![]() ![]() He also wrote & starred in the 2002 independent film, Mother Ghost, and briefly appeared as a love interest (coincidentally named Brian) of Reba McEntire's character on three episodes in the 2002-2003 season of the Reba television show. Thompson has also appeared in several motion pictures, notably Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (the 1993 ninth installment in the Friday the 13th series) and The Princess Diaries (2001). In 1991-92, he and Phelps hosted a short-lived NBC TV series, The Adventures of Mark & Brian, based on their radio show. The popularity of The Mark & Brian Show gave Thompson several opportunities to branch out into other entertainment media. He and Brian both garnered a 1991 National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Award as "Air Personalities of the Year." Thompson plays drums and is a huge Elvis Presley fan. Thompson's wife, Lynda, their three children (Matthew, Amy and Katie), his nephew David, and his niece Nina are well-known among regular listeners of the program. The next year the duo moved their show to KLOS-FM in Los Angeles, where they remained until the show's end in 2012. He has been honoured with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio and considered one of America’s all time favourite radio personalities.After attending the University of North Alabama, Thompson worked as a disc jockey at several stations in the southern United States (including WHHY AM 1440 in Montgomery, Alabama) before meeting his partner Brian Phelps in Birmingham, Alabama in 1986. He won the National Association of Broadcasting Marconi Award as Air Personality of the Year and an Emmy award for hosting ‘The Andy Griffith Christmas Special’ for Fox TV. His last radio show ‘Mark in the Morning’ features his daughter, Katie Thompson. He has co-hosted the Pro Football Slam podcast and the ‘Cool Stories in Music’ podcast. Thompson and his wife started their own show called ‘The Mark & Lynda Podcast’ that deals with family relationship issues. He also wrote the script for ‘2:13’ and ‘Mother Ghost’. ![]() Mark has acted in the movies ‘The Princess Diaries’, ‘Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday’ and ‘Rocky V’. He has appeared in television serials ‘Reba’, ‘Wings’, and ‘Dharma and Greg’. Mark is also an occasional actor and screenwriter. The duo also hosted the series called ‘The Adventures of Mark & Brian’ on NBC TV. Mark Thompson is a well-known American radio personality who became famous with Brian Phelps for their morning show ‘Mark and Brian’, which ran for twenty-five years till 2012. ![]()
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