Dara Ó Briain

Dara Ó Briain is, to my mind, one of the sharpest minds in British and Irish comedy. What impresses me is not just that he hosts panel shows like Mock the Week, but that he thrives in the most demanding format there is: live, improvised, room-controlling wit. You cannot fake that kind of speed. His University College Dublin debating roots show through in the way he reasons aloud while still landing the joke. I admire performers who marry intelligence with warmth without a trace of smugness, and he does exactly that. He is the rare comic I would happily watch reason through anything.

Name (English)

Dara Ó Briain

Name (Japanese)

ダラ・オブリエン

Reading

だら・おぶりえん

Born

February 4, 1972 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

Origin

Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Occupation

television presenter / comedian / actor / screenwriter

University

University College Dublin

Awards & achievements

• 1994 Irish Times Debate
• Chortle Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.daraobriain.com
• Xhttps://x.com/daraobriain
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dara%20%C3%93%20Briain
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q983613

Tags

• County Wicklow
• television presenter
• comedian
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.