Mark Read

Biography

Read grew up in a very musical family; his father Keith was in The Wild Angels, a rock 'n' roll band. His mother, Pam, played piano and drums as well as being a singer/songwriter. Read began playing piano at the age of 2 and eventually joined the family band on keyboards at the age of 11, where he would regularly perform in pubs, clubs and hotels across the country. He attended Auriol Junior School and then went on to Epsom and Ewell High School. At the age of 15, Read joined the Songtime Theatre Arts group, where he received training and gained experience in acting. He subsequently took lead roles in several of their productions, including Guys and Dolls and Aladdin. Between the ages of 15 and 18, Read – along with his parents' band – performed onboard several P&O and Princess cruise ships. These concerts led took him all around the world, including aboard the liner Canberra as part of the D-Day 50th Anniversary Fleet in 1994. In 2009, he performed A1's hit version of the A-ha song "Take on Me" at Saint Edmund's Catholic School in Dover, Kent And Also The Astor of Hever Community School in Maidstone, Kent

Most Famous Work

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The Big Reunion

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Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2013	Self	The Big Reunion 2013-01-31 TV Show
2000	Himself	A1 - In the Picture 2000-12-04 Movie
	Seg selv (A1)	Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced 2000-01-12 Movie
1988	Self	Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 1988-01-01 TV Show
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Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2000	Songs	A1 - In the Picture 2000-12-04 Movie
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