
Dara Ó Briain
Acting • Born 1972-02-04
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
Filmography
98 credits
Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
Movie • 2007
Self

Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)

Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal
Movie • 2006
himself

Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny
Movie • 2008
Himself

Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show
Movie • 2010
Himself

Just for Laughs: The Gala Specials - Russell Peters
Movie • 2023
Self

Three Men in a Boat
Movie • 2006
Himself

Three Men In Another Boat
Movie • 2008
Himself

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2
Movie • 2009
Self - Presenter

Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012
Movie • 2012
Self

Barry Humphries at the BBC
Movie • 2023
Self (archive material)

Dara Ó Briain: So Where Were We?
Movie • 2023

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Movie • 2014
Self

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Movie • 2009
Self

The Best of The Panel
Movie • 2009
Host

Dara Ó Briain: Crowd Tickler
Movie • 2015
Himself

Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland
Movie • 2021
Self

Making Qi
Movie • 2011
Self

Three Men in More Than One Boat
Movie • 2009
Himself

The Look of Love
Movie • 2013
Comic

Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
Movie • 2015
Self

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 3
Movie • 2010
Host

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Movie • 2018
Self

Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were
Movie • 2018
Self

Stop! You're Killing Me
Movie • 2004

Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Movie • 2010
Self

Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason
Movie • 2020

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
Movie • 2015
Self

How Videogames Changed the World
Movie • 2013
Self

World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One
Movie • 2006
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Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe
Movie • 2009
Self

Brand Irish
Movie • 2016
Himself

Oo my baby
Movie • 2022
Himself / The Woman

Door(s)
Movie • 2022
The Man

All About TWO
Movie • 2014
Self - Presenter

So You Think You're Irish
Movie • 1997
Self

This Morning
TV • 1988
Self

Live at the Apollo
TV • 2004

Soccer AM
TV • 1995
Self

The One Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest

QI
TV • 2003
Self

Hypothetical
TV • 2019
Self

Room 101
TV • 1994
Self

Turn Back Time
TV • 2006

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
TV • 2013
Self - Contestant

Let's Dance for Comic Relief
TV • 2009
Self

Tough Gig
TV • 2007

The Last Laugh
TV • 2006

Tomorrow's Food
TV • 2015

Wonders of the Moon with Dara Ó Briain
TV • 2023
Host

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV • 2014
Self

Live Floor Show
TV • 2002

Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self

Richard Osman's House of Games Night
TV • 2020
Self

Stargazing Live
TV • 2011
Co-Presenter

Jack B. Yeats: The Man who Painted Ireland
TV • 2021
Self

The One Show
TV • 2006
Self

Robot Wars
TV • 2016
Presenter

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
TV • 2016
Himself - Host

One and Six Zeros
TV • 2022
Host - Himself

Top Gear
TV • 2002
Self

Duck Quacks Don't Echo
TV • 2014

Gadget Man
TV • 2012

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self

The Apprentice: You're Fired!
TV • 2006
Self - Host

Taskmaster: Champion of Champions
TV • 2017
Self

The Late Late Show
TV • 1962
Self

Taskmaster
TV • 2015
Self

LEGO Masters
TV • 2017
Guest Judge

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
TV • 2013
Self - Dictionary Corner

Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums
TV • 2012
Presenter

Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure
TV • 2015
Himself

Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay
TV • 2017
Himself

Dara O Briain's Science Club
TV • 2012
Himself - Presenter

Mock the Week
TV • 2005
Self - Host

A League of Their Own
TV • 2010

Mock the Week Too Hot for TV
TV • 2011
Self

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
TV • 2020
Self - Expert

The Family Brain Games
TV • 2019
Host

Blockbusters
TV • 2019
Presenter

The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self

The Panel
TV • 2003
Himself - Host

Mysteries of the Pyramids with Dara Ó Briain
TV • 2024
Presenter

The Last Leg
TV • 2013
Self

Big Fat Quiz
TV • 2004
Self - Contestant

Secrets of the Sun with Dara Ó Briain
TV • 2024
Self - Presenter

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
TV • 2014
Self

Horrible Histories
TV • 2009

Three Men in a Boat
TV • 2006
Self

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
TV • 2021
Self - Guest

Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self

Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self - Host

Volcano with Dara Ó Briain
TV • 2025

QI
TV • 2003
Self - Panellist (archive footage)

Crackanory
TV • 2013
Storyteller

National Parks from Above: Ireland with Dara O Briain
TV • 2025
Presenter

Live at the Apollo
TV • 2004
Self - Presenter

Mock the Week
TV • 2026
Self - Host