Dara Ó Briain (born 4 February 1972) is an Irish comedian and television presenter based in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He is noted for hosting topical panel shows such as Mock the Week, The Panel, and The Apprentice: You're Fired!. His TV work also includes starring in and writing of television comedy and documentary series. Ó Briain has also been a newspaper columnist, with pieces published in national papers in both Britain and Ireland. In 2009, the Irish Independent described Ó Briain as "Terry Wogan's heir apparent as Britain's 'favourite Irishman'" and in 2010, Ó Briain was voted the 16th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

• 2026Dara Ó Briain: Re:Creation
• National Parks from Above: Ireland with Dara O Briain — Presenter
• Volcano with Dara Ó Briain
• Mysteries of the Pyramids with Dara Ó Briain — Presenter
• 2023Dara Ó Briain: So Where Were We?
• Wonders of the Moon with Dara Ó Briain — Host
• 2022Door(s) — The Man
• One and Six Zeros — Host - Himself
• 2022Oo my baby — Himself / The Woman, Writer, Producer
• 2020Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason — Writer
• Blockbusters — Presenter
• The Family Brain Games — Host
• LEGO Masters — Guest Judge
• Robot Wars — Presenter
• 2015Dara Ó Briain: Crowd Tickler — Himself, Writer
• Tomorrow's Food
• Duck Quacks Don't Echo
• Crackanory — Storyteller
• 2013The Look of Love — Comic
• 2012Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012 — Self, Writer
• Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums — Presenter
• Gadget Man
• Stargazing Live — Co-Presenter
• 2010Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show — Himself, Writer
• 2010Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 3 — Host
• Horrible Histories
• 2009The Best of The Panel — Host
• 2008Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny — Himself, Writer
• Tough Gig
• 2006Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal — himself, Writer
• The Last Laugh
• Turn Back Time
• The F Word
• 2004Stop! You're Killing Me
• Live Floor Show

Appearances as themselves (61)

• Mock the Week — Self - Host
• Secrets of the Sun with Dara Ó Briain — Self - Presenter
• 2023Barry Humphries at the BBC — Self (archive material)
• 2023Just for Laughs: The Gala Specials - Russell Peters — Self
• 2021Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland — Self
• Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains — Self - Guest
• Michael McIntyre's The Wheel — Self - Expert
• Richard Osman's House of Games Night — Self
• Hypothetical — Self
• Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr — Self - Guest Judge
• 2018Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were — Self
• 2018My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw — Self
• Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay — Himself
• Taskmaster: Champion of Champions — Self
• 2016Brand Irish — Himself
• Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit — Self - Host
• Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure — Himself
• 2015Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking — Self
• 2015Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show — Self
• Taskmaster — Self
• 201450 Years of BBC Two Comedy — Self
• Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled — Self
• 2014All About TWO — Self - Presenter
• Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) — Self
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown — Self - Contestant, Self - Dictionary Corner
• 2013How Videogames Changed the World — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• Dara O Briain's Science Club — Himself - Presenter
• 2011Making Qi — Self
• Mock the Week Too Hot for TV — Self
• A League of Their Own — Self - Panellist
• 2010Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People — Self
• 2009Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe — Self
• Let's Dance for Comic Relief — Self
• 2009Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2 — Self - Presenter
• 2009Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News — Self
• 2009Three Men in More Than One Boat — Himself
• 2008Three Men In Another Boat — Himself
• 2007Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Would I Lie to You? — Self
• The Apprentice: You're Fired! — Self - Host
• The One Show — Self - Guest
• 2006Three Men in a Boat — Himself
• Three Men in a Boat — Self
• 2006World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One — self
• 2005Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2 — Self (archive footage)
• Mock the Week — Self - Host
• Big Fat Quiz — Self - Contestant
• Live at the Apollo — Self - Presenter
• Parkinson — Self - Guest
• QI — Self, Self - Panellist (archive footage)
• The Panel — Himself - Host
• Top Gear — Self
• 1997So You Think You're Irish — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self
• Soccer AM — Self
• Room 101 — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self, Self - Host
• This Morning — Self
• The Late Late Show — Self