Dom Joly
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| Birth name | Dominic John Joly |
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15 November 1967 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Medium | Television, books, stand-up |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Genres | Character comedy, Improvisational comedy, Physical comedy |
| Notable works and roles |
Trigger Happy TV (2000–2001) Dom Joly's Happy Hour (2000–2001) Fool Britannia (2012-13) |
Dominic John Romulus Joly (/ˈdʒɒli/; born 15 November 1967), known as Dom Joly, is an English television comedian and journalist, best known as the star of Trigger Happy TV, a hidden camera show that was sold to over seventy countries worldwide.
Joly was born in Beirut, Lebanon to British parents and speaks French in addition to English. Joly was educated in the UK at two independent schools: The Dragon School in Oxford and Haileybury College in Hertfordshire, followed by the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
Joly claimed on British comedy panel show Would I Lie to You? that when he was in Lebanon, he attended the same school as Osama bin Laden (Brummana High School).
After being recruited to work as a producer on ITN's House to House, a political discussion programme on Channel 4, Joly went on to work for The Mark Thomas Comedy Product because of his political knowledge. He then created his own show for the Paramount Comedy Channel called War of the Flea. Discovering that working in comedy was both easier and more fun than his previous employment, Joly began to develop Trigger Happy TV which had a similar structure to War of the Flea.
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