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Dara Ó Briain

Dara Ó Briain

Known for: Acting

Born 04/02/1972
Place of birth Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

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 Series ★ 7,2

The Graham Norton Show

Self

2007

Top Gear Series ★ 7,6

Top Gear

Self

2002

The One Show Series ★ 4,4

The One Show

Self - Guest

2006

The One Show Series ★ 4,4

The One Show

Self

2006

QI Series ★ 7,9

QI

Self

2003

QI Series ★ 7,9

QI

Self - Panellist (archive footage)

2003

Have I Got News for You Series ★ 7,2

Have I Got News for You

Self

1990

Have I Got News for You Series ★ 7,2

Have I Got News for You

Self - Host

1990

The Last Leg Series ★ 5,7

The Last Leg

Self

2013

Taskmaster Series ★ 8,3

Taskmaster

Self

2015

Never Mind the Buzzcocks Series ★ 7,0

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Self

1996

Would I Lie to You? Series ★ 7,8

Would I Lie to You?

Self

2007

Horrible Histories Series ★ 7,9

Horrible Histories

2009

A League of Their Own Series ★ 7,1

A League of Their Own

2010

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Series ★ 7,3

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Self - Contestant

2013

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Series ★ 7,3

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Self - Dictionary Corner

2013

Soccer AM Series ★ 6,3

Soccer AM

Self

1995

Room 101 Series ★ 6,5

Room 101

Self

1994

Mock the Week Series ★ 7,0

Mock the Week

Self - Host

2005

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel Series ★ 5,6

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

Self - Expert

2020

Big Fat Quiz Series ★ 7,7

Big Fat Quiz

Self - Contestant

2004

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled Series ★ 7,2

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

Self

2014

The Late Late Show Series ★ 5,6

The Late Late Show

Self

1962

The Apprentice: You're Fired! Series ★ 6,2

The Apprentice: You're Fired!

Self - Host

2006

Duck Quacks Don't Echo Series ★ 5,7

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

2014

Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr Series ★ 6,6

Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr

Self - Guest Judge

2019

Hypothetical Series ★ 6,2

Hypothetical

Self

2019

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains Series ★ 7,0

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains

Self - Guest

2021

Crackanory Series ★ 6,8

Crackanory

Storyteller

2013

Live at the Apollo Series ★ 7,3

Live at the Apollo

2004

Live at the Apollo Series ★ 7,3

Live at the Apollo

Self - Presenter

2004

Gadget Man Series ★ 7,0

Gadget Man

2012

Let's Dance for Comic Relief Series ★ 6,7

Let's Dance for Comic Relief

Self

2009

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit Series ★ 6,4

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit

Self - Host

2016

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) Series ★ 2,0

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

Self

2014

This Morning Series ★ 5,2

This Morning

Self

1988

Parkinson Series

Parkinson

Self - Guest

2004

Taskmaster: Champion of Champions Series ★ 6,7

Taskmaster: Champion of Champions

Self

2017

Stargazing Live Series ★ 6,7

Stargazing Live

Co-Presenter

2011

LEGO Masters Series ★ 6,8

LEGO Masters

Guest Judge

2017

Series ★ 4,5

Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums

Presenter

2012

Richard Osman's House of Games Night Series ★ 7,0

Richard Osman's House of Games Night

Self

2020

The Look of Love Film ★ 5,6

The Look of Love

Comic

2013

Three Men in a Boat Series ★ 5,0

Three Men in a Boat

Self

2006

Mock the Week Too Hot for TV Series

Mock the Week Too Hot for TV

Self

2011

Mock the Week Series ★ 6,0

Mock the Week

Self - Host

2026

Robot Wars Series ★ 4,8

Robot Wars

Presenter

2016

Dara O Briain's Science Club Series ★ 8,3

Dara O Briain's Science Club

Himself - Presenter

2012

Blockbusters Series

Blockbusters

Presenter

2019

The Panel Series ★ 8,5

The Panel

Himself - Host

2003

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy Film ★ 8,0

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Self

2014

Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People Film

Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People

Self

2010

How Videogames Changed the World Film ★ 6,8

How Videogames Changed the World

Self

2013

Volcano with Dara Ó Briain Series ★ 8,3

Volcano with Dara Ó Briain

2025

Secrets of the Sun with Dara Ó Briain Series

Secrets of the Sun with Dara Ó Briain

Self - Presenter

2024

World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One Film

World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One

self

2006

Mysteries of the Pyramids with Dara Ó Briain Series ★ 7,8

Mysteries of the Pyramids with Dara Ó Briain

Presenter

2024

Wonders of the Moon with Dara Ó Briain Series

Wonders of the Moon with Dara Ó Briain

Host

2023

Series

The Family Brain Games

Host

2019

Barry Humphries at the BBC Film ★ 7,6

Barry Humphries at the BBC

Self (archive material)

2023

Dara Ó Briain: Re:Creation Film

Dara Ó Briain: Re:Creation

2026

Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2 Film

Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2

Self (archive footage)

2005

Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure Series ★ 7,5

Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure

Himself

2015

Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay Series ★ 8,0

Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay

Himself

2017

Tough Gig Series

Tough Gig

2007

Series

Turn Back Time

2006

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking Film ★ 9,0

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking

Self

2015

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2 Film ★ 9,5

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2

Self - Presenter

2009

Tomorrow's Food Series

Tomorrow's Food

2015

One and Six Zeros Series

One and Six Zeros

Host - Himself

2022

Series

Live Floor Show

2002

Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were Film

Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were

Self

2018

Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal Film ★ 7,6

Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal

himself

2006

Series

The Last Laugh

2006

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News Film ★ 6,0

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

Self

2009

Oo my baby Film

Oo my baby

Himself / The Woman

2022

Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show Film ★ 7,3

Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show

Himself

2010

Dara Ó Briain: Crowd Tickler Film ★ 7,0

Dara Ó Briain: Crowd Tickler

Himself

2015

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV Film ★ 9,5

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV

Self

2007

All About TWO Film

All About TWO

Self - Presenter

2014

Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012 Film ★ 7,1

Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012

Self

2012

Film

Three Men in More Than One Boat

Himself

2009

Making Qi Film

Making Qi

Self

2011

So You Think You're Irish Film

So You Think You're Irish

Self

1997

Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland Film

Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland

Self

2021

Just for Laughs: The Gala Specials - Russell Peters Film

Just for Laughs: The Gala Specials - Russell Peters

Self

2023

Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe Film ★ 7,5

Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe

Self

2009

Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason Film ★ 8,0

Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason

2020

Film ★ 4,0

Three Men In Another Boat

Himself

2008

Stop! You're Killing Me Film ★ 5,0

Stop! You're Killing Me

2004

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw Film ★ 6,0

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

Self

2018

Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show Film ★ 8,0

Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show

Self

2015

Dara Ó Briain: So Where Were We? Film ★ 7,8

Dara Ó Briain: So Where Were We?

2023

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 3 Film ★ 10,0

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 3

Host

2010

Film ★ 5,3

Three Men in a Boat

Himself

2006

Brand Irish Film

Brand Irish

Himself

2016

Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny Film ★ 7,0

Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny

Himself

2008

The Best of The Panel Film

The Best of The Panel

Host

2009

Door(s) Film

Door(s)

The Man

2022

National Parks from Above: Ireland with Dara O Briain Series

National Parks from Above: Ireland with Dara O Briain

Presenter

2025