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Dara O Briain
Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain

  • 52 years old
  • Irish
  • Stand-up comedian and writer
Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain is an Irish stand-up comedian and TV presenter who rose to prominence in Britain after landing the hosting role on panel comedy Mock The Week. Having studied theoretical physics, he has also hosted a number of popular science-based programmes.

Year Production Role
2025 Dara O Briain - Re:Creation Coming Soon Self
2024 The Last Leg - Series 31
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2024 Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains - Series 6 (as Dara O'Briain)
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2024 Laughterama Self
2024 Dara Ó Briain: My Entire Life is a Work In Progress (Work in Progress) Self
2024 St Albans Comedy Garden Self
2024 Cambridge Comedy Garden Self
2024 Bolton Comedy Festival Self
2024 Ealing Comedy Festival Self
2024 Henley Festival Self
2024 Blackpool Comedy Festival Self
2024 Brighton Comedy Garden Self
2024 Bristol Comedy Garden Self
2024 Taskmaster - Taskmasterclass Self
2024 Just For Laughs London Self
2024 Taskmaster - Champion Of Champions 3 Self
2023 The Infinite Monkey Cage - Series 28
  1. E7 - The Monkeys meet The Sky At Night
Guest
2023 You're Dead To Me - Series 7
  1. E10 - Leonardo da Vinci
Guest
2023 Victorious Festival Self
2023 Dara O Briain: So, Where Were We? Writer
2023 Hay Festival Self
2023 The Last Leg - Series 27
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2023 Dara O Briain: So, Where Were We? Host / Presenter
2023 Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh (as Dara Ó Briain) Self
2022 Christmas Comedy Club With Lost Voice Guy
  1. 2022 Special
Self
2022 Taskmaster - Series 14
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Self
2022 Mock The Week - Series 21
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Host / Presenter
2022 A League Of Their Own - Series 17
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2022 The Last Leg - Series 25
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2022 Hypothetical - Series 4
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2022 Dara O Briain: So... Where Were We? Self
2022 Dara O Briain: So... Where Were We? Writer
2021 Greenwich Comedy Festival Self
2021 Salisbury Comedy Festival Self
2021 Dara O Briain: So, Where Were We? Work In Progress Self
2021 St Albans Comedy Garden Self
2021 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 6
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2021 Brighton Comedy Garden Self
2021 Cambridge Comedy Festival Self
2021 Mock The Week - Series 20
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Host / Presenter
2020 Secrets Of The Apollo Self
2020 Mock The Week - Series 19
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Host / Presenter
2020 Live At The Apollo - The One About...
  1. Special - Sex
Guest
2020 Bristol Comedy Garden Self
2020 Stuart Goldsmith's Infinite Sofa
  1. E14 - Episode Fourteen
Guest
2020 The Last Leg - Series 19
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2020 Dara O Briain: Voice Of Reason Writer
2020 Dara O Briain: Voice Of Reason Host / Presenter
2019 Blockbusters - Series 2
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Host / Presenter
2019 Comedy Gala 2019: In Aid of Waverley Care Self
2019 Horrible Histories - Series 8
  1. E7 - Moon Mayhem
Self
2019 Mock The Week - Series 18
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Host / Presenter
2019 Blackpool Comedy Festival Self
2019 Taskmaster - Series 8 Self
2019 Blockbusters - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2019 Hypothetical - Series 1
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2018 Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were Self
2018 Live At The Apollo - Series 14
  1. E2 - Dara O Briain, Felicity Ward, Mo Gilligan
Host / Presenter
2018 Max and Ivan's Prom Night Self
2018 Mock The Week - Series 17
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Host / Presenter
2018 Dara O Briain: Voice Of Reason Self
2018 Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit - Series 3
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Host / Presenter
2017 Mock The Week - Series 16
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Host / Presenter
2017 Go 8 Bit DLC
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Self
2017 Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit - Series 2
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Host / Presenter
2017 Crackanory - Series 4
  1. E1 - A Close Slave
Host / Presenter
2016 Ken Dodd: In His Own Words Self
2016 Dara O Briain - Crowd Tickler Host / Presenter
2016 Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2016 The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2016 Mock The Week - Series 15
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Host / Presenter
2016 Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 4
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2015 Michael McIntyre's Big Show - Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
  1. Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
Guest
2015 Pappy's Christmas Self
2015 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 15
  1. E13 - Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby, Dara O Briain, Julia Davis, Alex MacQueen, Joe Sugg, Caspar Lee, Grace
Guest
2015 Live At The Apollo - Series 11
  1. E2 - Dara O Briain, Zoe Lyons, Paul Chowdhry
Host / Presenter
2015 In Case You Missed It Host / Presenter
2015 Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 3
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Best Of
Guest
2015 The Graham Norton Show - Series 17
  1. E10 - Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Cyndi Lauper, Dara O Briain
  2. Special - Compilation Show
Guest
2015 Mock The Week - Series 14
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Host / Presenter
2015 The Last Leg - Series 5
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2014 The British Comedy Awards
  1. E2 - British Comedy Awards 2014
Self
2014 Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Self
2014 Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Extra
Guest
2014 Dara O Briain - Work In Progress 2014 Self
2014 Monty Python Live (Mostly)
  1. Special - Monty Python Live: Backstage
Host / Presenter
2014 Mock The Week - Series 13
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Host / Presenter
2014 50 Years Of BBC 2 Comedy Self
2014 All About TWO Host / Presenter
2014 Dara O Briain: School Of Hard Sums - Series 3
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Host / Presenter
2014 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 6
  1. E9 - Claudia Schiffer, Dara O Briain, Kristin Davis, Ice Cube, Rufus Wainwright
Guest
2014 Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. Special - Extra
Guest
2014 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 2 (Channel 4: Series 3)
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2014 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 2 (Channel 4: Series 3) (as Dara O'Briain)
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E4 - Episode Four
Self
2013 Dara O Briain: Craic Dealer Host / Presenter
2013 The Last Leg - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2013 Mock The Week - Series 12
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Host / Presenter
2013 Would I Lie To You? - Series 7
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2013 Dara O Briain: School Of Hard Sums - Series 2
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Host / Presenter
2013 The Look Of Love (as Dara O'Briain) Comic
2013 The Graham Norton Show - Series 13
  1. E4 - Lewis Hamilton, Dara O Briain, Pedro Almodovar, Alison Moyet
  2. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2013 Mock The Week Looks Back At...
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Self (Archive Material)
2013 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 10
  1. E1 - Robbie Williams, Sue Perkins, Jaime Winstone, Jack Dee, Dara O Briain, Melanie C
Guest
2013 Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net Guest
2012 Live At The Apollo - Series 8
  1. E1 - Dara O'Briain, Nina Conti, Danny Bhoy
Host / Presenter
2012 QI - Series J
  1. E8 - Jumble
  2. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 7
  3. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 8
Guest
2012 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 9
  1. E5 - Cheryl Cole, McFly, Dara O Briain, Leona Lewis
Guest
2012 Mock The Week - Series 11
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Host / Presenter
2012 Dara O Briain: School Of Hard Sums - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2012 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 2
  1. E12 - Danny DeVito, Dara O'Briain, Simon Cowell, David Walliams
Guest
2012 Late 'N' Live Guide To Comedy
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Self
2012 What's So Funny? - Series 3
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2011 Dara O'Briain: This Is The Show Host / Presenter
2011 Imagine: The Art Of Stand-Up
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  1. E1 - Part One
  2. E2 - Part Two
Self
2011 Would I Lie To You? - Series 5
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
  2. Special - The Unseen Bits
Guest
2011 QI - Making Of Special
  1. QI Genesis
Guest
2011 QI - Series I
  1. E10 - Inland Revenue
  2. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 5
  3. E18 - Idleness
Guest
2011 Ronnie Corbett's Comedy Britain
  1. E2 - Solo Performance
Self
2011 My Favourite Joke
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E4 - Episode Four
Self
2011 Mock The Week - Series 10
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Host / Presenter
2011 24 Hour Panel People Guest
2011 A League Of Their Own - Series 3
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Unseen
  3. Special - The Best Of A League Of Their Own 3 Volume One
  4. Special - The Best Of A League Of Their Own 3 Volume Two
  5. Special - Unseen Extra
Guest
2010 Marley Was Dead Actor
2010 Live At The Apollo - Series 6
  1. E3 - Dara O Briain, Greg Davies, Stewart Francis
Host / Presenter
2010 QI - Series H
  1. Special - Horrible
  2. E12 - Horses And Hunting
  3. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 3
  4. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 4
Guest
2010 Mock The Week - Series 9
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Host / Presenter
2010 A League Of Their Own - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
  3. Special - The Best Of
  4. Special - Unseen
Guest
2010 Scrooby Trevithick - Series 2
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Ensemble Actor
2010 FHM's Stand-Up Hero - Pilot
  1. Episode One
Guest
2010 Mock The Week - Series 8
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Host / Presenter
2009 Not Again: Not The Nine O'Clock News Self
2009 Fighting Talk - Series 7
  1. E17 - Episode Seventeen
Guest
2009 QI - Series G
  1. E1 - Gardens
  2. E6 - Genius
  3. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 1
  4. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 2
Guest
2009 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 17
  1. E9 - Christopher Walken, Dominic Cooper, The Stylistics, Dara O'Briain, Green Day, The Stylistics
Guest
2009 Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe - Gameswipe (as Dara O' Briain)
  1. Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe
Self
2009 Dara O'Briain Talks Funny: Live In London Writer
2009 Dara O'Briain Talks Funny: Live In London Host / Presenter
2009 Mock The Week - Series 7
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Host / Presenter
2009 Argumental - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E9 - Episode Nine
  3. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2008 Clone
  1. E6 - The Librarian
Self
2008 Live At The Apollo - Series 4
  1. E4 - Dara O'Briain and Frankie Boyle
  2. Special - Best Of Live At The Apollo
Host / Presenter
2008 QI - Series F
  1. E7 - Fingers And Fumbs
Guest
2008 Argumental - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2008 Alan Carr's Comedy Outings
  1. E2 - Carr-ly Valentine
Self (Archive Material)
2008 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive - Series 4
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2008 Would I Lie To You? - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. Special - The Best Of Would I Lie To You?
Guest
2008 Mock The Week - Series 6
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Host / Presenter
2008 Scrooby Trevithick - Series 1
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  1. E2 - Athletics
  2. E5 - Fridge
Ensemble Actor
2007 Dara O'Briain Live At The Theatre Royal Writer
2007 Dara O'Briain Live At The Theatre Royal Host / Presenter
2007 Live At The Apollo - Series 3
  1. E6 - Dara O'Briain, Stephen K. Amos and Frankie Boyle
Host / Presenter
2007 QI - Series E
  1. E5 - Europe
  2. E11 - Endings
  3. Special - Elephants
Guest
2007 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive - Series 3
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2007 Mock The Week - Series 5
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Host / Presenter
2007 Would I Lie To You? - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2007 Tough Gig Self
2007 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2007 Clive Anderson's Chat Room - Series 3
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2007 Mock The Week - Series 4
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Host / Presenter
2006 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 11
  1. E13 - Denzel Washington, Girls Aloud, Dara O'Briain, Guillemots
Guest
2006 QI - Series D
  1. E7 - Differences
  2. Special - December
Guest
2006 Mock The Week - Series 3
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Host / Presenter
2006 The Last Laugh Host / Presenter
2006 Mock The Week - Series 2
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Host / Presenter
2005 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 9
  1. E14 - Take That, Dara O'Briain, Claudia Winkleman, Ray Winstone, Kubb
Guest
2005 QI - Series C
  1. E12 - Combustion
Guest
2005 Live At The Apollo - Jack Dee Live At The Apollo Series 2
  1. E2 - Dara O'Briain
Guest
2005 Room 101 - Series 10
  1. E1 - Dara O'Briain
Guest
2005 Lee Mack And Friends At The Fringe
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2005 Mock The Week - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2005 Have I Got News For You - Series 29
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Host / Presenter
2005 The Last Laugh Host / Presenter
2005 28 Acts In 28 Minutes (as Dara O'Briain)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2005 The Comedians' Comedian Self
2004 The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year - Series 1
  1. E6 - The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2008
  2. E11 - The Big Fat Quiz Of The 90s
  3. E16 - The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2013
  4. E23 - The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2019
Guest
2004 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 7
  1. E14 - Kim Cattrall, Dara O'Briain, Bruce Forsyth, Kings of Leon
Guest
2004 Clive Anderson's Chat Room - Series 1
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2004 QI - Series B
  1. E7 - Biscuits
Guest
2004 Have I Got News For You - Series 27
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
Host / Presenter
2004 Beat The Kids
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2004 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 14 (as Dara O'Briain)
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2003 Have I Got News For You - Series 26
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Host / Presenter
2003 Have I Got News For You - Series 25
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2002 Live Floor Show Host / Presenter
2001 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 9 (as Dara O'Briain)
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2001 Fringe Cuts
  1. 2001
Guest
Dara O Briain: Crowd Tickler Self
Dara O Briain: This is the Show Self
Dara O Briain Talks Funny Self
Dara O Briain: You Had To Be There Self
Dara O Briain: I Am Not An Animal Self
Dara O Briain: Crowd Tickler Writer
Dara O Briain: This is the Show Writer
Dara O Briain Talks Funny Writer
Dara O Briain: You Had To Be There Writer
Dara O Briain: I Am Not An Animal Writer

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Dara O Briain on IMDb

Born
Friday 4th February 1972 (52 years-old)
Birth name
Dara Ó Briain
Nationality
Irish
Taskmaster 2024
Champion (Winner)
Taskmaster 2022
Champion (Winner)
National Comedy Awards, The 2021
Outstanding Male Comedy Entertainment Performance (Longlisted)
Chortle Awards 2019
Best Tour (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2016
Best Tour (Nominee)
BAFTA Television Awards 2012
Best Entertainment Performance (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2011
Best Tour (Nominee)
Loaded LAFTAs 2010
Funniest Man (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2009
Best Tour (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2008
Best Tour (Winner)
British Comedy Awards 2007
Best Live Stand-Up Performer (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2004
Best Headliner (Winner)
Chortle Awards 2003
Best Compere (Nominee)
Best Headliner (Winner)

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