Nationality Irish Role Comedian | Name P. Gallagher | |
Genres Stand up comedy, Surreal humour Spouse Elaine Gallagher (m. 2013) Marriage location Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Medium Television, Stand-up comedy Profiles | ||
P. J. Gallagher is an Irish stand-up comedian, perhaps better known from his television show Naked Camera. His various characters in the programme include a mentally unstable taxi driver, ladies' man Jake Stevens and a "Dirty Auld One", an old woman who makes sexual comments.
Early life and career
Gallagher was born on 19 April 1975 (1975-04-19) in Dublin, Ireland. He is an alumnus of St Paul's College, Raheny. In June 2013 (2013-06), Gallagher married Elaine Stewart who was his long-term girlfriend. He is also friends with fellow comedian Jason Byrne, and he has worked on BBC's The I Hate Show. Gallagher is also a motorbike racer. He has admitted to having Reiter's syndrome. 7
He participated in season 4 of Celebrity Bainisteoir managing St Patrick's GAA Club Donabate, Dublin.
He was in Meet Your Neighbours, when RTÉ put him on RTÉ One.
He now presents P. J. and McCabe in the Morning with Jim McCabe on Classic Hits 4FM.
Starting from 21 October 2015, P.J. also presents Dubland Podcast with Suzanne Kane. the podcast has been successful reaching number 1 on the iTunes Irish comedy chart.