
Ed Byrne
Department: Acting
Biography
Edward Cathal Byrne is an Irish stand-up comedian, voice over artist and actor. He has presented television shows Uncut! Best Unseen Ads and Just for Laughs, and is a guest on television panel games. As an actor, he played the title character in the 2000 ITV adaptation of the pantomime Aladdin.
Known For

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
2007

Ed Byrne: Pedantic & Whimsical
2006

Zemanovaload
2005

I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007

Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaser
2011

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2
2009

Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show
2010

I Love Muppets
2002

Are You Ready for Love?
2006

My Freaky Family
2024

The Best of The Panel
2009

Rat
2000

Ed Byrne: Different Class
2009

Reunited
2010

Round Ireland with a Fridge
2010

Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
2012

Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert
2019

Ed Byrne: Roaring Forties
2016

Ed Byrne: Outside, Looking In
2018

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000

Creation Stories
2021

Comic Act
1998

So You Think You're Irish
1997

Life of a Mountain: A Year on Blencathra
2017

The One Show
2006

Celebrity Best Home Cook
2021

Question Time
1979

8 Out of 10 Cats
2005

Richard & Judy
2001

Doctors
2000

Space Cadets
1997

Mock the Week
2005

Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz
2019

Sam's Game
2001

Celebrity Mastermind
2003

The Cassidys
2001

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014

Comedy Shuffle
2007

FHM Stand-Up Hero
2010

The Comedy Annual
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Head on Comedy
2000

Reunited
2010

7 Days
2009

Would I Lie to You?
2007

Pointless Celebrities
2011

Mock the Week
2005

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
2016

The Bubble
2010

Guessable
2020

Pilgrimage
2018

Top Gear
2002

Between the Covers
2020

Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014

World's Most Dangerous Roads
2011

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996

Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure
2015

Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay
2017

Dara O Briain's Science Club
2012

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
2012

Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009

Let's Dance for Sport Relief
2010

Richard Osman's House of Games
2017

Six Nations Sin Bin
2019

The Weakest Link
2021

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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QI
2003

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
2020

The Chase: Celebrity Special
2011

The One Show
2006

Have I Got News for You
1990

Pointless Celebrities
2011

Edinburgh Comedy Festival Live
2010

Mock the Week
2026