Ed Byrne

Comedian

Ed Byrne was born in Swords, Leinster, Ireland on April 16th, 1972 and is the Comedian. At the age of 52, Ed Byrne biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
April 16, 1972
Nationality
Ireland
Place of Birth
Swords, Leinster, Ireland
Age
52 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Networth
$6 Million
Profession
Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter, Television Actor
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Claire Walker (m. 2008)
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Ed Byrne Life

Edward Cathal Byrne (born 16 April 1972) is an Irish stand-up comedian, voice over artist, and actor.

He has presented television shows Uncut!

And is a participant in television panel games. Best Unseen Ads and Just for Laughs.

In the 2000 ITV adaptation of the pantomime Aladdin, he played the title character as an actor.

Early life

Byrne was born on 16 April 1972 in Swords, County Dublin, Ireland, to Jill and Eddie Byrne, the third of four children.

Personal life

Stephen, Byrne's older brother, was the funniest member of the family as a child. Paul, his younger brother, was a comedy director, and he had been attending the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for many years.

Claire Walker, a theatre critic, married Byrne in 2008. The couple live in Essex and have two sons, the elder called Cosmo and the younger named Magnus. Dara Briain, a fellow comedian, was the best man at his wedding, returning the favour after Byrne was previously voted Briain's best man in 2006.

Byrne revealed on Twitter that his younger brother Paul had died on February 12th, 2022. Trish is his older sister.

Byrne is both an atheist and a patron of Humanists in the United Kingdom.

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Ed Byrne Career

Career

He was made entertainments convener at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, dedeciding to study horticulture. In the basement of Glasgow's 13th Note public house on Glassford Street, Byrne began The Comedy Cellar. Byrne appeared on the roster for the first night alongside Armando Iannucci's brother David. Ford Kiernan, Phil Kay, Greg Hemphill, Alan Francis, and Alan Tyler were among the acts booked over the next few months. He quit studying and moved to London after a few months. Ford Kiernan and J.P. Leach were later scheduled to appear at The Comedy Cellar.

Byrne was nominated for the prestigious Perpetu Comedy Award at the 1998 Edinburgh Festival Fringe after putting together his act on observational comedy.

He toured the UK in 2006, filming Pedantic and Whimsical, which was largely a "greatest hits" collection of his material to date. He has appeared in Father Ted and performed voice-over in Carphone Warehouse advertisements. Byrne appeared on a Comedian special edition of Weakest Link in February 2007. Byrne has appeared at eight sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and four sell-out UK tours. He has also achieved great success on the international stage, where he has appeared to full audiences in Canada, France, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.

He's since received a slew of major television credits, including five in the United States on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC). Byrne made his debut at the Newbury Comedy Festival in July 2007, having appeared in the Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in Kilkenny just before. On March 23, 2009, he produced a live DVD Different Class at the King's Theatre, Glasgow, which was released on September 23rd of that year.

Byrne, along with 54 other public figures, signed an open letter released in The Guardian on September 15 opposing Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the United Kingdom.

Byrne appeared on BBC stand-up comedy show Mock the Week as the most common guest panelist, having appeared on 73 episodes as of October 2022.

The first television appearances of Byrne included the ITV series The Big Big Talent Show and Blind Date. In the episode "A Christmassy Ted," he appeared in Father Ted and two other priests on a phone chat line. Uncut is the first show on television byrne. And he's a regular participant on The Panel, HeadJam, Mock the Week, and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. He has appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blankety Blanket, Have I Got News for You, The Unbelievable Truth, Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment, and We Need Answers. He has also appeared on The Graham Norton Show six times.

On the MSN Video Channel, Byrne addresses several of his pet dislikes, including occasional smokers and his girlfriend's snoring. Byrne appeared on the second half of the BBC2 series Three Men Go to Scotland on December 30, 2010 while Thomasthitching a ride to reach the Cuillin mountains on Skye for his Munro bagging attempt – scaling every mountain in Scotland over 3,000 feet (910 meters). Byrne appeared on All Star Family Fortunes on March 31, 2012.

Byrne appeared on The One Show on July 5, 2012. During Volcano Live from 9 to 12 July, Byrne presented segments. On the 30th of November 2013, he appeared on a celebrity version of The Chase, where he made a record for the program. Dara and Ed's Big Adventure, a 2015 three-part fly-on-the-wall television series, was followed by Byrne and Briain (fellow Irish comedian and best friend) as they traveled down the Pan-American Highway.

Byrne, a contestant on BBC's episode 4 of The Great Comic Relief Bake Off, was a winner of the Technical Challenge with his lemon meringue pie. On BBC Two, he hosted episode 4 of The Great Sport Relief Bake Off in January 2014.

He appeared on BBC's Celebrity Best Home Cook in January and February 2021. "I cover them in a dry rub that I've been perfecting by trial and error for years, then hurl them into a barrel smoker for about ten hours, spraying them with apple juice and cider to keep them moist," Byrne said. Byrne was dubbed "a solid participant" and was chosen as one of the judges' favorites in episode two. In episode five, he was eliminated, as well as Karim Zeroual.

In the 2000 ITV adaptation of the pantomime Aladdin, Byrne played the title role and appeared in a small role in the 2000 comedy film Rat. Byrne, the main character in an RTÉ-produced sitcom called The Cassidys, appeared in 2001. After one series, it was cancelled.

Zemanovaload, 2005, he appeared in the film. The film is about John Davies (played by Byrne) who suffers from various obsessive compulsive disorders. When his current model girlfriends leave him, he decides to replace her with Czech model Veronika Zemanová. Veronika is a filmmaker who explores his attempts to curb his old obsessions in order to satisfy his new obsession.

Byrne appeared in Are You Ready For Love, a comedy film set in London, in which he received an Angel award at the Monaco Film Festival as the best supporting actor.

In the British film version of Tony Hawks' book Round Ireland with a Fridge, played by Byrne, the Irish radio presenter Dylan Dale appears.

Byrne appeared in BBC television pilot Reunited in 2010.

Since 2011, Byrne has written a column for the hillwalking publication TGO in which he enjoys a new outdoor sport every month in the company of a consultant. He also had a column in the Metro newspaper until January 2012.

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In MY LIFE IN DRINKS, comedian Milton Jones reveals the mystery of his grandfather's vodka and starts getting drunk from ice lollies

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 23, 2024
When I was a child, Quosh was my go-to-goal drink. It was similar to squash but it was also cheaper, if you can imagine it. It was some sort of orange and lemon concoction, and it's all I would drink at home from about six o'clock onwards.
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