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Dylan Moran
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
- 1992
Comedy Cellar
Started performing stand-up in Dublin.
- 1996
Edinburgh prize
Won the Perrier Comedy Award.
- 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.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Further source ↗Identity and date cross-check ↗Photo: Fernando de Sousa of Melbourne, Australia. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
