Full Name Brian Limond Name Brian Limond Partner Lynn McGowan (2000–) Role Comedian | Website limmy.com Children 1 Books Daft Wee Stories | |
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Occupation Comedian, actor, web developer, writer TV shows Limmy's Show!, Hogmanay Stories Similar People Richard Herring, Raymond Mearns, Martin Quinn Profiles | ||
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Brian "Limmy" Limond (born 20 October 1974) is a Scottish comedian, actor, and web developer. He first became known for his website and blog. In late 2006, his daily podcast Limmy's World of Glasgow received interest from the mainstream British media. In early 2010, Limond achieved success with his BBC sketch show series Limmy's Show. He is also a prolific user of the social networking applications Twitter, YouTube and Vine.
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Early life
Limond grew up in Carnwadric before moving to Priesthill. After school, he studied printing, electronic publishing, and multimedia technology before taking Jobseeker's Allowance. His mother died in 1995.
Career
Scottish culture magazine The List listed Limond at number 14 in their Hot 100 list of 2006, which celebrated the people who made the biggest impact on cultural life in Scotland over that year. In March 2007, Limond took to the stage for two sold out appearances at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
In 2007, he played a character called Zack Eastwood in Consolevania and Videogaiden. In June 2009, the BBC commissioned a six-episode series of Limmy's Show, a sketch show which premiered on BBC Scotland in January 2010. The BBC commissioned a second series of Limmy's Show, which premiered on BBC Scotland in February 2011. Limmy wrote a pilot for a sitcom based around Falconhoof, but the show was turned down by BBC Scotland. He made a cameo appearance in the IT Crowd, as a window cleaner with an unintelligible Glaswegian accent in the episode "The Final Countdown" which aired in July 2010.
In 2014, Limmy had a regular segment in the second series of the Charlie Brooker news satire show Weekly Wipe. Limond is also known for his webcam chats, in which he interacts with fans and makes music.
In 2015 Limmy wrote his first book titled Daft Wee Stories, published by Random House on 30 July. To promote the book Limmy had a UK book reading tour visiting Glasgow, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Manchester and London, and had three of the stories published in The Scotsman newspaper.
In January 2016 he performed four nights at the Clyde Auditorium, adapting material from this TV shows to become Limmy Live!.
On 1 May 2017, Limmy released his second book of short stories, titled That's Your Lot, embarking on a similar UK book reading tour to his first.
Personal life
Limond has struggled with mental health issues such as depression and suicidal thoughts as well as a history of alcoholism. He often openly discusses these issues on social media and in interviews. Limond is currently teetotal. He has been in a relationship with Lynn McGowan since 2000 and on 30 August 2010 McGowan gave birth to a boy.