Jason Byrne (comedian)

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Jason Byrne
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Byrne performing in So You Think You're Funny in 2008
Born (1972-02-25) 25 February 1972 (age 53)
Dublin, Ireland
Medium Television, stand-up
Nationality Irish
Years active1995–present
Genres Observational comedy, surreal humour, insult comedy
Spouse
Brenda Byrne
(m. 2004;div. 2018)
Children2
Notable works and roles Father Ted
Live at the Apollo
Alice in Wonderland
Website Official website

Jason Byrne (born 25 February 1972) is an Irish stand-up comedian.

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In August 2008, he made his twelfth Edinburgh Festival Fringe appearance. Byrne previously presented a mid-morning radio show on Phantom FM as well as a comedy chat show The Jason Byrne Show featuring P. J. Gallagher, [1] and a comedy panel show called The Byrne Ultimatum on RTÉ Two. He created and starred in a radio show also called The Jason Byrne Show from 2010 to 2012 on BBC Radio 2. [2] The second series was awarded a Gold Sony Radio Award for Best Comedy.

In 2018, he published The Accidental Adventures of Onion O'Brien, a series of books about a young boy growing up in Ireland who has constant bad luck. The book is based on Byrne's childhood.

Personal life

Byrne was born on 25 February 1972 in Dublin, in the suburb of Ballinteer. Byrne was married to Brenda from 2004 until 2018 and has two children.

Awards and nominations

Stand-up shows

Filmography

Television

Film

Radio

Stand-up DVDs

References

  1. 1 2 "Funny to Byrne". Irish Independent . 24 November 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "'The Jason Byrne Show' Episode Guide". BBC.co.uk .
  3. "Cirque Du Byrne". Edfringe. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  4. Shows | Stellify Media Archived 6 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved on May 30, 2018