Brendan O'Carroll
| Brendan O'Carroll | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 September 1955 Finglas, Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation |
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| Years active | 1991–present |
| Known for | Agnes Brown in Mrs. Brown's Boys |
| Net worth |
 £10 million (2013) |
| Spouse(s) |
Doreen Dowdall (m. 1977; div. 1999) Jennifer Gibney (m. 2005) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Gerard O'Carroll Maureen McHugh |
Brendan O'Carroll (born 17 September 1955) is an Irish writer, producer, comedian, actor, and director, best known for portraying foul-mouthed matriarch Agnes Brown in the BBC television sitcom, Mrs. Brown's Boys.
The youngest of 11 children, O'Carroll was born in Finglas, Dublin. His mother, Maureen, was a Labour Party TD and his father, Gerard O'Carroll, was a carpenter. He died in 1962 when O'Carroll was seven, and Brendan's mother raised their eleven children with little money. He attended Saint Gabriel's National School and left at the age of 12. He had a string of occupations which included being a waiter, and milkman.
Having become well known as a comedy guest on The Late Late Show, O'Carroll released four stand-up videos, titled How's your Raspberry Ripple, How's your Jolly Roger, How's your Snowballs and How's your Wibbly Wobbly Wonder.
O'Carroll wrote the screenplay to Sparrow's Trap, a boxing movie.
The film, which had Stephen Rea cast in the lead role, ran into financing difficulties midway through the shoot when the distributor withdrew and it was abandoned. Incurring debts of over €1 million, O'Carroll became bankrupt and the film has never been produced.
O'Carroll presented a quiz on RTÉ One with long term collaborator Gerry Browne.
In 1992, O'Carroll performed a short radio play titled Mrs. Browne's Boys and shortly afterwards he wrote four books titled The Mammy, The Granny, The Chisellers and The Scrapper. In 1999, a movie named Agnes Browne, starring Anjelica Huston, was released, based on his book "The Mammy". O'Carroll also co-wrote the screenplay. He then decided to put together his own family theatre company, Mrs. Browne's Boys, and dressed up as a woman to play his part, as the actress he had originally hired failed to turn up.
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