Dylan Moran was born in 1971, Navan, Co Meath, but when it comes to personal details, Dylan Moran is a man of mystery. He’s Irish. He has dark hair. He’s very, very funny.
In 1993 he won Channel 4’s So You Think you’re Funny award. Three years later he won the Perrier Award for Comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
He proved his worth as a dramatic actor in How Do you Want Me?
He played Rufus The Thief in the 1999 blockbuster romantic comedy Notting Hill, but he is probably most famous for his sit-com Black Books. Moran’s unique brand of dry humour and surreal situations bring the setting of an old book store to life in the most unexpected ways.
Monster II tour.
Monster tour.
Ready Steady Cough tour.1
Played the Edinburgh, Vancouver and Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festivals.
Black Books for Channel 4
How Do You Want Me?
2004: Starring role in Simon Pegg's Shaun Of The Dead.
2003: Starring role in The Actors, opposite Michael Caine. 1999: In Notting Hill as Rufus The Thief.
Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey was raised in Keynsham, Bristol in 1964. He became an Associate of the London College of Music whilst still at school, and managed to complete a year of an English and Drama degree in London.
He got his first taste of Edinburgh in a college production of Under Milk Wood and after dropping out, played the piano in a wine bar.
He did a stint with Corin and Vanessa Redgrave and Frances De La Tour in the WRP company's The Printers and went on to appear in a group called "The Rubber Bishops". His eclectic mix of tunes and gags really kicked off in 1995 when his live show Bill Bailey's Cosmic Jam won the Edinburgh Festival Critics Award.
He broke into TV and since his own series Is It Bill Bailey? on BBC2, has co-starred in Dylan Moran's sitcom Black Books as the downtrodden Manny Bianco. He made an appearance in the comedy Wild West starring Dawn French and written by Men Behaving Badly creator Simon Nye. He also filmed The Stick Up for Mermaid Films.
Bill regularly appears as team captain on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and toured in 2004 with the show 'Part Troll'.
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