- Andrew Maxwell
Andrew Maxwell (born 1974) is an Irish
stand-up comedian raised inDublin , Ireland. He was raised inKilbarrack in the Northside of Dublin. He has two children.Early career
In 1992, at age 18, Maxwell tried
stand-up comedy for the first time at a local club run byArdal O'Hanlon . Two years later he began to play on the international stand up circuit. Warm up slots on the TV showsJonathan Ross ,Johnny Vaughan , and "They Think Its All Over" soon followed. From 1995, he made regular appearances onBBC Two 's Sunday Show, which was transmitted live from Manchester.Current career
Recent credits for Maxwell include "" as the USA correspondent interviewing the likes of
Sandra Bullock ,Val Kilmer , andJodie Foster ; and a regular guest slot on Dara Ó Briain's current affairs show "The Panel" now showing on Ireland's RTÉ 2.He appeared on the newly revived "Secret Policeman's Ball" (2006). He has also appeared on the TV show, "
Never Mind the Buzzcocks ". He was voted the "King of Comedy" on theChannel 4 reality TV show of the same name. A "Funny Cuts" special for E4, called "Andrew Maxwell - My Name Up In Lights" and catching Maxwell in performance, aired on 28 July 2006Maxwell also hosts his own weekly late-night comedy gig "Fullmooners", which mainly takes place in
London but also tours around comedy festivals such as Edinburgh. It has featured comics likeRussell Brand ,Simon Pegg ,Tommy Tiernan , and Jason Byrne. It also features break-dancers and singers.Most recently he has become a regular panelist of the very popular Irish current events/comedy show "The Panel" on RTE. On the final episode of the most recent series, which aired on the 29 January 2007, it was mentioned to Maxwell that his
Wikipedia entry had been vandalised and stated that he had growntentacle s to attack and molest innocent people. Maxwell joked that "not all of the people were innocent". They were.In 2007 Maxwell was nominated for an
IFTA (Irish Film and Television Awards).External links
* [http://comedycuts.itv.com/page.asp?partid=85 ITV.com bio]
* [http://web.mac.com/alexrochford/Fullmooners/WELCOME.html Fullmooners website]
* [http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/a/74/andrew_maxwell Andrew Maxwell on Chortle]
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