1. Dylan William Moran is an Irish comedian, writer, actor and artist.
28 Facts About Dylan Moran
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Dylan Moran is best known for his observational comedy, the comedy series Black Books, and his work with Simon Pegg in films such as Shaun of the Dead and Run Fatboy Run.
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Dylan Moran was one of two lead characters in the Irish black comedy film A Film with Me in It.
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Dylan Moran is a regular performer at national and international comedy festivals such as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Just for Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and the Kilkenny Comedy Festival.
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Dylan William Moran was born in 1971 in Navan, County Meath.
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Dylan Moran attended St Patrick's Classical School, where he experimented early on with stand-up alongside fellow comedians Tommy Tiernan and Hector O hEochagain; he left with his Leaving Certificate at age 16.
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Dylan Moran has said that he then spent four years unemployed "drinking and writing bad poetry".
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Dylan Moran worked as a florist at some point, but hated it and quit after a week.
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Dylan Moran has said that he was very passionate about rugby and enjoyed watching many games when he was growing up, but has since lost interest and has none in any other sport either.
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Dylan Moran began his stand up there in 1992 and got a good reception.
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Dylan Moran went on to become the second youngest person to win the Perrier Comedy Award in 1996 at the Edinburgh Festival at age 24.
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Dylan Moran went on to perform at many other festivals including the Hay Festival, Montreal comedy festival, Vancouver Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Festival.
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Between 1995 and 1997 Dylan Moran wrote a weekly column for The Irish Times.
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Dylan Moran went on to appear in a small role in the 1999 movie Notting Hill as a shoplifter.
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The sitcom, about depressed, bitter, alcoholic, chain-smoking and misanthropic book shop owner Bernard Black, was based on a dream Dylan Moran had in the mid-eighties during a weekend away in Limerick.
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Dylan Moran toured his stand-up shows Monster I and Monster II in 2004, including performances in New York and Milan, as well as a tour across Britain and Ireland which culminated in a week-long run at London's Palace Theatre, before two shows at Dublin's Vicar Street, and finally an appearance at the Hay Festival.
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Dylan Moran appeared as the character of Gordon in the comedy film Run Fatboy Run, released in September 2007 which cast Dylan Moran as the best friend to protagonist Dennis, played by Simon Pegg.
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Dylan Moran had previously played an adversary to Pegg's title character in Shaun of the Dead.
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Between October and December 2008, Dylan Moran embarked on What It Is, a new UK tour starting at the Grand Opera House in York, and ending at Oxford's New Theatre.
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In 2014, Dylan Moran wrote a pilot for ABC about "news media and conflict, war zones and cable news".
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In 2018, Dylan Moran took his latest standup show Dr Cosmos on tour, starting with 42 dates in the UK before touring Europe and Australia in 2019.
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In June 2019, Dylan Moran reported he was developing a "small format" show for the BBC.
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Dylan Moran finished the series during the COVID-19 pandemic, when live performances were effectively cancelled.
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Dylan Moran began touring his most recent standup show, We Got This, in November 2021, touring Ireland and the UK in 2022 and Europe, Australia and New Zealand in 2023.
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Dylan Moran later dismissed the latter as "a load of media rubbish," stating Bill Bailey deserved it more.
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Dylan Moran was declared "the greatest comedian, living or dead" by the French newspaper Le Monde in July 2007.
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Dylan Moran has twice won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Situation Comedy, both for Black Books.
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Dylan Moran quit smoking in 2014 and became teetotal in 2018, but has since resumed drinking.