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Mark Anthony DiBello (born December 18, 1960 [1]), in Glens Falls, New York, is the first born son of Anthony Francis DiBello (1932-2024 [2][3]) and Dorothy Leona Burek (1936-1982 [4][5]), who married on April 11, 1959.[6] Mark Anthony is a show business personality [7] and a creator, writer, producer, director, manager, host, impersonator, dancer, comedian, contestant, actor, and model.  Mark DiBello is sometimes known as "The Minister of Reality TV." As a sports analyst, he is known as a "Master Strategist" [8] and "The Gambler." [9] DiBello played multiple sports in high school and college.  He is also a minister and preacher.

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony DiBello marry in Albany, New York; April 11, 1959.
Mark and his mom pose for dad at their home for one one of his many ventures.

Mark Anthony DiBello [10] began his show business and sports career at age 8, modeling in print advertisements and winning his first ​Punt, Pass and Kick ​​competition.

In the 1970's, as a teenager, Mark DiBello honed his gifted sports skills. He dedicated himself to sport as a New York All-State football player (7th team) and 4-sport (Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track and Field) athlete. He developed pro football and baseball potential at Hudson Valley Community College ​before concentrating on football with the NCAA National Champion University of Miami Hurricanes. [11] [12] He played semi-pro football with the Albany Metro-Mallers before suffering a hamstring injury, in a ​​Quarterback tryout, for the Anaheim Piranhas of the Arena Football League.

In the 1980's, as a young adult, DiBello did runway and casual modeling along with print work. He focused on acting, appearing in commercials for Molson, Seagram's, Nike, Quaker and others. In the off-season, a self-represented Mark garnered himself gigs traveling the United States as a product spokesperson; hosting a wide-range of special events; and his own cable-access game show, The Restaurant Game Show. Athletically, Mark organized, ran and played recreational basketball in the East Greenbush Men’s Summer Basketball League.

Mark Anthony DiBello poses during an Albany, New York modeling shoot.

Upon graduation from “The U,” with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications and Drama; Mark continued acting by regularly appearing, as an extra, on the television series Miami Vice [13] (starring Don Johnson). Mark's sense of humor landed him jobs emceeing the renowned Spring break events of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Simultaneously, he appeared in vast “Sexiest Man” and “Best Body” contests. Behind the scenes, Mark did production assistant and public relations work on Miami Vice and Florida-based films like: The Revenge of the Nerds II. Apart from show business, Mark was involved in most aspects of (his father, Anthony's) DiBello Publishing Company Inc., which included the publicly held, Hospital Newspapers Group.[14]

The 1990's began with performances at select Florida stand-up comedy venues. As well, Mark Anthony performed live and in an array of videos as a Chippendales-type dancer. As an offshoot of the staged shows, Mark Anthony created an impersonation show of Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler (replete with lip-synching, choreography, and wardrobe).  

In the later half of the decade, Mark Anthony scored big with enlightening appearances on Wheel of Fortune [15] [16] (Host: Pat Sajak) and The Price is Right [17] (Host: Bob Barker) miraculously winning cars on both. In conjunction, he has produced and hosted televised and theatrical segments for a “contestant search ministry” called TV Trips [18][19] and Reality TV Contestants [20]; featured on NBC [21], ABC [22], CBS [23], National Enquirer TV [24] and EXTRA [25]. This ministry has netted financial and promotional help for renowned national and international churches and charities.

As the millennium began, in 2000, with the onslaught of Reality television shows; Mark Anthony's featured past appearances on the talk shows Geraldo [26][27] (Host: Geraldo Rivera), The Bertice Berry Show [28] (Host: Bertice Berry), The Gordon Elliott Show (Host: Gordon Elliott), and later appearances on Moral Court [28] (Host: Larry Elder), Blind Date,[29] Blind Date All-Stars [30] (Host: Roger Lodge), Style Court, [31][31] Judge David Young, 1 vs. 100 [32] (Host: Bob Saget), The Big Match [33] (Host: Cat Deeley), The Tyra Banks Show [34][35] (Host: Tyra Banks), Wipeout [36], Reality-Obsessed, La La Land [37][38] (Featuring Marc Wootton), Divorce Court-Before the Vows [39] (Host: Lynn Toler), and the stage show The Price is Right Live in Atlantic City [40] (Host: David Ruprecht) and Las Vegas, managing to win in both cities, and combined his comedic improvisational skills with his charismatic and inspirational mission. It also presented him the opportunity to cast and co-produce segments of some of the telecasts.

Back in sports, years before the release of the movie Moneyball; DiBello created his revolutionary analytical data product and consultation service as a Master Strategist for the National Football League, and major sports, with his “NFL-ESP (Extended Strategic Principles)" program;[8] and was credited with offering invaluable and priceless ”power spread” and strategic insights to the 2-time Canadian Football League Grey Cup Champion Montreal Alouettes for Head Coach Marc Trestman in 2009 and 2010.[41][42]

In the following decade, 2010, following the formation of his non-profit, DiBello Production Company Incorporated, and after being blacklisted from reality television and blackballed from sports; DiBello appeared as “The Minister of Reality TV” on Face the Truth [43] (Host: Vivica A. Fox) and soon after on multiple tapings of the Dr. Phil Show [44] [45] (Host: Phil McGraw); and a second appearance on Divorce Court [46][47] (Host: Faith Jenkins).

Additionally, DiBello's ESP program and system helped the Toronto Argonauts become 2017 CFL Grey Cup Champions and the Denver Broncos win Super Bowl 50. He would later offer analytical data to the Chicago Bears. [48] [49]

This decade, 2020, DiBello continued making a multitude of appearances on news outlets following his earlier prophesy and longshot prediction of the presidential victory of President Donald J. Trump.[50]

Early Life

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Ralph and Josephine, paternal grandparents
Mark and his dad after a formal shoot

Anthony Francis DiBello, born (November 28, 1932) in Mechanicville, New York, the youngest of six children, to Italian immigrant parents was a radio station manager, promoter (working and interacting with stars like Johnny Mathis, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and The Beatles [51]), publisher, and entrepreneur.  His wife, Dorothy Burek DiBello, born (February 11, 1936) in Rensselaer, New York, the second youngest of twelve children, to Polish immigrant parents, worked for the phone company and her husband before becoming a homemaker.  

Mark Anthony DiBello, in the Italian tradition, is named for his father's eldest brother, Mark John DiBello, and his father; and is the eldest of eight children.  

DiBello's autobiographical book, "Lots of Promise," [52] [53] [54] documents his early years.

Education

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DiBello attended Columbia High School in East Greenbush, New York; Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York; and The University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

Entertainment

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DiBello has also scribed the movie "Father Joe" (another self-adaptation from a poetic ode).[55] In addition, he is a personality and performer on Cameo. [56] He also appears in an unknown role on Beast Games [57] (Host: Jimmy Donaldson) featured on YouTube and Amazon Prime Video.

ESP (Extended Strategic Principles)

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DiBello has developed the unscripted programs: "The Gambler," [9] "The Sport of Kings” [58] and "A Day at the Races." [58]  He continues his work as a “racehorse whisperer” / strategist with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.  In addition, in 2022, as a part-time professional poker player, [59] DiBello, [60] (AKA: ".TheGambler.") [61] [62] won a prized World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. [63] [64]

He is also an accredited media member. [65] [66]

Entrepreneurial

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DiBello formerly developed a marketing plan for ServiceMaster [67] one of the top cleaning companies in the world, which also involved his working with NASCAR. [68] He continues to create and produce an array of business concepts and products.

Evangelization

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DiBello has written a self-published novel entitled ​​​The Archangel [69][70][71] and screenplay he hopes to become a big-budget, epic feature film. [72][73]

He is continuing his ministerial mission to rescue and save the Animal Kingdom, athletes and the homeless [74] [75] [76] [77] called: "TLC-70." [78] He also ministers to men and women within his marriage ministry: "A Match Made in Heaven." [79] Furthermore, he is an advocate against drinking alcohol and drugs and drunk and impaired driving. [80]

As well, in memory of his father, Mark Anthony founded The Perspecticide of "Popsicle" Foundation (P.O.P) to help those who suffer from abuse. [81] He also preaches through his church, The Universal Church of Angels, Life and God. [82] 

Mark Anthony DiBello, in America, from around the end of the 20th century.

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