Ed Byrne

For television  Ed was in a Father Ted Christmas Special as a ‘grungy teenager’, the ITV/LWT Christmas Day Panto, Aladdin where he played Aladdin opposite Patsy Kensit.  He was co-lead 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). He has also featured in BBC’s Doctors as Mickey Moran a wheeling, dealing ducker and diver.

Ed’s theatre work has included the lead role in Brian McAvera’s (Picasso’s Women) ‘Kings Of The Road’ which played Edinburgh Festival for the full 3 week run in 2004 before transferring to Dublin’s Ambassador’s Theatre for 3 weeks after a short run at Greenwich Festival and Winchester Theatre Royal.

Ed has made numerous other appearances including presenting various shows such as his own 6 part series Ed Byrne’s Just For Laughs (4 series) for RTE, various voice overs and presenting to camera using Blue Screen, numerous panel, stand up and chat shows. Recently Ed has made some sparlkling appearances on Mock The Week (numerous), 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Buzzcocks and Graham Norton’s Bigger Picture.

Hosting & Corporate Events

On top of all of this Ed performs stand up at a huge amount of corporate events (hosting awards show or after dinner stand up) and can be heard as the voice of The Carphone Warehouse on both their radio and TV commercials

In July 2006 Ed was given  the enormous honour of HOSTING the 2006 Just For Laughs Festival (Montreal) Irish Gala at the St Denis Theatre. February 2007 saw Ed perform a hugely successful residency with Standing Up and Falling Down at Riverside Studios, London followed by April and May performing this show at the Melbourne and New Zealand comedy festivals to capacity audiences. In 2008 Ed performed in Bermuda for Just For Laughs, Rome, France, Switzerland and Ireland.  In August he returned to the Edinburgh Festival with a brand new show for the full 3 week run at Assembly Halls, followed by a UK and Ireland tour including a 5 week residency at Riverside Studios London. 

"You'll laugh so much that laughing will become more normal than breathing!"  
THE STAGE

"Jokes come so fast that hecklers don't have a chance to get a word in edgeways" 
THE TIMES

"Hottest tip this year is Ed Byrne...Fluent, assured and wicked" 
THE SUNDAY TIMES

"It is rare for comedy to merit the word "masterful" but in this case it's no overstatement" 
THE SCOTMAN

"His set had the audience in stitches for most of the evening - they roared their approval at the end - but he is technically excellent as well, the sure sign of a comic on the cusp of a major league career.  1998 is proving a good year for comedy on the Fringe and it does not come better than this" 
THE STAGE

"Astoundingly polished material" 
The SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

"He describes himself as a stick insect rather than sex symbol but the high proportion of women hanging onto his every witticism suggests otherwise.  He may be thin and weedy but his material certainly is not" 
DAILY EXPRESS

‘He is given a tumultuous welcome. By the end of the night heady anticipation has turned into something close to rapture” 
TIME OUT, Maclolm Hay

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