Dara Ó Briain

Acting

Dara Ó Briain

Born 1972-02-04 · 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

Acting credits

The Look of Love poster
5.6

Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter, Debbie.

The Look of Love

2013

Door(s) poster
NR

The phone rings, someone is arriving…

Door(s)

2022

Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012 poster
7.2

Dara Ó Briain is in blistering form as he regales the audience of a packed Edinburgh Playhouse with his unique brand of stand-up, mixing razor sharp punchlines with ingenious audience interaction.

Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012

2012

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy poster
8.0

Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

2014

Dara Ó Briain: Re:Creation poster
NR

Dara's Re:Creation tour is a major 2025–2026 comedy tour spanning the UK, Ireland, Europe, and internationally, featuring his signature fast-paced observational comedy and crowd work. The show covers personal stories, including his continued search for his birth father.

Dara Ó Briain: Re:Creation

2026

Making Qi poster
NR

Behind the scenes documentary on British panel show Qi.

Making Qi

2011

Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2 poster
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Over 2½ hours of the award-winning topical news quiz, featuring previously unseen footage. Team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by a different guest presenter each week.

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

2005

World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One poster
NR

A superb compilation of some of the best stand-up comedians in the world, including Dave Chappelle (whose last DVD release in the US sold over 3 million units), a rare performance from David Hyde Pierce (star of Frasier), plus some big names from the UK, such as Lee Evans, Dylan Moran and Dara O'Briain.

World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One

2006

So You Think You're Irish poster
NR

In early 1997, Amnesty held a comedy gala at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. The performers were primarily Irish performers including: Barry Murphy, Brendan O'Carroll, Pauline McLynn, Dermot Morgan, Kevin McAleer, Owen O'Neill, and Kevin Gildea. The show was videotaped and televised on ITV in March 1997.

So You Think You're Irish

1997

How Videogames Changed the World poster
6.9

From Pong to Grand Theft Auto, Charlie Brooker delves into the history of videogames and pulls out a selection of its most significant titles. From Atari to Angry Birds, How Videogames Changed the World explores how interactive entertainment evolved from a penny arcade diversion into a medium that some believe is art, and shows how it is changing the way we work, communicate and, of course, play. Joined by Jonathan Ross, Dara O'Briain and gaming legends like Will Wright and John Romero, Brooker looks at how videogames have become the most progressive art form of the last 40 years. This humorous and insightful tour will surprise and entertain the uninitiated and dedicated gamers alike.

How Videogames Changed the World

2013

The Best of The Panel poster
NR

Compilation of the best bits from RTE's The Panel. Featuring the cream of Irish comedy.

The Best of The Panel

2009

Brand Irish poster
NR

Why is it that St Patrick’s Day is the only national holiday that is celebrated in almost every country across the world? Why can Irish pubs be found from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe? It seems that nearly everybody on the planet has some sort of a connection to Ireland.

Brand Irish

2016

Stop! You're Killing Me poster
5.0

Amnesty International (Ireland) presents "Stop! You're Killing Me" which features the very best of Irish comedy performed in support of Human Rights. Recorded live at Dublin's Vicar Street Comedy Club in November 2004, the stellar line up of Irish comedians includes acts from Tommy Tiernan (Supertramp), Dylan Moran (Black Books), Ardal O'Hanlon (Father Ted), Dara O'Briain (The Live Floor Show) and performances from other well known Irish comedians such as Eddie Bannon, Des Bishop, Jason Byrne and Mark Geary. Available for the first time on DVD, this is a quick fire show from a new generation of Irish comics and is your chance to laugh and support a great cause at the same time!

Stop! You're Killing Me

2004

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking poster
9.0

Since he was a teenager, Dara O Briain has been fascinated with professor Stephen Hawking, the world's most celebrated scientist. In this special film, Dara spends time with his boyhood hero as he attends the world premiere of The Theory of Everything, the movie made about his life, and then at Professor Hawking's home and place of work in Cambridge.

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking

2015

Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny poster
7.1

Recorded at the world famous Hammersmith Apollo before 3,300 fans, this is the culmination of Dara's massive 2008 sellout tour of the UK and Ireland. Dara is at his best, mixing top drawer material with lightning fast improvisation to give his audience yet another hilarious night to remember.

Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny

2008

Dara Ó Briain: So Where Were We? poster
7.8

Dara O Briain’s award-winning show filmed at Dublin’s Vicar Street in 2022. Dara deals with missing body parts, a TV show he’ll never do and an astonishing family revelation.

Dara Ó Briain: So Where Were We?

2023

Barry Humphries at the BBC poster
7.6

Alex Jones looks back at the highlights of Barry’s career on a selection of BBC shows, featuring some of Barry’s funniest, rudest and most revealing moments from over the decades.

Barry Humphries at the BBC

2023

Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People poster
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'Welcome to my folly', declared Robin Ince as he opens Nine Lessons..., his massive sell-out Rationalist Celebration of comedy and science for Christmas. With a star-studded line-up included Richard Dawkins, Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Simon Singh, Richard Herring, Gavin Osbourne, Isy Suttie, Ben Goldacre, Andrew Collins, Waen Shepherd, Christina Martin and Philip Jeays - all accompanied by Martin White and his amazing Mystery Fax Machine Chamber Orchestra. What more could you ask for?.... Oh go on then, as it's Christmas there's also interview contributions from Dara O'Briain and Javis Cocker.

Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People

2010

Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal poster
7.6

The final date from Dara's sell-out 100 date tour of the UK and Ireland. Recorded in front of 2,500 fans at London's Theatre Royal, this show displays the comedian at his quick-thinking best.

Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal

2006

Oo my baby poster
NR

A woman's stroller rolls terrifyingly down a hill, her baby at risk, who will save her baby?

Oo my baby

2022

Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe poster
7.5

Charlie Brooker sets his caustic sights on video games. Expect acerbic comment as he looks at the various genres, how they have changed since their early conception and how the media represents games and gamers. Features interviews with Dara O Briain, sitcom scribe Graham Linehan and Rab and Ryan from Consolevania.

Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe

2009

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News poster
6.0

A look behind the scenes of satirical sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock News.

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

2009

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV poster
9.5

Produced exclusively for DVD, with nearly of 3 hours of the hottest standup comedians performing in the funniest program on TV. Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV contains all the best laugh out load moments that couldn't be shown on TV or anywhere else, for reasons of taste, decency and sheer outrageousness. For the first time see unbroadcastable material from Dara O'Briain, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons, Russell Howard and a host of the funniest stand-up comedians on the circuit

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV

2007

Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show poster
7.4

Dara O Briain - This Is the Show was recorded in front of a sell-out crowd on the final date of his record-breaking nine nights at the world famous Hammersmith Apollo. Dara is on top form as he effortlessly mixes off the cuff audience interaction with razor sharp material and a star studded finale that almost puts Hollywood to shame. "O Briain is loud and large and fast and feisty...............but the way he tells 'em is a joy" - The Times "O Briain has a laser eye for the absurd and the spurious amid the too-much-stuff with which we shore up our hapless lives" - The Guardian "Breakneck genius...... the entire audience was hanging on every sentence. And every sentence ended in a laugh. It was stuffed with dazzling observations, vivid vignettes and glorious gags." Evening Standard

Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show

2010

Behind the camera

Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012 poster
7.2

Dara Ó Briain is in blistering form as he regales the audience of a packed Edinburgh Playhouse with his unique brand of stand-up, mixing razor sharp punchlines with ingenious audience interaction.

Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012

2012

Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny poster
7.1

Recorded at the world famous Hammersmith Apollo before 3,300 fans, this is the culmination of Dara's massive 2008 sellout tour of the UK and Ireland. Dara is at his best, mixing top drawer material with lightning fast improvisation to give his audience yet another hilarious night to remember.

Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny

2008

Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal poster
7.6

The final date from Dara's sell-out 100 date tour of the UK and Ireland. Recorded in front of 2,500 fans at London's Theatre Royal, this show displays the comedian at his quick-thinking best.

Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal

2006

Oo my baby poster
NR

A woman's stroller rolls terrifyingly down a hill, her baby at risk, who will save her baby?

Oo my baby

2022

Oo my baby poster
NR

A woman's stroller rolls terrifyingly down a hill, her baby at risk, who will save her baby?

Oo my baby

2022

Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show poster
7.4

Dara O Briain - This Is the Show was recorded in front of a sell-out crowd on the final date of his record-breaking nine nights at the world famous Hammersmith Apollo. Dara is on top form as he effortlessly mixes off the cuff audience interaction with razor sharp material and a star studded finale that almost puts Hollywood to shame. "O Briain is loud and large and fast and feisty...............but the way he tells 'em is a joy" - The Times "O Briain has a laser eye for the absurd and the spurious amid the too-much-stuff with which we shore up our hapless lives" - The Guardian "Breakneck genius...... the entire audience was hanging on every sentence. And every sentence ended in a laugh. It was stuffed with dazzling observations, vivid vignettes and glorious gags." Evening Standard

Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show

2010

Dara Ó Briain: Crowd Tickler poster
7.0

The Irish standup on the benefits of hitting his 40s: not feeling the need to watch every Scorsese film and learning to love classical music through the Lurpak butter ad.

Dara Ó Briain: Crowd Tickler

2015

Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason poster
8.0

Dara Ó Briain's stand-up show filmed live at London's Eventim Apollo. Topics include virtual reality, having too much technology at home and handling reports of your own demise.

Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason

2020