Patrick Shortt (born 12 December 1967) is an Irish actor, comedian, writer and entertainer. His role in the 2007 film ''

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'' led to him receiving the IFTA for Best Actor.

Career

Shortt toured alongside

Jon Kenny Jonathan Kenny (born 12 December 1957) is an Irish comedian and actor who lives in Lough Gur and is one half of the famous Irish comic duo d'Unbelievables with Pat Shortt.

as comedy duo D'Unbelievables. They released "One Hell of a Video", "D'Unbelievables", "D'Video" (a live random sketch show), "D'Telly" (featuring Shortt and Kenny playing various characters – primarily two brothers who run a shop together), "D'Mother" (in which Kenny's character oversaw the running of a public house alongside his "mother" – who was later revealed to be his father, in a role played by Shortt) and "D'collection". One character played by Shortt was Dan Clancy, known for telling "his stories". The pair were highly successful in Ireland, selling out the

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venue for 14 weeks. The duo stopped touring in 2000 after Kenny was diagnosed with

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.D'unbeaten Jon is back
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'', 30 November 2000 Shortt played the role of Tom, a crazy man, in the comedy series ''

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''. His character maintained a

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and wore a tee shirt with the slogan " I shot JR". In 2003,

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approached Shortt to create a comedy series, '' Killinascully''. Shortt elaborated on his work with D'Unbelievables, again playing Dan Clancy and a number of other characters. The programme ran for five seasons, with six Christmas specials. In 2009, Shortt created and starred in a comedy, ''Mattie'', for RTÉ, set in a

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station. The series was retitled and reworked in 2011. The cast included Sue Collins. He starred in the 2007 Cannes award-winning film ''

'', directed by

Lenny Abrahamson Leonard Ian Abrahamson (born 30 November 1966) is an Irish film and television director. He is known for directing such praised independent films as ''Adam & Paul'' (2004), ''Garage'' (2007), ''What Richard Did'' (2012), and ''Frank'' (2014), an ...

. Shortt won the Best Actor award at the 2008 IFTAs for his performance in this film. In 2008,

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issued a postage stamp featuring Pat Shortt, as Josie, in the film ''Garage''. In 2014 Shortt appeared in Episode 3, Season 2 of the

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programme ''

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''. In the episode the main character Martin Moone and his friend Padraig float down the

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on a raft. They land on an island in

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where Shortt's character, the caretaker, entertains them and helps them to return to the mainland.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links