Patrick Monahan
Patrick Monahan was born in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran on June 23rd, 1976 and is the Comedian. At the age of 47, Patrick Monahan 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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Patrick Monahan (born 23 June 1976) is an Irish-Iranian comedian who appeared on television shows Take the Mike in 2001 and Show Me the Funny in 2011.
He has appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe regularly. Monahan also holds the world record for "Longest Hug" at 25 hours and 25 minutes, with fellow comedian Bob Slayer.
At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013, they set a new record.
Career
Monahan is a comedy festival regular and has performed solo shows in a number of cities including Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester, and also at most major venues throughout the UK. He has also performed across the globe in countries including Dubai, Luxembourg and Germany.
He has done shows which refer to the occasional racism he encountered growing up in Middlesbrough.
During the Edinburgh Festival Fringe he has performed at the Gilded Balloon, including in August 2015 with his show The Disco Years. Also at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe, he debuted a play which he wrote and in which he also performed.
Monahan's humour relies heavily on audience interaction and an animated story-telling style that draws on his own experiences. He is known within comedy circles to "ignore the light", meaning he will eat into other comic's time or cause overall delays to the program.
In August 2011, Monahan won the ITV stand-up comedy contest Show Me the Funny. Shortly after winning, he performed on The Comedy Annual, a one-off programme celebrating the year in comedy.
On 10 March 2012, he participated in the BBC One programme Let's Dance for Sport Relief. He danced to "Only Girl (In the World)" by Rihanna, but was eliminated by the public vote and did not go on to perform in the final the following week.
In January 2014, Monahan participated in the second series of the ITV celebrity diving show Splash!. His first appearance on the show was in the third heat, which aired live on 18 January 2014. Despite coming 2nd out of 5 contestants, he was the first celebrity diver to be eliminated in Heat 3. Also was the only celebrity to dive from the 10 metres board in his heat.
Patrick Monahan Live was his Show Me The Funny winner's DVD. It was released on 28 November 2011 by 2 Entertain and produced by Big Talk Productions.