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Ed Byrne
As an observational stand up Ed Byrne is unrivalled. He has performed hit UK tours, solo runs at Dublin's Gaiety and Ambassador Theatres and has made his London West End debut in a 2 week run at The New Ambassadors Theatre. He has also developed huge success on the international circuit where he has performed to capacity audiences in Montreal (Just For Laughs festivals), Canada (Just For Laughs tours), Ireland, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Belgium and New Zealand.
In the USA Ed has performed at US Comedy Arts Festival (Aspen), plus top comedy clubs in New York and LA and has made 5 appearances on Late Night With Conan O'Brien (NBC).
To date his films include, RAT (Universal Films (UK)) produced by Alison Owen (Ruby Films) where he plays a supporting role of Rudolph, a cameo in I Could Never Be Your Woman (Universal), a co-lead role in Are You Ready For Love (Carnaby Films) and the lead role in Zemanovaload (writer/Dir: Jason Rothwell, distributor: Red Bus). In this dramatic role Ed portrays his character, a screenwriter with obsessive tendencies with great sympathy.
For television Ed was in a Father Ted Christmas Special as a 'grungy teenager', the ITV/LWT Christmas Day Panto, Aladdin where he played Aladdin opposite Patsy Kensit. He was co-lead as Davina McColl's flatmate 'Alex' in the ITV sitcom, Sam's Game. Following this he played the lead role of Barry Cassidy for RTE's The Cassidy's (6 part sitcom). He has also featured in BBC's Doctors as Mickey Moran a wheeling, dealing ducker and diver.
Ed has made numerous other appearances including presenting various shows such as his own 6 part series Ed Byrne's Just For Laughs (4 series) for RTE, various voice over's and presenting to camera using Blue Screen, numerous panel, stand up and chat shows. Recently Ed has made some sparkling appearances on Mock The Week (numerous), 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Graham Norton's Bigger Picture and Have I Got News For You.
Ed's theatre work has included the lead role in Brian McAvera's (Picasso's Women) 'Kings Of The Road' which played Edinburgh Festival for the full 3 week run in 2004 before transferring to Dublin's Ambassador's Theatre for 3 weeks after a short run at Greenwich Festival and Winchester Theatre Royal.
On top of all of this Ed performs stand up at a huge amount of corporate events (hosting awards show or after dinner stand up) and has been heard over the past 8 years as the voice of the Carphone Warehouse on their radio and TV commercials and TV sponsorship idents.
In July 2006 Ed was given the enormous honour of HOSTING the 2006 Just For Laughs Festival (Montreal) Irish Gala at the St Denis Theatre. Following this Ed performed his latest show, Standing Up and Falling Down at the Edinburgh Festival where he was the biggest selling comedy show he then followed this up with a promotional tour for his stand up DVD , Pedantic and Whimsical (Warner Vision).
February 2007 saw Ed perform a hugely successful residency with Standing Up and Falling Down at Riverside Studios, London followed by April and May performing this show at the Melbourne and New Zealand comedy festivals to capacity audiences. So far in 2008 Ed has performed in Bermuda for Just For Laughs, Rome, France, Switzerland and Ireland. In August he returns to the Edinburgh Festival with a brand new show for the full 3 week run at Assembly Halls, followed by a UK and Ireland tour including a 5 week residency at Riverside Studios London 8 Sept-12 Oct. Ed has just filmed a half hour stand up special for Paramount Comedy Channel which will be transmitted later in the year. Ed is currently developing a radio show with Celador for BBC Radio 2.
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