Dan Tiernan (born ) is a British

stand-up Stand-up comedy is a comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, ...

comedian from Manchester. In 2022, he was named "British Comedian of the Year", and the

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Background

Career

Tiernan took a comedy course at age 21. He won ''The Frog and Bucket'' comedy club's "Beat the Frog" new stand-up competition in 2020. In 2021, he was a finalist in the ''

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'' Comedian of the Year at the

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Personal life

Tiernan is neurodiverse and dispraxic. He is gay. He has a younger sister.

References

English stand-up comedians Comedians from Manchester 21st-century English comedians 1990s births LGBT TikTokers Living people Date of birth missing (living people) {{England-bio-stub