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Dylan Moran
Comedian

Dylan Moran

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Creating and playing the irritable bookseller Bernard Black in Black Books.

Black Books · Shaun of the Dead

Born
3 November 1971
Birthplace
Navan, Ireland

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Dylan Moran

Dylan Moran is an Irish comedian whose stand-up mixes everyday frustration, surreal images and carefully shaped digressions.

Early life

Navan schooling

Attended St Patrick’s Classical School alongside future comedians.

Before stand-up

Spent time unemployed and briefly worked as a florist.

Career

  1. 1992

    Comedy Cellar

    Started performing stand-up in Dublin.

  2. 1996

    Edinburgh prize

    Won the Perrier Comedy Award.

  3. 2000

    Television creation

    Launched Black Books on Channel 4.

Selected work

Black Books

Co-created and starred in the bookshop sitcom.

Shaun of the Dead

Played David in Edgar Wright’s horror comedy.

Stuck

Wrote and starred in a short-format BBC comedy.

Beyond work

Visual art

Has incorporated his drawings into live shows.

Edinburgh home

Raised two children in Edinburgh.

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Photo: Fernando de Sousa of Melbourne, Australia. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.