Mark DeCarlo Biography

Fast Facts

• Has served as a speaker for the Children's Hospital in Macon, Ga․ and the American Liver Foundation
• Attended renowned, college-preparatory high school Benet Academy in Chicago before moving to California to attend UCLA
• Founded the six-member sketch group The Frayed Knots!, directing and performing with the group before getting hired by The Second City as a founding member of the group's West Coast sketch company
• Best known as the host of comedy segments on ABC's "Windy City LIVE" and as the voice of Hugh Neutron in "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius․"
• Hired as in-demand keynote speaker and comedic host for corporate clients at many Fortune 500 Companies
• While touring his best selling new book, "A Fork on the Road: 400 Cities, 1 Stomach," he performed food demos and comedy shows and hosted multiple travel, music, and food festivals
• A broke college student, DeCarlo became a contestant on the game show "Sale of the Century" and won over $115,000 after competing in 11 shows until his opponent missed a question during the tiebreaker, leaving him as the All-Time Champion
• Continues to perform with his blues rock band Old Blues Eyes