Jason Byrne (comedian)

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Jason Byrne is a comedian born in Dublin, Ireland' and is the brother of comedian Ed Byrne.[citation needed] In August 2006 Byrne made his tenth Edinburgh Festival appearance and is a regular at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs comedy festival.

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[edit] 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

[edit] Selected Edinburgh Fringe Festival Shows

  • 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Television Credits as a writer

  • Lenny Henry in Pieces (main writer) BBC

[edit] Live Stand Up Comedy DVDs

  • Jason Byrne: Out of the box

[edit] Personal life

Jason Byrne has two children.

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