Personal Info
Birth date
1972-02-04 (53 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Also known as
Dara O'Briain
Dara O Briain
Dara Ó Briain
Biography
Dara Ó Briain (born 4 February 1972) is an Irish comedian and television presenter based in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He is noted for hosting topical panel shows such as Mock the Week, The Panel, and The Apprentice: You're Fired!. His TV work also includes starring in and writing of television comedy and documentary series. Ó Briain has also been a newspaper columnist, with pieces published in national papers in both Britain and Ireland. In 2009, the Irish Independent described Ó Briain as "Terry Wogan's heir apparent as Britain's 'favourite Irishman'" and in 2010, Ó Briain was voted the 16th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
The Graham Norton Show
7.2
Overview:
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.Never Mind the Buzzcocks
6.981
Overview:
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.Horrible Histories
8
Overview:
Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.Would I Lie to You?
7.698
Overview:
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.The Last Leg
5.6
Overview:
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.Top Gear
7.492
Overview:
This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.A League of Their Own
7
Overview:
Two teams comprised of comedians, celebrities and sports stars compete against each other in a test of their sporting knowledge, taking place over three rounds.Have I Got News for You
7.1
Overview:
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
5.8
Overview:
Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?QI
7.934
Overview:
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
7.2
Overview:
Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.Soccer AM
6
Overview:
Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football-based comedy/talk show, predominantly based around the Premier League. Originally presented by Jane Hoffen, Gary Stevens and Russ Williams, they lasted just a year before Helen Chamberlain and Tim Lovejoy replaced them, where Lovejoy served for over a decade. He has since been replaced by Andy Goldstein and, more recently, Max Rushden. The show has been aired on Sky Sports 2 each Saturday morning of the football season since 1995 from 7:00am or 9:00am to noon originally and currently between 10:00am and 12:00pm. In early 2009, the 500th episode was broadcast. Although the show is filmed live from 2010 it has been broadcast on a momentary delay due to bad language and/or inappropriate content from certain guests. The show's current sponsor is Procter & Gamble through their Head & Shoulders brand. The show was previously sponsored by Frijj, a brand of milkshake, after Dairy Crest signed a £2 million sponsorship deal. Parts of the show have remained since the beginning, whilst new items have been introduced each season. In that respect, it is almost the same every week, the difference being new football footage and comedy skits. Every week sees a new group of celebrity guests, generally featuring at least one footballer who is free on the Saturday, and a mix of musicians, TV personalities, and other sportsmen.Duck Quacks Don't Echo
5.7
Overview:
Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show.Taskmaster
8.255
Overview:
Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
7.083
Overview:
One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.Mock the Week
6.987
Overview:
Mock the Week is a British topical celebrity panel game hosted by Dara Ó Briain. The game is influenced by improvised topical stand-up comedy, with several rounds requiring players to deliver answers on unexpected subjects on the spur of the moment.The One Show
4.538
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.Room 101
6.3
Overview:
Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
6.2
Overview:
Gaming enthusiast Dara O Briain presides over the mayhem as two stars join team captains – gaming geek Steve McNeil and gaming cynic Sam Pamphilon – to battle each other at their favourite computer games.The Apprentice: You're Fired!
5
Overview:
The Apprentice: You're Fired!, sometimes named You're Fired!, The Apprentice: You're Hired! or You're Hired!, is a British television show made by the BBC and filmed at Riverside Studios as a spin-off from the reality TV hit The Apprentice. It was hosted by Adrian Chiles from 2006 to 2009, and Dara Ó Briain took over as host in 2010 after Chiles' move to ITV. The programme airs in a 30 minute slot after each episode of The Apprentice finishes. It was originally shown on BBC Three, but moved to BBC Two in 2007. Its format is similar to that of Big Brother's Little Brother and Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two. The final episode of each series is renamed "The Apprentice: You're Hired!" and involves interviews with the winner, the runner-up and Lord Sugar himself, and a reunion with all of the former candidates.Live at the Apollo
7.083
Overview:
A British stand-up comedy programme performed from the Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in west London.Hypothetical
7
Overview:
Hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, top comedians are posed absurd hypothetical situations and scored on how well they would deal with them. Over three rounds, two teams of comedians must think fast as they are faced with a series of completely made-up scenarios and interrogated on their approach to each one. Host Josh Widdicombe poses the questions and interrogates the guests' methods, whilst James Acaster, as arbiter of the Hypotheticals, deals with the guests quibbles and queries and doles out the points.Let's Dance for Comic Relief
6.7
Overview:
Celebrities perform famous dance routines in front of a panel of judges to raise money for the Comic Relief appeal, with viewers voting for their favourites.Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums
4.5
Overview:
Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums is a British comedy game show about the subject of mathematics and it is based on the Japanese show Comaneci University Mathematics. The programme is broadcast on Dave and is presented by Dara Ó Briain and starred Marcus du Sautoy. Each episode was themed and Ó Briain, along with a guest or guests, attempted to solve various conundrums set by du Sautoy. At the end of each episode, Ó Briain sets homework questions for viewers; the answers can be checked on the show's website.Gadget Man
7
Overview:
Gadget Man shows the world's collection of handy gadgets throughout the ages, from today's smart devices to decades old electronics to even older mechanical devices.Big Fat Quiz
7.6
Overview:
Presenter Jimmy Carr oversees a panel of top-name celebrities in this year end quiz show where they compete to see who can answer the most questions correctly.Dara O Briain's Science Club
8.3
Overview:
Dara Ó Briain's Science Club is a British science television series presented by Dara Ó Briain which first aired on BBC Two in 2012. Each week, the team take one subject and explore all possible angles, combining it with studio discussions in front of a live audience, films and on the spot reports.Acting
TBAAll About TWO as Self - Presenter
2025Volcano with Dara Ó Briain (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2024Secrets of the Sun with Dara Ó Briain (2 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2024Mysteries of the Pyramids with Dara Ó Briain (2 Episodes) as Presenter
2023Dara Ó Briain: So Where Were We? as Unknown
2023Wonders of the Moon with Dara Ó Briain (2 Episodes) as Host
2023Barry Humphries at the BBC as Self (archive material)
2023Just for Laughs: The Gala Specials - Russell Peters as Self
2022Door(s) as The Man
2022Oo my baby as Himself / The Woman
2022One and Six Zeros (6 Episodes) as Host - Himself
2021Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland as Self
2021Jack B. Yeats: The Man who Painted Ireland (1 Episode) as Self
2021Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2020Michael McIntyre's The Wheel (1 Episode) as Self - Expert
2020Richard Osman's House of Games Night (3 Episodes) as Self - Contestant
2020Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason as Unknown
2019The Family Brain Games (8 Episodes) as Host
2019Blockbusters (20 Episodes) as Presenter
2019Hypothetical (2 Episodes) as Self
2018Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were as Self
2018My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw as Himself
2017Taskmaster: Champion of Champions (1 Episode) as Self
2017LEGO Masters (1 Episode) as Guest Judge
2017Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay (3 Episodes) as Himself
2016Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit (26 Episodes) as Himself - Host
2016Robot Wars (18 Episodes) as Presenter
2016Brand Irish as Himself
2015Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show as Self
2015Tomorrow's Food (3 Episodes) as Unknown
2015Dara Ó Briain: Crowd Tickler as Himself
2015Taskmaster (10 Episodes) as Self
2015Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking as Self
2015Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure (3 Episodes) as Himself
2014Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) (1 Episode) as Self
2014Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (1 Episode) as Self
201450 Years of BBC Two Comedy as Self
2014Duck Quacks Don't Echo (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2013How Videogames Changed the World as Self
2013The Look of Love as Comic
20138 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Contestant, Self - Dictionary Corner
2013The Last Leg (6 Episodes) as Self
2012Gadget Man (1 Episode) as Unknown
2012Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012 as Self
2012Dara O Briain's Science Club (12 Episodes) as Himself - Presenter
2012Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums (24 Episodes) as Presenter
2011Making Qi as Self
2011Mock the Week Too Hot for TV (12 Episodes) as Self
2011Stargazing Live (25 Episodes) as Co-Presenter
2010Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People as Self
2010Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show as Himself
2010Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 3 as Host
2010A League of Their Own (1 Episode) as Unknown
2009Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Self
2009Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2 as Self - Presenter
2009Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe as Self
2009Horrible Histories (1 Episode) as Unknown
2009The Best of The Panel as Host
2009Let's Dance for Comic Relief (1 Episode) as Self
2009Three Men in More Than One Boat as Himself
2008Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny as Himself
2008Three Men In Another Boat as Himself
2007Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV as Self
2007Would I Lie to You? (4 Episodes) as Self
2007Tough Gig (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007The Graham Norton Show (1 Episode) as Self
2006Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal as himself
2006The One Show (2, 2 Episode) as Self - Guest, Self
2006Turn Back Time (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2006World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One as self
2006The Apprentice: You're Fired! (59 Episodes) as Self - Host
2006The Last Laugh (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2006Three Men in a Boat as Himself
2006Three Men in a Boat (14 Episodes) as Self
2005Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2 as Self (archive footage)
2005Mock the Week (232 Episodes) as Self - Host
2004Big Fat Quiz (3 Episodes) as Self - Contestant
2004Stop! You're Killing Me as Unknown
2004Live at the Apollo (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003The Panel (18 Episodes) as Himself - Host
2003QI (15 Episodes) as Self
2002Top Gear (1 Episode) as Self
2002Live Floor Show (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1996Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2 Episodes) as Self
1995Soccer AM (1 Episode) as Self
1994Room 101 (1 Episode) as Self
1990Have I Got News for You (1, 4 Episode) as Self, Self - Host
1988This Morning (1 Episode) as Self
1962The Late Late Show (2 Episodes) as Self
Writing
2022Oo my baby ... Writer
2020Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason ... Writer
2015Dara Ó Briain: Crowd Tickler ... Writer
2012Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012 ... Writer
2010Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show ... Writer
2008Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny ... Writer
2006Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal ... Writer
Production
2022Oo my baby ... Producer