1. Mosiah Bikila Gilligan was born on 19 February 1988 and is a British stand-up comedian, television presenter and content creator.
16 Facts About Mo Gilligan
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Mo Gilligan hosted The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan on Channel 4.
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Mo Gilligan currently co-hosts The Big Narstie Show on Channel 4, and is a judge on The Masked Singer UK since the second series in 2020, and a judge on The Masked Dancer UK since 2021.
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In 2022 Mo Gilligan took a break from The Masked Dancer UK due to work conflicts, and was replaced by Peter Crouch.
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Mosiah Bikila Mo Gilligan was born on 19 February 1988 in Lambeth, London to British parents of Jamaican and St Lucian descent.
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Mo Gilligan's mother was born in Wales while his father is from Brixton.
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Mo Gilligan's parents separated when he was 5, and he was raised by both parents while living in Camberwell, London.
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Mo Gilligan began his interest in comedy whilst attending a performing arts school in Pimlico.
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Mo Gilligan was working in retail, when he began uploading comedy videos on his social media accounts.
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Mo Gilligan's videos were popular and customers eventually began recognising him.
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Mo Gilligan's influences include Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock; he did his first lengthy show after watching a Chris Rock stand-up film.
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From June 2018 to December 2022, Mo Gilligan co-hosted The Big Narstie Show with rapper Big Narstie.
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In December 2023, Mo Gilligan announced the show's Christmas special at the end of the year would be its last episode, thus ending the show after four series and 27 episodes.
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Since 2020, Mo Gilligan has served as a regular panellist on ITV1 reality competition series The Masked Singer, replacing Ken Jeong after travel restrictions in accordance with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic meant he couldn't appear in the show's second series.
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In 2021, Mo Gilligan served as a panellist for the show's spin-off, titled The Masked Dancer, before being replaced for its second series by former Premier League footballer Peter Crouch.
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Mo Gilligan took on a voice role as Beckett in the animated film 10 Lives.