David Nicholas O'Doherty is an Irish comedian, author, musician, actor and playwright and son of renowned jazz pianist Jim Doherty.
28 Facts About David O'Doherty
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David O'Doherty's stand-up has won many international awards including the if.
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David O'Doherty attended Trinity College Dublin, where his comedy career began.
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David O'Doherty's grandfather was Kevin O'Doherty, an Irish hurdles champion, and his great-grandfather was Seamus O'Doherty, a head of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
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David O'Doherty is the youngest of three children and has an older brother and sister who are seven and eight years older than him, respectively.
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David O'Doherty studied philosophy at Trinity College Dublin, where he was a member of the Jazz Society and a fake Breakdancing Society.
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David O'Doherty worked in a bicycle shop and in telemarketing and temping before he made his first stage appearance at Dublin's Comedy Cellar in 1998.
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David O'Doherty has performed at festivals across the world in locations that include Adelaide, Melbourne, Montreal, New York City and Wellington NZ, Moscow and Iceland.
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David O'Doherty has often worked with Flight of the Conchords.
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David O'Doherty has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe every year since with a new show, that he has toured around the world for much of the following year.
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O'Doherty's second CD release called Let's David O'Doherty was recorded at Whelan's in Dublin and released in December 2009.
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David O'Doherty has been decorated with numerous awards for his achievements in comedy.
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David O'Doherty has received the accolade of Hot Press Irish Comedian of the Year in 2003 and 2010.
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In 2009 David O'Doherty was made honorary president of The Monumental Brass Society, after a particularly well received routine on brass rubbing at the previous year's Edinburgh Fringe.
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David O'Doherty was nominated for the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2006 and in 2014 received the award for Best International Comedian at the Sydney Comedy Festival.
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David O'Doherty combines his comedic performance with tunes played on his miniature electronic keyboard.
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In May 2007, O'Doherty's first TV series, The Modest Adventures of David O'Doherty, began airing on RTE Two.
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David O'Doherty sneaks his crew into Dublin Zoo dressed in clothes of an 1800s style.
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David O'Doherty appeared on The Jon Richardson Show on BBC 6 Music on 23 November 2008 and on 8 November 2009.
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David O'Doherty is a regular panelist on David Mitchell's Radio 4 series The Unbelievable Truth.
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David O'Doherty has written widely for newspapers and magazines and has two plays, two books and a radio series to his name.
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David O'Doherty's debut book was a children's book entitled Ronan Long Gets It Wrong, written in 2001.
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David O'Doherty has written a series for RTE Radio about bee detectives with his brother Mark, entitled The Bees of Manulla.
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David O'Doherty released a book detailing 100 false facts about pandas called 100 Facts About Pandas.
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David O'Doherty followed this up with 100 Facts About Sharks which is 100 false facts about sharks.
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David O'Doherty is an avid cyclist and owned, as of 2021,14 bicycles.
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In 2008, David O'Doherty starred alongside comedian Dylan Moran, Keith Allen and Neil Jordan in A Film with Me in It, a cinematic release written by and starring his brother Mark Doherty.
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O'Doherty has released five live audio albums, Giggle Me Timbers, recorded in front of 35 people in his studio apartment and Let's David O'Doherty, We Are Not The Champions and You Only Live recorded at Whelan's in Dublin.