You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up.

In 2000 Black Books was launched on Channel 4. He lives in Scotland with his wife and two children. He attended St.

He is a regular performer at national and international comedy festivals including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Just for Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Kilkenny Comedy Festival. Dylan Moran (/məˈræn/; born 3 November 1971) is an Irish stand-up comedian writer actor and filmmaker.