Years active 1997–present Nationality English, British Height 1.85 m | Role Comedian Name Paddy McGuinness | |
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Full Name Patrick Joseph McGuinness Born 14 August 1973 (age 50) ( 1973-08-14 ) Farnworth, Lancashire, England Occupation Comedian
presenter
actor Employer Channel 4, ITV, Bauer Radio Television That Peter Kay Thing (2000)
Take Me Out (2010—)
71 Degrees North (2011)
Text Santa (2012—)
Your Face Sounds Familiar (2013)
Amazing Greys (2014)
The Delivery Man (2015)
Benchmark (2015)
Coronation Street (2015) Spouse Christine Martin (m. 2011) Children Penelope Patricia McGuinness , Leo Joseph McGuinness TV shows Take Me Out, Phoenix Nights, Max and Paddy's Road to, Benchmark, That Peter Kay Thing Similar People Christine Martin, Peter Kay, Leigh Francis, Dave Spikey, Vernon Kay Profiles | ||
Paddy McGuinness, Fay Ripley, John Barrowman, Dominic Wood in Would I Lie to You? | Earful #Comedy
Patrick Joseph "Paddy" McGuinness (born 14 August 1973) is an English comedian, comedy actor, television personality and presenter, best known for his roles within ITV and Channel 4, presenting game shows such as Take Me Out and Benchmark.
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- Paddy McGuinness Fay Ripley John Barrowman Dominic Wood in Would I Lie to You Earful Comedy
- Paddy mcguinness live full concert 2006
- Television
- Rory and Paddy
- Channel 4
- ITV
- BBC
- Radio
- Tours
- Other work
- Personal life
- Filmography
- Stand up DVDs
- References
McGuinness is also well known for his work with Peter Kay, who knew him when he was younger and invited him to appear in his programmes That Peter Kay Thing, Phoenix Nights and Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere, which led to the start of a successful career on Channel 4 and ITV.
Paddy mcguinness live full concert 2006
Television
McGuinness made his television debut in 1995 as a contestant for the show God's Gift. He also appeared in the second series of the Sky 1 show The Match. On 15 May 2006, McGuinness hosted Inside Wayne Rooney on Sky 1, a programme where he completed different tasks to see the difference between him and a professional footballer.
McGuinness' other television work includes his own Chuck Stryker: The Unknown Stuntman on E4 which he wrote and starred in opposite Jonathan Wrather and a few other familiar faces.
Rory and Paddy
First airing on 13 August 2008, McGuinness co-starred in a television series with British comedian Rory McGrath, broadcast on Channel 5, Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure. This is a four-part series in which McGuinness and McGrath embark on a nationwide road-trip, on a mission to explore Britain’s sporting heritage by probing the hidden life of its towns and villages. The series focuses on arcane sports, such as cheese rolling. A second series began on 20 September 2010 on Channel 5.
Channel 4
On 29 November 2006, McGuinness guest hosted The Paul O'Grady Show while O'Grady took the week off. He presented the entertainment series Hotel GB in 2012, however the show was later cancelled. On 18 January 2013, McGuinness presented Paddy's TV Guide, consisting of eight episodes. In October 2014 McGuinness narrated the three-part charity series Stars at Your Service for Channel 4. In 2015, he presented the Channel 4 daytime game show series Benchmark for 30 episodes as well as five celebrity editions.
ITV
In 2007, McGuinness presented Raiders of the Lost Archive, where he and his guests watched TV shows they had appeared in years ago, which they had previously thought were lost. Since 2010, McGuinness has hosted the ITV dating show Take Me Out.
He guest presented a number of episodes of This Morning in July 2010, a role to which he returned in 2011. He hosted the second series of 71 Degrees North with Charlotte Jackson in 2011. On 29 December 2012, he hosted a one-off special Paddy's Show and Telly. The show returned for a second special, which aired on 22 December 2013.
McGuinness hosted the comedy panel show Mad Mad World for seven episodes in the summer of 2012. Two episodes were recorded but never aired. McGuinness was one of the presenters of Christmas telethon Text Santa. In 2012 and 2013, McGuinness co-hosted one hour of the telethon with Christine Bleakley, although Alesha Dixon was his co-presenter for the 2014 appeal.
In 2013, McGuinness co-presented talent show series Your Face Sounds Familiar with Alesha Dixon. In 2014, McGuinness co-hosted the Saturday night game show Amazing Greys alongside Angela Rippon. In 2015, he regularly starred in the ITV2 comedy show The Keith Lemon Sketch Show.
McGuinness played the role of police officer Ian in the ITV comedy The Delivery Man, beginning in April 2015. In 2015, McGuinness guest starred in six episodes of Coronation Street, playing the role of Dougie Ryan. The episodes were shown in August. On Christmas Eve in 2015 he presented one-off ITV special, The ABBA Christmas Party
McGuinness presented Stars in Their Cars, a series for the Travel Channel. He starred in the ITV comedy series The Keith & Paddy Picture Show in 2017.
BBC
From 2017, McGuinness will present Even Better Than the Real Thing on BBC One.
Radio
McGuinness has his own radio show on Bauer City 1 on Sunday mornings from 9am until 12 noon. He joined the station in 2014.
Tours
In 2005 and 2006, McGuinness toured the UK, performing 108 shows. Paddy McGuinness: The Dark Side Tour was his first solo stand-up tour. While on tour, he reprised his role of Lord Love Rocket from the award-winning comedy Phoenix Nights. From 21 August to 11 December 2008, McGuinness was involved in a second tour – known as the Paddy McGuinness Plus You! Live – which included 76 scheduled dates around the UK and Ireland. The Plus You! Tour featured McGuinness, along with other variety acts that were chosen by him, through a competition that ran on his official website, hence the title of Plus You!
In 2011, he went on his third stand-up tour, called Paddy McGuinness: Saturday Night Live Tour.
In January 2015, he announced that he would be touring across 2015 and 2016 with the "Daddy McGuinness" tour throughout the UK. The tour opened in Scunthorpe on 28 September 2015 and the final date was at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on 27 February 2016.
Other work
From 12 to 27 November 2010, McGuinness starred in the adult pantomime Panto's on Strike at the Opera House, Manchester with Robbie Williams and Jonathan Wilkes. On 17 November 2010, he starred in a UK TV advertising campaign for Victor Chandler, a British bookmaker. In 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016, McGuinness took part in the charity football match Soccer Aid, which raises money for Unicef. The match is aired live on ITV.
In 2012, McGuinness played Gary in Keith Lemon: The Film.
In 2013, McGuinness joined Pizza Hut as their brand ambassador.
Personal life
McGuinness was born in Farnworth, Lancashire to Irish parents from County Tipperary, and attended Mount St Joseph High School.
He married Christine Martin on 4 June 2011. The couple have three children; twins Penelope and Leo (b. 2013) and Felicity (b. 2016). During an appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show, McGuinness described fatherhood as "the most fantastic thing ever".
Filmography
McGuinness has appeared as a panellist in numerous episodes of Keith Lemon's ITV2 show Celebrity Juice.