Dan Tiernan

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Dan Tiernan (born 1996 [1] ) is a British stand-up comedian and actor. [2] In 2022, he was named "British Comedian of the Year", and won the BBC New Comedy Award. [3] [4] [5]

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Career

Born in Stockport, [6] Tiernan took a comedy course at age 21. [1]

He won The Frog and Bucket comedy club's "Beat the Frog" new stand-up competition in 2020. [7] In 2021, he was a finalist in the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year at the Leicester Comedy Festival. [8] In September 2023, he portrayed Logan Padmore in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors . [9]

In 2023, Tiernan performed his debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, "Going Under", to positive reviews. [10]

Personal life

Tiernan is neurodivergent and dyspraxic. [1] [11] He is gay. [12] He has a younger sister. [1]

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