Jason Byrne (comedian)
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Jason Byrne was born in Dublin. August 2006 saw Byrne make 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
- He won the Johnny Logan BigMac award for biggest big toe on a left hand in 2001.
[edit] Selected Edinburgh Fringe Festival Shows
- 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 Bryne Hates…
- 2001 Jason Byrne (Perrier Nominee)
[edit] Notable T.V. Appearances as Himself
- The Jason Byrne Show RTE
- 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 RTE
- The World Comedy Tour:Melbourne 2002
[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
[edit] Television Credits as a writer
- Lenny Henry in Pieces (main writer) BBC
[edit] Live Stand Up Comedy DVD's
- Jason Byrne: Out of the box
[edit] External links
- Official Site [1]
