- Paul Tylak
Paul Tylak is an Irish writer, actor and comedian. [ [http://www.tribune.ie/article.tvt?_scope=TribuneFTF&id=73795&SUBCAT=&SUBCATNAME=&DT=02/04/2006%2000:00:00&keywords=%22paul%20tylak%22&FC= Friends For Life – Joe Rooney and Paul Tylak] "
Sunday Tribune ", 2 April 2006 ]Writing career
Television
Like many Irish comedians of his generation, Paul Tylak got his first TV break on Nighthawks, a late night
RTE arts, media, chat show in 1989, 1990 and 1991."Stew" is an Irish comedy sketch series, shown on
RTE in 2004 and 2005. Tylak andPaul Woodfull wrote and performed in it. It won Best Entertainment Series at the Irish Film and Television Awards in 2005 and at the Celtic Film & Television Festival in 2006. [Review of "Stew", "Village Magazine", 22 December 2005] [ [http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2004/10/10/story188472832.asp Review of "Stew"] Emmanuel Kehoe, "Sunday Business Post ", Oct 10 2004]Tylak and Woodfull also contributed to "This Is Ireland", a comedy sketch series about Ireland made for the BBC in 2004. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/t/thisisireland_999040319.shtml Review of "This is Ireland"] Mark Lewisohn, "
BBC Guide to Comedy", 2004]Radio
Tylak wrote and co-starred in two radio shows, "Hi, We're the Nualas" on
RTE , and "The O'Show" onBBC .Performing career
Television
In 2004-2005, Tylak played various characters in "Stew", the
RTE comedy sketch series which he wrote withPaul Woodfull .In 2001, he appeared in the
RTE soap opera "Fair City ", playing Ashti, a Kurdish refugee. As Tylak's father is Sri Lankan and his mother is Irish, he saw the role as an opportunity to challenge racial prejudices in Ireland. [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20010422/ai_n14526537 I hope my Fair City Character will Open People's Minds] Deirdre O'Donovan, "Sunday Mirror ", 22 April 2001]In 1997, he appeared with
Joe Rooney in "Messrs Tylak and Rooney", a twelve-episode TV3 comedy travel series.Stage
Tylak is a stand-up comedian, and appears with the Dublin Comedy Improv Group. [ [http://www.dublinks.com/index.cfm/loc/15/pt/0/spid/EE907013-368E-4327-A03D081771E9AFCE.htm Review of Dublin Comedy Improv] Dublinks.Com, May 2006] In 2003 he appeared in the play Hurl, written by Charlie O'Neill. [ [http://www.irishplayography.com/search/play.asp?play_id=1093 "Hurl" at Irish Playography.Com] ] [ [http://www.rte.ie/arts/2003/1002/Hurl.html Review of "Hurl"] Linda McGee,
RTE , 2 October 2003]References
External links
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=108320898 Dublin Comedy Improv Profile at MySpace]
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