The Most Famous
COMEDIANS from Ireland
This page contains a list of the greatest Irish Comedians. The pantheon dataset contains 91 Comedians, 1 of which were born in Ireland. This makes Ireland the birth place of the 10th most number of Comedians behind Philippines and Senegal.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Irish Comedians of all time. This list of famous Irish Comedians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Chris O'Dowd (1979 - )
With an HPI of 35.49, Chris O'Dowd is the most famous Irish Comedian. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.
Christopher O'Dowd (born 9 October 1979) is an Irish actor and comedian. He received wide attention as Roy Trenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, which ran for four series between 2006 and 2010. He has also starred in several films, including Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bridesmaids, Friends with Kids (both 2011), Cuban Fury (2014), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018). He created and starred in the Sky 1 television series Moone Boy, which aired between 2012 and 2015 and brought him Irish Film and Television Award nominations in acting, writing and directing. Since 2017, he has appeared as Miles Daly in the Epix comedy series Get Shorty. He had a recurring role on the comedy-drama series Girls. His performance in the British comedy TV series State of the Union won him a Primetime Emmy Award. He made his Broadway debut in the play adaptation of Of Mice and Men in 2014, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. In 2020, he was listed as #39 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as comedians born between 1979 and 1979. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living comedians include Chris O'Dowd.
