Career
Born in Manchester, [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 2022, he performed on Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza (Series 1) [9] . Dan then went on to compete in and win BBC New Comedy Award 2022 [10] and the British Comedian Of The Year 2022. [11]
In September 2023, he portrayed Logan Padmore in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors [12] , Comedy Central Live - Series 2 [13] and The Stand Up Sketch Show - Series 5 over multiple episodes. [14] [15] [16]
In 2023, Tiernan performed his debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, "Going Under", to positive reviews. [17] Receiving a nominations for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Comedy Award 2023 [18] and winning Best Newcomer at the ISH Comedy Awards 2023. [19]
In April 2024, he was a guest on the Underground and Underwater episode of QI [20] , in July 2024, he was a guest on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and in August 2024 he was a guest on The Last Leg [21] The Last Leg In Paris.
In December 2024, Tiernan performed on Live at the Apollo. [22]
In 2025, Tiernan took the show "All In" to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to positive reviews and receiving the nomination for Best Show at Edinburgh Comedy Award 2025 [23] . While at the Fringe he also perfomed at Fern Brady Presents: Comedy At The Fringe [24] and Channel 4's A Comedy Thing LIVE! [25]
Outside of the Fringe, in 2025, Tiernan has starred in Channel 4's A Comedy Thing [26] , performing in Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping and judging on BBC New Comedy Awards 2025. [27]
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