebration
2008 The Moment of Truth 22 episodes
2010 Your Chance to Dance 11 episodes
2012 Market Warriors 20 episodes
2013 Forever Young Episode: "Bridging the Gap/The Hunt"
2015 Afternoon Delight Live on Hollywood and Vine 3 episodes
2015–2018 Home & Family 3 episodes; guest host
2019–present Temptation Island 36 episodes

References[]

  1. ^ "Pursuing Trivia So I Can Be Smarter Than a 5th Grader" GameShowNewsNet. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  2. ^ "Your Chance to Dance". July 23, 2010 – via IMDb.
  3. ^ Thompson, Paul (September 22, 2014). "New Airborne Game Show Hits The Airwaves". Jalopnik. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  4. ^ "West Coast Report: The Intervention" August 23, 2011
  5. ^ "“Reinventing the way you look at ancestry” Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine October 5, 2016, GeneaBloggers. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  6. ^ "Mark L. Walberg: Temptation Island Host - USANetwork.com". USA Network. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

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