Jason Byrne
Acting
Biography
Jason Byrne is an Irish comedian and radio host. He is well known for improvisation and his typically unscripted live shows, which often involve audience participation. In August 2008, he made his twelfth Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Born: February 25, 1972
Place of Birth: Ballinteer, Ireland
Known For
Jason Byrne: Out of the Box
For the first time ever on DVD Jason Byrne, one of the hottest comics around, brings his Out of the Box Tour 2006 live into your living room. Filmed at Dublin's world famous Vicar Street during his sell out European tour, Jason's inspired, original brand of high energy lunacy takes his audience on the ride of their lives. His fast and unpredictable style, fused with an array of offbeat props makes this a helter-skelter show.
Father Ted
A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.
The Graham Norton Show
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
Spicks and Specks
Adam Hills, one of Australia's favourite comedians and winner of Edinburgh's Best of the Fest award, is joined by two team captains, comedian and actor Alan Brough and radio breakfast announcer Myf Warhurst, as well as brave personalities who enjoy having long forgotten embarrassing stories laughed about on national television. Two teams go head to head as they sing, shout and delve deep into the recesses of their collective minds to help earn their team an extremely inglorious victory.
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.
Jason Byrne is... The Ironic Bionic Man
Jason Byrne, half man, half natural disaster. Over the course of his accident-prone life Jason has been rebuilt from the ground up. Bits removed, metal pins, new knee, and an eye that’s been treated, over the years, by the medical profession like a game of Pong. This all culminated last year with heart surgery, twice! He enjoyed it so much he went back for more. Join the most gifted live comedian on the planet as he invites you to laugh at his misfortune. If he tried to say Schadenfreude, he’d probably dislocate his tongue.
Virtually Famous
Virtually Famous was a British comedy panel game show with games based upon social media posts and videos.
The General
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
Celebrity Juice
The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head in a series of hilarious rounds unlike any other panel show.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
Filmography
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as Pat The Gardener
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as Cork Man 2
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