Actor profile

Ed Byrne

10th April 1972 Swords, Dublin, Ireland Acting

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.

25 Movies 43 TV Shows 79 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

My Freaky Family poster

My Freaky Family 19th April 2024 as Winchflat (voice)

Creation Stories poster

Creation Stories 15th April 2021 as Alistair Campbell

Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert poster

Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert 24th December 2019 as Himself

Ed Byrne: Outside, Looking In poster

Ed Byrne: Outside, Looking In 21st May 2018 as himself

Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago poster

Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago 16th March 2018

Life of a Mountain: A Year on Blencathra poster

Life of a Mountain: A Year on Blencathra 14th February 2017 as Self

Ed Byrne: Roaring Forties poster

Ed Byrne: Roaring Forties 13th September 2016 as himself

Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets poster

Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets 28th June 2012 as Self

Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaser poster

Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaser 28th November 2011 as Himself

Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show poster

Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show 22nd November 2010 as Self (Commentary & Drinking Game)

Reunited poster

Reunited 30th June 2010 as Rob

Round Ireland with a Fridge poster

Round Ireland with a Fridge 1st January 2010 as Dylan Daley

Ed Byrne: Different Class poster

Ed Byrne: Different Class 23rd November 2009 as himself

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2 poster

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2 9th November 2009 as Self

The Best of The Panel poster

The Best of The Panel 3rd April 2009

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV poster

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV 26th November 2007 as Self

I Could Never Be Your Woman poster

I Could Never Be Your Woman 11th May 2007 as Delivery Boy

Are You Ready for Love? poster

Are You Ready for Love? 9th December 2006 as Luke Dyson

Ed Byrne: Pedantic & Whimsical poster

Ed Byrne: Pedantic & Whimsical 21st August 2006 as Himself

Zemanovaload poster

Zemanovaload 22nd August 2005 as John Davies

I Love Muppets poster

I Love Muppets 31st March 2002 as Self

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime poster

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime 25th December 2000 as Aladdin

Rat poster

Rat 6th October 2000 as Rudolph

Comic Act poster

Comic Act 22nd July 1998 as Self

So You Think You're Irish poster

So You Think You're Irish 17th March 1997 as Self

Mock the Week poster

Mock the Week 1st February 2026 as Self

The Weakest Link poster

The Weakest Link 18th December 2021 as Self - Participant

Celebrity Best Home Cook poster

Celebrity Best Home Cook 26th January 2021 as Self - Contestant

Between the Covers poster

Between the Covers 9th October 2020 as Self

Guessable poster

Guessable 5th October 2020 as Self

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime poster

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 4th October 2020 as Self

Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz poster

Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz 7th March 2019 as Team Captain

Six Nations Sin Bin poster

Six Nations Sin Bin 1st February 2019 as Self - Panellist

Pilgrimage poster

Pilgrimage 16th March 2018 as Self

Richard Osman's House of Games poster

Richard Osman's House of Games 4th September 2017 as Self - Contestant

Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay poster

Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay 7th May 2017 as Himself

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit poster

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit 5th September 2016 as Self

Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure poster

Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure 24th March 2015 as Himself

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 16th June 2014 as Self

Duck Quacks Don't Echo poster

Duck Quacks Don't Echo 7th February 2014

Was It Something I Said? poster

Was It Something I Said? 6th October 2013 as Self - Panellist

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars poster

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 9th June 2013 as Self - Contestant

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off poster

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off 21st January 2013 as Self - Contestant

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off poster

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off 21st January 2013 as Self - Presenter

Dara O Briain's Science Club poster

Dara O Briain's Science Club 6th November 2012 as Himself

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off poster

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off 10th January 2012 as Self - Host

The Chase: Celebrity Special poster

The Chase: Celebrity Special 29th October 2011 as Himself

World's Most Dangerous Roads poster

World's Most Dangerous Roads 4th September 2011

Pointless Celebrities poster

Pointless Celebrities 4th July 2011 as Self

Pointless Celebrities poster

Pointless Celebrities 4th July 2011 as Self - Contestant

The Bubble poster

The Bubble 19th February 2010 as Self

7 Days poster

7 Days 21st August 2009 as Self - Panelist

Let's Dance for Comic Relief poster

Let's Dance for Comic Relief 21st February 2009 as Self - Contestant

Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You? 16th June 2007 as Self

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self - Interviewed Guest

Mock the Week poster

Mock the Week 5th June 2005 as Self - Panelist

Mock the Week poster

Mock the Week 5th June 2005 as Self

8 Out of 10 Cats poster

8 Out of 10 Cats 3rd June 2005 as Self

Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind 26th December 2003

QI poster

QI 11th September 2003 as Self

Top Gear poster

Top Gear 20th October 2002 as Self

Richard & Judy poster

Richard & Judy 26th November 2001 as Self

Doctors poster

Doctors 27th March 2000

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12th November 1996 as Self

Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You 28th September 1990 as Self

Question Time poster

Question Time 25th September 1979 as Self - Panellist