Rhod Gilbert
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| Birth name | Rhodri Paul Gilbert |
| Born |
18 October 1968 Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, Radio |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, Deadpan |
| Subject(s) | Everyday life |
| Spouse | Sian Harries (m. 2013) |
| Notable works and roles |
Never Mind the Buzzcocks Walk on the Wild Side Live at the Apollo Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience |
| Website | rhodgilbertcomedian |
Rhodri "Rhod" Paul Gilbert (born 18 October 1968) is a Welsh comedian who was nominated in 2005 for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In 2008, he was nominated for the main if.comedy award (as the Edinburgh Comedy Awards were then branded).
Gilbert appears on television and radio panel shows, has performed stand-up on the Royal Variety Performance, and hosts a weekly show on BBC Radio Wales.
On 29 September 2014, Gilbert started presenting the BBC Two panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks, ending a run of five series without a permanent host. However, the show was axed by the BBC in May 2015.
Gilbert was born in Carmarthen, Wales, one of three siblings to two teacher parents, and studied languages at Exeter University. For the first three weeks, such was his painful shyness that Gilbert was unable to eat with other students in the canteen or even make friends with the student in the next room.
After graduating, Gilbert travelled for a year and a half around Australia and Asia before returning to Carmarthen and working as an admin assistant for the Welsh Office. Gilbert later worked as a qualitative researcher for several market research agencies in London.
Gilbert married his long-term girlfriend, writer and comedian Sian Harries, in August 2013. They split their time between London and Wales.
Gilbert got into professional comedy in 2002, after taking part in the Amused Moose Stand Up and Deliver course, but only "thanks to a girlfriend’s constant nagging". Within 18 months, Gilbert had already won several different talent competitions and was nominated for the Perrier Newcomer award for his first solo show in 2005 at Edinburgh Fringe entitled 1984. He has since performed worldwide.
Many of Gilbert's stories are drawn from real life events, and his life in the wholly fictionalised village of Llanbobl. In 2008, Gilbert wrote a sitcom about life in Llanbobl, which featured on BBC Radio 2.
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