Michael Redmond (comedian)

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Michael Redmond (born October 1950) [1] is an Irish stand-up comedian from Blackrock, Dublin. [2] He has a deadpan style of delivery and has been described as the "possessor of comedy's most mournful moustache". [3] He is best known for playing Father Stone in the Father Ted episode "Entertaining Father Stone". [4] [5]

Redmond began his career as a writer for Irish radio and television, before moving to London and launching a successful stand-up career in 1987. [4] His live show Eamon, Older Brother of Jesus was adapted for a BBC Radio 4 series, but scrapped on the decision of the station's new Scottish Catholic controller. [5] Parts of the series were subsequently broadcast on Alan Davies' BBC Radio 1 show. [5] After his work on Father Ted, he continued to appear in projects as diverse as Brass Eye , [5] and Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle , and is a regular participant at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Redmond played another priest in the film Voodoophone. [5]

He also plays Bishop Briggs in Radio 4's Fags, Mags and Bags .

References

  1. ↑ "My health: Michael Redmond", Glasgow Herald , 7 June 2010, retrieved 2010-11-23
  2. ↑ "Time and Place: Michael Redmond". The Times . Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Dixon, Stephen (1999) Gift of the Gag: The Explosion in Irish Comedy, Blackstaff Press Ltd, ISBN   978-0-85640-658-4, p. 83
  4. 1 2 "Michael Redmond", chortle.co.uk, retrieved 2010-11-23
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Richardson, Jay (2010) "Fr Stone speaks", Irish Times , 16 August 2010, retrieved 2010-11-23


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