Cast & creator
Dara Ó Briain
Best known for The Graham Norton Show, The One Show, The One Show
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
Also known as: Dara O'Briain, Dara O Briain
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film credits
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television credits
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1962–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (109)
Showing 109 of 109 credits
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006The One Show
Self
2006
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
1990
QI
Self
2003QI
Self - Panellist (archive footage)
2003
Top Gear
Self
2002
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
1996
The Last Leg
Self
2013
Taskmaster
Self
2015
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self - Contestant
20138 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self - Dictionary Corner
2013
Soccer AM
Self
1995
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004
Mock the Week
Self - Host
2005
A League of Their Own
Self - Panellist
2010
Horrible Histories
2009
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Self - Expert
2020
Room 101
Self
1994
Big Fat Quiz
Self - Contestant
2004
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
2014
The Apprentice: You're Fired!
Self - Host
2006
The Late Late Show
Self
1962
Live at the Apollo
2004Live at the Apollo
Self - Presenter
2004
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Hypothetical
Self
2019
The F Word
2005
Dara O Briain's Science Club
Himself - Presenter
2012
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
Self - Guest
2021
Three Men in a Boat
Self
2006
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
Self - Host
2016
Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr
Self - Guest Judge
2019
Crackanory
Storyteller
2013
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
Self
2009
Stargazing Live
Co-Presenter
2011
This Morning
Self
1988
Gadget Man
2012
Mock the Week
Self - Host
2026
Robot Wars
Presenter
2016
Blockbusters
Presenter
2019
Taskmaster: Champion of Champions
Self
2017
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Self
2014
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
Self
2020
The Look of Love
Comic
2013
LEGO Masters
Guest Judge
2017
Mock the Week Too Hot for TV
Self
2011Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums
Presenter
2012
The Panel
Himself - Host
2003
Tough Gig
2007
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
2014
Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
Self
2007
Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2
Self - Presenter
2009
Wonders of the Moon with Dara Ó Briain
Host
2023
Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 3
Host
2010Live Floor Show
2002
World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One
self
2006
How Videogames Changed the World
Self
2013
So You Think You're Irish
Self
1997
Barry Humphries at the BBC
Self (archive material)
2023
Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure
Himself
2015
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe
Self
2009
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
2005
Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
Self
2015
Stop! You're Killing Me
2004
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Self
2009
Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay
Himself
2017
Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Self
2010
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Self
2018
The Best of The Panel
Host
2009
Dara Ó Briain: So Where Were We?
2023
National Parks from Above: Ireland with Dara O Briain
Presenter
2025
Mysteries of the Pyramids with Dara Ó Briain
Presenter
2024Turn Back Time
2006
Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
Self
2015
Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were
Self
2018The Family Brain Games
Host
2019
One and Six Zeros
Host - Himself
2022
Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal
himself
2006Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal
Writer
2006
Door(s)
The Man
2022
Secrets of the Sun with Dara Ó Briain
Self - Presenter
2024
Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland
Self
2021
Just for Laughs: The Gala Specials - Russell Peters
Self
2023
Brand Irish
Himself
2016
Dara Ó Briain: Crowd Tickler
Himself
2015Dara Ó Briain: Crowd Tickler
Writer
2015Three Men in a Boat
Himself
2006
Volcano with Dara Ó Briain
2025Three Men In Another Boat
Himself
2008
Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny
Himself
2008Dara Ó Briain: Talks Funny
Writer
2008
Dara Ó Briain: Re:Creation
2026
Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012
Self
2012Dara Ó Briain: Craic Dealer - Live 2012
Writer
2012
Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show
Himself
2010Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show
Writer
2010The Last Laugh
2006
Making Qi
Self
2011
Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason
2020Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason
Writer
2020Three Men in More Than One Boat
Himself
2009
Oo my baby
Himself / The Woman
2022Oo my baby
Writer
2022Oo my baby
Producer
2022
Tomorrow's Food
2015
All About TWO
Self - Presenter
2014