1. Patrick Kielty was born on 31 January 1971 and is a comedian, presenter and actor from Northern Ireland.
39 Facts About Patrick Kielty
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Patrick Kielty is the host of The Late Late Show on RTE One and presents a Saturday morning programme on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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Patrick Kielty has presented ITV's Love Island and This Morning.
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Patrick Kielty is one of three sons born to the businessman John "Jack" Kielty, who was shot dead on 25 January 1988 by the Ulster Freedom Fighters, a cover name used by loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Defence Association.
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John Patrick Kielty was to have been a key witness in Central Television's defence of a libel action brought by Jim Craig, who was suing the television company over a broadcast of The Cook Report which connected him to racketeering, and is said to have ordered John Patrick Kielty's murder.
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Three men, ex-Royal Marine William Bell, David Curlett and Delbert Watson were sentenced to life for the murder of Mr Patrick Kielty but were freed in 2000 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
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Patrick Kielty was a talented Gaelic football player as a teenager and was a member of the Down GAA minor football team for three years, between 1987 and 1989.
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Patrick Kielty was the substitute goalkeeper for the team when they won the 1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship.
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Patrick Kielty was persuaded to participate by a Games master who spotted his impersonations of local politicians, celebrities, and sportsmen.
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Patrick Kielty later became the warm-up act for a BBC Northern Ireland programme, Anderson on the Box, presented by local personality Gerry Anderson.
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From 2001 to 2003, Patrick Kielty hosted 14 episodes of the comedy game show Stupid Punts.
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Patrick Kielty did an impersonation of Martin McGuinness singing the Simon and Garfunkel song, "Bridge over Troubled Water".
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Patrick Kielty has appeared on national television, mostly light-entertainment shows such as the BBC's Fame Academy, Comic Relief Does Fame Academy and Love Island for ITV in both 2005 and 2006.
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Patrick Kielty hosted the original pilot series of the American version of Deal or No Deal for ABC in early 2004.
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In 2006, Patrick Kielty returned to the stand-up scene with a new UK tour.
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Patrick Kielty debuted in the play at the Grand Opera House in Belfast.
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On 18 May 2007, Patrick Kielty was invited to conduct a joint in-depth TV interview at 10 Downing Street in London with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to discuss the Northern Ireland peace process.
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Patrick Kielty hosted the Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2 which started on 24 July 2010 and it ran for 10 weeks.
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Patrick Kielty presented Sport Relief in 2010 and 2012 alongside Fearne Cotton.
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Patrick Kielty was the host of the first series of Channel 4's Stand Up for the Week, which began in June 2010 and ran for six weeks.
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In 2014 and 2015, Patrick Kielty guest hosted a few episodes of The One Show alongside Alex Jones.
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In 2016 Patrick Kielty returned to BBC Northern Ireland to present programmes, including the comedy panel game show Bad Language alongside Susan Calman and Paul Sinha.
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Patrick Kielty then hosted television documentary Patrick Kielty's Mulholland Drive which focused on the life of William Mullholland and the California Water Wars.
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Patrick Kielty reflected on his relatives' work in the Northern Irish water industry.
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In 2018, Patrick Kielty presented a documentary, My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me for BBC Two.
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Patrick Kielty discussed the killing of his father and the effect it had on him, as well as his decision to vote Yes to the Agreement in a referendum, even though it would result in the release from gaol of his father's killers.
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Patrick Kielty interviewed former paramilitary activists from both sides of the struggle, DUP leader Arlene Foster, school students at an integrated school and Richard Moore, founder of Children in Crossfire who was blinded as a small boy by a rubber bullet fired by a British soldier, whom he later befriended.
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The documentary saw Patrick Kielty named UK documentary host of the year at the 2018 Grierson Awards.
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In 2021, Patrick Kielty took part in the RTE series All the Walks of Life, where he talked about his childhood and the values he holds.
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Patrick Kielty appeared in the film Patrick Kielty: One Hundred Years of Union, for which he won a Royal Television Society award for best presenter.
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On 13 September 2019, Patrick Kielty presented The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4.
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Since August 2022, Patrick Kielty has presented a Saturday morning programme on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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Patrick Kielty performed in the play A Night in November in August 2007 in the Grand Opera House, Belfast, and in productions in London and in 2008 in The Olympia Theatre in Dublin.
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Patrick Kielty appeared as himself in episode one of the BBC One comedy Queen of Oz.
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Patrick Kielty is seen and heard on his radio programme questioning the outrageous antics of spoiled spare to the British crown, Queen Georgiana, played by Catherine Tate.
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Patrick Kielty married English model and television presenter Cat Deeley in a private ceremony in Rome on Saturday 29 September 2012.
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Patrick Kielty has participated in every incarnation of Soccer Aid until 2016.
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Patrick Kielty plays for the 'Rest of The World' team as a goalkeeper and is typically substituted onto the field at the beginning of the second half.
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Patrick Kielty, who impersonated Niall Horan, directed the skit in which comedians Jack Dee played Louis Tomlinson, Nick Helm became Zayn Malik, Vic Reeves took on Harry Styles and Johnny Vegas transformed into Liam Payne.