Dave Gorman

Dave Gorman
Gorman in February 2005
Born	David James Gorman (1971-03-02) 2 March 1971 (age 45) Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Occupation	Comedian, author, television presenter
Spouse(s)	Beth Gorman (m. 2010)
Children	1
Website	www.davegorman.com

David James "Dave" Gorman (born 2 March 1971) is an English comedian, author, and television presenter.

Gorman began his career writing for television comedy series, such as The Mrs Merton Show and The Fast Show. His stand-up shows also achieved acclaim, and he was nominated for a Perrier Award. Gorman became famous for his Are You Dave Gorman? stage show for the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the television version of which was broadcast as The Dave Gorman Collection in 2001 over several episodes.

Are You Dave Gorman? was followed by several other filmed stand-up shows, and his current television project Modern Life is Goodish, which has been broadcast since 2013 on the Dave channel. Gorman has also been a guest on other shows on Dave, such as Taskmaster and Go 8 Bit.

Gorman was born in Stafford. He studied mathematics at the University of Manchester but never graduated, dropping out after a year of study.

Before his solo successes, he was in demand as a writer, having co-written three series of The Mrs Merton Show, as well as writing for many other television series in the UK, including The Fast Show. In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. As a producer, Gorman contributed to two series featuring Jenny Eclair. He has also written for comedians Harry Hill and Steve Coogan.

Gorman's first one-man "documentary style" show was entitled Reasons to be Cheerful. Billed as "a ninety minute show based on a four minute pop song", it was based on the song "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" by Ian Dury and the Blockheads. The show examined the song's lyrics in detail, with a view to establishing whether or not each of the items listed in the song was really a reason to be cheerful. The visual aspect of the show was provided by each "reason" being illustrated by one of a collection of second-hand slides that he had accumulated for the show. The show was first performed at the 1998 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and toured theatres afterwards.