Dara Ó Briain

Dara Ó Briain

Known for
Acting
Born
February 4, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Biography

Dara Ó Briain (born 4 February 1972) is an Irish comedian and television presenter based in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He is noted for hosting topical panel shows such as Mock the Week, The Panel, and The Apprentice: You're Fired!. His TV work also includes starring in and writing of television comedy and documentary series. Ó Briain has also been a newspaper columnist, with pieces published in national papers in both Britain and Ireland. In 2009, the Irish Independent described Ó Briain as "Terry Wogan's heir apparent as Britain's 'favourite Irishman'" and in 2010, Ó Briain was voted the 16th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Filmography

2026
Dara Ó Briain: Re:Creation poster

Dara Ó Briain: Re:Creation

Movie

2026
Mock the Week poster

Mock the Week

TV · as Self - Host · 22 eps

2026
Ed Gamble's Unacceptable! poster

Ed Gamble's Unacceptable!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2025
Volcano with Dara Ó Briain poster

Volcano with Dara Ó Briain

TV · 2 eps

2025
National Parks from Above: Ireland with Dara O Briain poster

National Parks from Above: Ireland with Dara O Briain

TV · as Presenter · 3 eps

2024
Mysteries of the Pyramids with Dara Ó Briain poster

Mysteries of the Pyramids with Dara Ó Briain

TV · as Presenter · 2 eps

2024
Secrets of the Sun with Dara Ó Briain poster

Secrets of the Sun with Dara Ó Briain

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2023
Just for Laughs: The Gala Specials - Russell Peters poster

Just for Laughs: The Gala Specials - Russell Peters

Movie · as Self

2023
Barry Humphries at the BBC poster

Barry Humphries at the BBC

Movie · as Self (archive material)

2023
Dara Ó Briain: So Where Were We? poster

Dara Ó Briain: So Where Were We?

Movie

2023
Wonders of the Moon with Dara Ó Briain poster

Wonders of the Moon with Dara Ó Briain

TV · as Host · 2 eps

2022
Oo my baby poster

Oo my baby

Movie · as Himself / The Woman

2022
Door(s) poster

Door(s)

Movie · as The Man

2022
One and Six Zeros poster

One and Six Zeros

TV · as Host - Himself · 6 eps

2021
Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland poster

Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland

Movie · as Self

2021
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains poster

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
The Cheap Seats poster

The Cheap Seats

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason poster

Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason

Movie

2020
Richard Osman's House of Games Night poster

Richard Osman's House of Games Night

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2020
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel poster

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

TV · as Self - Expert · 1 ep

2019
Hypothetical poster

Hypothetical

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
The Family Brain Games

The Family Brain Games

TV · as Host · 8 eps

2019
Blockbusters poster

Blockbusters

TV · as Presenter · 20 eps

2019
Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr poster

Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2018
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw poster

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

Movie · as Self

2018
Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were poster

Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were

Movie · as Self

2017
Taskmaster: Champion of Champions poster

Taskmaster: Champion of Champions

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
LEGO Masters poster

LEGO Masters

TV · as Guest Judge · 1 ep

2017
Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay poster

Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay

TV · as Himself · 3 eps

2016
Brand Irish poster

Brand Irish

Movie · as Himself

2016
Robot Wars poster

Robot Wars

TV · as Presenter · 18 eps

2016
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit poster

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit

TV · as Self - Host · 26 eps

2015
Dara Ó Briain: Crowd Tickler poster

Dara Ó Briain: Crowd Tickler

Movie · as Himself

2015
Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show poster

Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show

Movie · as Self

2015
Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking poster

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking

Movie · as Self

2015
Tomorrow's Food poster

Tomorrow's Food

TV · 3 eps

2015
Taskmaster poster

Taskmaster

TV · as Self · 10 eps

2015
Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure poster

Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure

TV · as Himself · 3 eps

2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy poster

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Movie · as Self

2014
All About TWO poster

All About TWO

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo poster

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

TV · 4 eps

2014
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) poster

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Look of Love poster

The Look of Love

Movie · as Comic

2013
How Videogames Changed the World poster

How Videogames Changed the World

Movie · as Self

2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

TV · as Self - Contestant, Self - Dictionary Corner · 1 ep

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2013
Crackanory poster

Crackanory

TV · as Storyteller · 1 ep

2012
Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012 poster

Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012

Movie · as Self

2012
Gadget Man poster

Gadget Man

TV · 1 ep

2012
Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums

Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums

TV · as Presenter · 24 eps

2012
Dara O Briain's Science Club poster

Dara O Briain's Science Club

TV · as Himself - Presenter · 12 eps

2011
Making Qi poster

Making Qi

Movie · as Self

2011
Stargazing Live poster

Stargazing Live

TV · as Co-Presenter · 25 eps

2011
Mock the Week Too Hot for TV poster

Mock the Week Too Hot for TV

TV · as Self · 12 eps

2010
Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show poster

Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show

Movie · as Himself

2010
Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 3 poster

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 3

Movie · as Host

2010
Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People poster

Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People

Movie · as Self

2010
A League of Their Own poster

A League of Their Own

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2009
Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2 poster

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2009
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News poster

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

Movie · as Self

2009
The Best of The Panel poster

The Best of The Panel

Movie · as Host

2009
Three Men in More Than One Boat

Three Men in More Than One Boat

Movie · as Himself

2009
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe poster

Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe

Movie · as Self

2009
Let's Dance for Comic Relief poster

Let's Dance for Comic Relief

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Horrible Histories poster

Horrible Histories

TV · 1 ep

2008
Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny poster

Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny

Movie · as Himself

2008
Three Men In Another Boat

Three Men In Another Boat

Movie · as Himself

2007
Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV poster

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV

Movie · as Self

2007
Tough Gig poster

Tough Gig

TV · 1 ep

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal poster

Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal

Movie · as himself

2006
Three Men in a Boat

Three Men in a Boat

Movie · as Himself

2006
World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One poster

World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One

Movie · as self

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2006
Turn Back Time

Turn Back Time

TV · 6 eps

2006
The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

TV · 8 eps

2006
The Apprentice: You're Fired! poster

The Apprentice: You're Fired!

TV · as Self - Host · 59 eps

2006
Three Men in a Boat poster

Three Men in a Boat

TV · as Self · 14 eps

2005
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2 poster

Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
Mock the Week poster

Mock the Week

TV · as Self - Host · 232 eps

2005
The F Word poster

The F Word

TV · 1 ep

2004
Stop! You're Killing Me poster

Stop! You're Killing Me

Movie

2004
Live at the Apollo poster

Live at the Apollo

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

2004
Big Fat Quiz poster

Big Fat Quiz

TV · as Self - Contestant · 3 eps

2004
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2003
QI poster

QI

TV · as Self, Self - Panellist (archive footage) · 14 eps

2003
The Panel poster

The Panel

TV · as Himself - Host · 19 eps

2002
Live Floor Show

Live Floor Show

TV · 11 eps

2002
Top Gear poster

Top Gear

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
So You Think You're Irish poster

So You Think You're Irish

Movie · as Self

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1995
Soccer AM poster

Soccer AM

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self, Self - Host · 1 ep

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Late Late Show poster

The Late Late Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps