Ed Byrne
As an observational stand up Ed Byrne is considered unrivalled. He has performed 3 hit UK tours, performed 2 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, 1999, 2002, 2003, Canada (Just For Laughs tours), Dublin, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand. At both the Melbourne and New Zealand Comedy Festivals Ed is their largest selling performer. Ed’s draw is such that in New Zealand only 1 other international comedian can top his sales, being Billy Connolly! In the USA Ed has performed at US Comedy Arts Festival (Aspen), plus top comedy clubs in New York and LA and has made a phenomenal 5 appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC).
Ed is now actively and seriously developing his acting career and has filmed a feature film, RAT (Universal Films UK) produced by Alison Owen (Ruby Films) where he plays the role of Rudolph.
Radio includes a comedy play, The Pig’s Back (BBC Radio 4) and the Griff Rhys Jones sketch show (radio pilot).
For Television Ed appeared in the Father Ted Christmas special as a ‘Grungy teenager’ and was seen 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).
Ed made his acting debut at the Edinburgh Festival where he took on the lead role in Brian McAvera’s (Picasso’s Women) Kings Of The Road which transferred to Dublin’s Ambassador’s Theatre for 3 weeks in October after a short run at Greenwich Theatre.
On top of all of this Ed performs stand up at an enormous amount of corporate events and can be heard more or less continually as the voice of the Carphone Warehouse on both their radio and TV commercials.
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