Jason Byrne (comedian)

Jason Byrne (comedian)

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Jason Byrne is a comedian born in Ballinteer, Dublin, Ireland. In August 2006, Byrne made his tenth Edinburgh Festival appearance and is a regular at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs comedy festival.

Personal life

Jason Byrne has two children. Jason has one older brother, Eric Byrne and two younger sisters Rachel Byrne and Eithne Byrne.

Awards & Nominations

* Finalist in So You Think You're Funny in 1996
* He was nominated for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award in 1998
* He was nominated for the Perrier Award in 2001 for his show entitled " Jason Byrne ".
* He won the Forth One Fringe Award in 2004 at the Edinburgh Festival

Credits

Selected Edinburgh Fringe Festival Shows

* 2008 Cats Under Mats, Having Chats With Bats
* 2007 Afterhours
* 2006 Sheep for feet and Rams for hands
* 2005 The Lovely Goat Show
* 2004 Jason Byrne: That’s not a badger
* 2003 Jason Byrne
* 2003 Jason Byrne Hates…
* 2001 Jason Byrne (Perrier Nominee)

Notable Television Appearances as Himself

* The Jason Byrne Show RTÉ
* Rum (Hat Trick /SKY)
* Elvis Has Left The Building BBC NI
* Out On A Limb BBC3
* Jason Byrne is Twiggy No Branch Channel 4
* Stuck In The Middle BBC
* Who Lives In A House Like This? Granada TV
* The Stand Up Show BBC
* The Comedy Store Channel 5
* Stop The World BBC
* Spicks & Specks
* The Glass House
* 28 Acts in 28 minutes
* Saturday Night with Miriam RTÉ
* The World Comedy Tour:Melbourne 2002
* Soccer AM
* Comedy Blue Paramount Comedy
* The Panel RTÉ
* Anonymous RTÉ

Credits as an Actor

* 35 Aside(1995)............Football Hooligan
* I Went Down (1997)........Cork Man No. 2
* Father Ted (1998).........Referee (Series Three)
* The General(1998).........Reporter 2
* Alice in Wonderland(1999).......Pat the Gardener
* Darkland (1999).................Arland
* Emily's Song (2006)............ Robert (Dad)

Television Credits as a writer

* Lenny Henry in Pieces (main writer) BBC

Live Stand Up Comedy DVDs

* Jason Byrne: Out of the box

External links

* [http://www.jasonbyrne.net Official Site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126198/ IMDb Entry]
* [http://www.edcomfest.com/shows/Jason_Byrne_Cats_Under_Mats_Having_Chats_With_Bats Jason Byrne at Edinburgh Comedy Festival]


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