Carl Donnelly (born 13 January 1982 in

Tooting Tooting is a district in South London, forming part of the London Borough of Wandsworth and partly in the London Borough of Merton. It is located south south-west of Charing Cross. History Tooting has been settled since pre- Saxon times ...

, south

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) 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, ...

, dancer, comedian, and

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. He turned

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in 2013, and has since become an ambassador for

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. He has talked about being vegan extensively in his act.

Stand-up career

Donnelly has appeared on radio in

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's '' 28 Acts in 28 Minutes'',

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's ''Comedy Cabaret'' and Tim Shaw's ''The Asylum'' on

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. He has appeared on TV in

Mock the Week ''Mock the Week'' is a British topical satirical celebrity panel show, created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. It was produced by Angst Productions for BBC Two, and was broadcast from 5 June 2005 to 4 November 2022. The programme was present ...

Russell Howard's Good News ''Russell Howard's Good News'' was a British comedy and topical news television show which was broadcast on BBC Three between 2009 and 2014, and on BBC Two between 2014 and 2015. Hosted by comedian Russell Howard, it offered his commentary on ...

, Stand Up Central, and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled.

Podcasts

Donnelly hosted ''The Carl Donnelly And Chris Martin Comedy Podcast'' alongside comedian

Chris Martin Christopher Anthony John Martin (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist, pianist, rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay. Born in Exeter, Devon, he went to Uni ...

from 2008 to 2018. They also hosted a spin-off, ''Babysitting Trevor'', along with Trevor Cook. Carl now co-hosts ''TVI with Carl Donnelly and Julian Deane''.

Awards

* Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2006 * Chortle Awards Best Newcomer 2007 * Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2007 *

Edinburgh Comedy Awards The Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards (formerly the Perrier Comedy Awards, and also briefly known by other names for sponsorship reasons) are presented to the comedy shows deemed to have been the best at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. ...

Best Newcomer Nominee 2009 *

Best Show Nominee 2013 * Chortle Awards Best Club Comedian 2017

Edinburgh Fringe shows

* ''Relax Everyone, It's Carl Donnelly!'' (2009) * ''How Do You Solve A Problem Like Carl Donnelly?'' (2010) * ''Carl Donnelly 3: Carl Donnelier!'' (2011) * ''Carl Donnelly: Different Gravy'' (2012) * ''Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V'' (2013) * ''Now That's What I Carl Donnelly Vol. 6'' (2014) * '' Carl Donnelly: Jive Ass Honky'' (2015) * '' Carl Donnelly: Bad Man Tings'' (2016) * '' Carl Donnelly: The Nutter on the Bus'' (2017) * '' Strictly Carl Donnelly!'' (2018 * ''Carl Donnelly: Shall We All Just Kill Ourselves?'' (2019)https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/carl_donnelly/

References

External links

*
Official website

Chortle biography

2007 BBC review
* English male comedians Living people English people of Irish descent 1982 births People from Tooting 21st-century English comedians {{UK-comedian-stub