Dylan Moran

Dylan Moran was born in Ireland into a working class family; his father was a carpenter. Due to his shy nature, Dylan never reveals much about his family or personal life.

He attended St. Patrick’s Classical School where he began experimenting with stand-up comedy. He thoroughly hated academics and school, and dropped out at the age of 16.

The confused teenager spent four years drinking and wasting his time. He tried working as a florist but left the job within days.

He was inspired to try his hand at comedy after watching comedians like Ardal O Hanlon. He began performing stand-up acts at a small comedy club in Dublin called the Comedy Cellar in 1992.

The upcoming comedian was well received by the audience and he won the ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1993—just a year after his venture into the field.

Encouraged by his success, he created his own one-man show called ‘Gurgling for Money’ which he performed as he toured all over the U.K.

He performed comedy at various festivals like Hay Festival, Montreal Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Festival. In spite of not having any formal education, he wrote a weekly column for ‘The Irish Times’ from 1995 to 1997.

His popularity as a stand-up comedian led to offers of television roles. He made his television debut in 1998 as the na�ve Ian Lyons in the television sitcom ‘How Do You Want Me?’ opposite Charlotte Coleman.

The sitcom ‘Black Books’ which he created and starred in was the work that established his career success. It was a big hit that ran for four seasons and was called a ‘hugely popular series’ by ‘The Times’.