Dara Ó Briain
| Dara Ó Briain | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Ó Briain at the 2011 BAFTA awards.
|
|||
| Born |
4 February 1972 Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland |
||
| Medium | Stand-up, Television | ||
| Nationality | Irish | ||
| Years active | 1994–present | ||
| Genres | Observational comedy | ||
| Spouse | Susan (m. 2006) | ||
| Children | 2 | ||
| Notable works and roles |
Echo Island Don't Feed The Gondolas (1998–2000) The Panel (2003–06) Mock the Week (2005—) Turn Back Time (2006) The Apprentice: You're Fired! (2010–14) Stargazing Live (2011—) School of Hard Sums (2012—14) Dara Ó Briain's Science Club (2012—13) Dara & Ed's Big Adventure (2015) Robot Wars (2016) |
||
| Website | Official website | ||
|
|||
Dara Ó Briain (/ˌdɑːrə oʊˈbriən, ˌdærə-/; Irish pronunciation: [ˈd̪ˠaɾˠə oː ˈbʲɾʲiənʲ]; born 4 February 1972) is an Irish comedian and television presenter in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He is noted for hosting topical panel shows such as Mock the Week, The Panel, and The Apprentice: You're Fired!. His TV work also includes starring in and writing of television comedy and documentary series. Ó Briain has also been a newspaper columnist, with pieces published in national papers in both Britain and Ireland.
In 2009, the Irish Independent described Ó Briain as "Terry Wogan's heir apparent as Britain's 'favourite Irishman'" and in 2010, Ó Briain was voted the 16th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.
Ó Briain was born in 1972 in Bray, County Wicklow, and attended Coláiste Eoin secondary school, a Gaelcholáiste (Irish-speaking medium school) on Dublin's southside. He attended University College Dublin (UCD), where he studied mathematics and theoretical physics. In 2008, he remarked: "I haven't written it into my act, but it occasionally comes through. I could come on with a chalkboard and say: 'Now you're all going to pay attention.'"
...
Wikipedia