Andrew O'Neill (born 14 September 1979) is a British comedian, musician, presenter, and writer who lives in London.

Background

Born in

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in 1979, O'Neill grew up in the London suburban town of Wallington. They have two brothers, Steve and David. They did their first comedy performance at the age of ten, and started their stand-up career on 16 January 2002 at the Laughing Horse, Camden. They have since gone on to perform in

comedy clubs A comedy club is a venue where a variety of comedic acts perform to a live audience. Although the term usually refers to establishments that feature stand-up comedy, stand-up comedians, it can also feature other forms of comedy such as improvisati ...

, theatres and music festivals throughout the UK, Australia, US and Europe. O'Neill has described themself as "a vegan, heterosexual transvestite, who happens to be a metalhead and amateur occultist". O'Neill is

non-binary Non-binary or genderqueer Gender identity, gender identities are those that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gende ...

, uses they/them pronouns.

Career

Andrew is a regular on the comedy stage at

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, played to 5,500 people at

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, opened for

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from

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, and has performed at comedy festivals in

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and

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. They have a column in ''

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'' magazine. O'Neill is the guitarist for

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band

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. In 2017 they published their first book, ''A History of Heavy Metal''. It was described by

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', Swamp Thing (comic book), ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman: The Killing Joke' ...

as "a comprehensive landmark analysis of an enormous area of music that has been too long without such a thing, and has the massive advantage of the funny being turned up to twelve. A loud and thoroughly engrossing love-story." In 2023 they appeared as Mutt's Spouse in Series 2 of ''

Good Omens ''Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch'' is a 1990 novel written by the English authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The novel is a comedy about the birth of the son of Satan and the coming of the End Times. ...

''.

Live credits

* ...Is Easily Distracted (2012) * Alternative (2011) (UK & Australia tour) * Andrew O'Neill (2010) (UK & Australia tour) * Occult Comedian (2009) (UK & Australia tour) * Andrew O'Neill's Totally Spot-On History of British Industry (2008) * Futuristicelectrodeathninja9000 (2007) * Winston Churchill was Jack the Ripper, the full account (2006) * The Last Show Around (2005) * Andrew O'Neill and

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, Apparently (2004) * UK Tour September 2007 – October 2007 as special guest of

Norman Lovett Norman Lovett (born 31 October 1946) is a British stand-up comedian and actor best known for his portrayal of Holly, the ship's computer in ''Red Dwarf''. Career Lovett became a stand-up comedian in his thirties, initially supporting punk b ...

* UK Tour January 2008 – July 2008, with Terry Saunders * UK Tour September 2008 – June 2009, featuring special guest, former Creaming Jesus and current Giant Paw vocalist, Andy Heintz. * UK & Australia Tour September 2010 – June 2011 * UK & Australia Tour September 2011 – February 2012 * UK & Australia Tour March 2012 – November 2012

Radio and television

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'',

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* ''

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'' (with

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), BBC 2 * ''

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'',

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(Australia) * '' Spicks and Specks'',

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(Australia) * ''

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'',

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* '' The 7th Dimension'',

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* '' The Richard Bacon Show'',

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* ''The Milk Run'' (with

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, Alex Musson,

Isy Suttie Isobel Jane Suttie (; born 11 August 1978) is a British musical comedian, actress and writer. She played Dobby in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Peep Show'', and in 2013 won the gold Sony Radio Academy Award for her radio show ''Pearl And Dave''. Ear ...

and

Danielle Ward Danielle Claire Ward is a British stand-up comedian and writer. Early life and education Danielle Claire Ward was born and raised in Nottingham. She graduated from university in 2004. Career Early career Ward worked as an economic researche ...

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* ''Tom and Andrew Discuss'',

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* ''

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'', BBC Radio 4 Extra * '' The Blame Game'',

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* ''Pharmacist Baffler'' (writer and performer), BBC Radio 4 Extra * ''Damned Andrew'' (writer and performer), BBC Radio 4, 2022 * ''

'',

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Publication

Awards

* Transgender Television Awards 2015, Special Award for Excellence for the show Pharmacist Baffler – Winner * Best Comedy 2012, Adelaide Fringe Festival – Nominee * Best Show 2012, Leicester Comedy Festival – Nominee * Best Comedy Performance 2011, Buxton Fringe – Nominee * Best Comedy Performance 2010, Buxton Fringe – Nominee * Chortle Award for Breakthrough Act 2009 – Nominee

References

External links

*
Official website
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