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Sean Hughes (comedian)

Sean Hughes
Born John Hughes
(1965-11-10) 10 November 1965 (age 51)
London, England
Occupation Comedian, writer, actor

Sean Hughes (born John Hughes; 10 November 1965) is an English-born Irish stand-up comedian, writer and actor.

Hughes was born in London, but spent most of his youth in Firhouse, Dublin. He attended Coláiste Éanna in Ballyroan. In 1987 he began appearing at the Comedy Store, and with his show, A One Night Stand With Sean Hughes he won the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award.

He marked his 30th birthday with the Sean Hughes is Thirty Somehow tour, which was broadcast on Channel 4, in 1995. Hughes returned to stand-up, touring the UK and Australia in 2007 with his show, The Right Side of Wrong.

As well as comedy, he has also written collections of prose and poetry and worked on a number of films. He also presented weekend radio shows on the BBC's London radio station BBC GLR, and in 2002 joined BBC 6 Music, presenting the Sunday morning programme. He left the station a year after its launch, proclaiming it had turned into everything he had wanted it to be. He has also written two novels, The Detainees (1998) and It's What He Would Have Wanted (2000).

It has been reported that Hughes was a close friend of the late American comedian Bill Hicks, but Hughes has stated this is untrue and that he knew Hicks only slightly. Hughes wrote the foreword to Cynthia True's biography, American Scream. The Bill Hicks Story. Hughes wrote about Hicks, "being a genius is a heavy burden and he's the only one I'm ever likely to meet. I still miss you Bill."

Hughes had a small role in the 1991 film The Commitments, playing a record producer. In 1992 he had his own TV show, Sean's Show, ostensibly set in his own home. It received a nomination for the 1992 British Comedy Award for Best Channel 4 Sitcom. Series one of Sean's Show has been released on DVD by Channel 4. He later recorded a series of brief programmes called Sean's Shorts, in which he toured England, visiting many of the country's towns and cities, visiting local places of interest and meeting local people. He appeared in the film Snakes and ladders shot in Dublin, and released in 1996.


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