Ed Byrne

Acting

Ed Byrne

Born April 10, 1972Swords, Dublin, Ireland72 credits

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

Mock the Week

TV

2026

My Freaky Family

My Freaky Family

Movie

2024

The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link

TV

2021

Creation Stories

Creation Stories

Movie

2021

Celebrity Best Home Cook

Celebrity Best Home Cook

TV

2021

Between the Covers

Between the Covers

TV

2020

Filmography

Mock the Week

2026Mock the Weekas SelfTV

My Freaky Family

2024My Freaky Familyas Winchflat (voice)Movie

The Weakest Link

2021The Weakest Linkas Self - ParticipantTV

Creation Stories

2021Creation Storiesas Alistair CampbellMovie

Celebrity Best Home Cook

2021Celebrity Best Home Cookas Self - ContestantTV

Between the Covers

2020Between the Coversas SelfTV

Guessable

2020Guessableas SelfTV

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

2020Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetimeas SelfTV

Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert

2019Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alertas HimselfMovie

Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz

2019Al Murray's Great British Pub Quizas Team CaptainTV

Six Nations Sin Bin

2019Six Nations Sin Binas Self - PanellistTV

Ed Byrne: Outside, Looking In

2018Ed Byrne: Outside, Looking Inas himselfMovie

Pilgrimage

2018Pilgrimageas SelfTV

Richard Osman's House of Games

2017Richard Osman's House of Gamesas Self - ContestantTV

Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay

2017Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalayas HimselfTV

Life of a Mountain: A Year on Blencathra

2017Life of a Mountain: A Year on Blencathraas SelfMovie

Ed Byrne: Roaring Forties

2016Ed Byrne: Roaring Fortiesas himselfMovie

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit

2016Dara O Briain's Go 8 BitTV

Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure

2015Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventureas HimselfTV

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

2014Alan Davies: As Yet Untitledas SelfTV

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

2014Duck Quacks Don't EchoTV

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

2013The Great Comic Relief Bake Offas Self - ContestantTV

Dara O Briain's Science Club

2012Dara O Briain's Science Clubas HimselfTV

Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets

2012Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgetsas SelfMovie

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off

2012The Great Sport Relief Bake Offas Self - HostTV

Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaser

2011Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaseras HimselfMovie

2011The Chase: Celebrity Specialas HimselfTV

World's Most Dangerous Roads

2011World's Most Dangerous RoadsTV

Pointless Celebrities

2011Pointless Celebritiesas SelfTV

Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show

2010Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Showas Self (Commentary & Drinking Game)Movie

2010Edinburgh Comedy Festival LiveTV

Reunited

2010Reunitedas RobMovie

2010Let's Dance for Sport Reliefas Self - JudgeTV

The Bubble

2010The Bubbleas SelfTV

2010FHM Stand-Up HeroTV

Round Ireland with a Fridge

2010Round Ireland with a Fridgeas Dylan DaleyMovie

Ed Byrne: Different Class

2009Ed Byrne: Different Classas himselfMovie

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2

2009Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2as SelfMovie

7 Days

20097 Daysas Self - PanelistTV

The Best of The Panel

2009The Best of The PanelMovie

Let's Dance for Comic Relief

2009Let's Dance for Comic Reliefas Self - ContestantTV

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV

2007Mock the Week: Too Hot for TVas SelfMovie

Would I Lie to You?

2007Would I Lie to You?as SelfTV

I Could Never Be Your Woman

2007I Could Never Be Your Womanas Delivery BoyMovie

The Graham Norton Show

2007The Graham Norton Showas SelfTV

2007Comedy ShuffleTV

Are You Ready for Love?

2006Are You Ready for Love?as Luke DysonMovie

Ed Byrne: Pedantic & Whimsical

2006Ed Byrne: Pedantic & Whimsicalas HimselfMovie

The One Show

2006The One Showas SelfTV

Zemanovaload

2005Zemanovaloadas John DaviesMovie

Mock the Week

2005Mock the Weekas Self - PanelistTV

8 Out of 10 Cats

20058 Out of 10 Catsas SelfTV

Celebrity Mastermind

2003Celebrity MastermindTV

2003QIas SelfTV

Top Gear

2002Top Gearas SelfTV

I Love Muppets

2002I Love Muppetsas SelfMovie

Richard & Judy

2001Richard & Judyas SelfTV

2001The Cassidysas Barry CassidyTV

2001Sam's Gameas AlexTV

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

2000Aladdin: The ITV Pantomimeas AladdinMovie

Rat

2000Ratas RudolphMovie

2000Head on ComedyTV

Doctors

Comic Act

1998Comic Actas SelfMovie

1997Space Cadetsas SelfTV

So You Think You're Irish

1997So You Think You're Irishas SelfMovie

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996Never Mind the Buzzcocksas SelfTV

Have I Got News for You

1990Have I Got News for Youas SelfTV

Question Time

1979Question Timeas Self - PanellistTV

—The Comedy AnnualTV

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

—Have I Got a Bit More News for Youas Self - PanellistTV