Carl Donnelly | |
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Birth name | Carl Donnelly |
Born | Tooting, London, England [1] | 13 January 1982
Medium | Stand-up, radio, podcast |
Years active | 2004–present |
Genres | Observational |
Website | carldonnelly |
Carl Donnelly (born 13 January 1982 in Tooting, south London) is an English stand-up, dancer, comedian, and writer. He has performed 11 solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival, being nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards twice - once for best newcomer, and once for best show. He became a vegan in 2013, and has since become an ambassador for Veganuary. [2] He has talked about being vegan extensively in his act.
Donnelly has appeared on radio in BBC Radio 4's 28 Acts in 28 Minutes , LBC's Comedy Cabaret, Fighting Talk on BBC Radio 5 Live and Tim Shaw's The Asylum on Kerrang! Radio. He has appeared on TV in Mock the Week, Russell Howard's Good News, Stand Up Central, and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. [3]
Donnelly hosted The Carl Donnelly And Chris Martin Comedy Podcast alongside comedian Chris Martin from 2008 to 2018. [4] It was featured in a Guardian list of the top 10 comedy podcasts in 2010. [5] They also hosted a spin-off, Babysitting Trevor, along with Trevor Cook.[ citation needed ]
In 2020, he started hosting The Keith Cheggars Podcast, about his upcoming child with his then pregnant wife, Hannah Norris. [6] He also started a podcast where he drank coffee and had a chat, called A Comedian Called Carl Drinking Coffee. [7]
Carl now co-hosts TVI with Carl Donnelly and Julian Deane.[ citation needed ]
Carl was previously married in his 20s, writing about his divorce in his act. [8] He is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur football club. He has since remarried, with his 2nd wife, Hannah Norris, giving birth to their child in 2020.[ citation needed ]
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