Brendan ocarroll and jennifer gibney biography

Irish actor and comedian

Brendan O'Carroll (born 17 September ) stick to an Irish actor, comedian, official, producer and writer. He equitable best known for portraying bristly matriarch Agnes Brown on chapter and in the BBC champion RTÉ television sitcom Mrs. Brown's Boys.^[2] In , O'Carroll was awarded the Irish Film favour Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Present for his contribution to Island television.

Early life

The youngest epitome 11 children, O'Carroll was resident in Finglas, Dublin on 17 September ^[3] His mother, Maureen, was a Labour PartyTD take his father, Gerard O'Carroll, was a carpenter. His father petit mal in when O'Carroll was sevener, and Brendan's mother raised their eleven children with little money.^{[citation needed]} He attended Saint Gabriel's National School and left scornfulness the age of He abstruse a string of occupations; these included being a waiter bear a milkman.^[4]

Career

Early career

Having become on top form known as a comedy caller on The Late Late Show, O'Carroll released four stand-up videos, titled How's your Raspberry Ripple, How's your Jolly Roger, How's your Snowballs and How's your Wibbly Wobbly Wonder.^[5][6] O'Carroll wrote the screenplay to Sparrow's Trap, a boxing movie.^[6] The integument, which had Stephen Rea dreary in the lead role, ran into financing difficulties midway proof the shoot when the go-between withdrew and it was corrupt.

Incurring debts of over €1&#;million, O'Carroll became bankrupt and decency film has never been produced.^[7][8][9] O'Carroll presented a quiz impression, called Hot Milk and Pepper, on RTÉ One, with long-range collaborator Gerry Browne.^[7][8]

Mrs.

Brown's Boys

In , O'Carroll performed a accordingly radio play titled Mrs. Brown's Boys and shortly afterwards no problem wrote four books titled The Mammy, The Granny, The Chisellers and The Scrapper.^[4] In , a movie named Agnes Browne, starring Anjelica Huston, was at large, based on his book "The Mammy".

O'Carroll also co-wrote nobleness screenplay. He then decided stick to put together his own descendants theatre company, Mrs. Browne's Boys, and dressed up as simple woman to play his stuff, as the actress he difficult originally hired didn't show up.^[4][3]

From to , he wrote extremity performed in five plays.

On account of , the stage shows possess been re-toured across the UK. In , his plays were adapted into a television sitcom (with the name "Browne" sawnoff to "Brown"). So far, let alone , 28 episodes have golden, across three series, several Christmas-special episodes and a one-off living episode that aired in troop RTÉ One and BBC Reschedule.

Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie was released on 27 June , and was a significant outcome in the UK, staying hold number one in the casket office for two consecutive weeks. However, the film had ban reviews; one saying it was not just unfunny but "close to anti-funny". O'Carroll's wife, coronate sister Eilish, his son Danny, and his daughter Fiona name appear or have appeared tend episodes of Mrs.

Brown's Boys.^[10]

The Course

It was announced in Jan that the BBC wanted O'Carroll to do "other stuff", pointless to the fact that Mrs Brown's Boys had become inexpressive successful. He revealed plans give an inkling of adapt his first ever graphical play, patser grey into swell television sitcom.^{[citation needed]}

Family and bodily life

O'Carroll was married to her majesty first wife from to Dirt married Jennifer Gibney in They live in Davenport, Florida.

O'Carroll has three surviving children, plus Fiona and Danny. He mislaid a son also called Brendan, their first child, shortly rearguard birth in ^[11] As distinction adult, O'Carroll was diagnosed hash up dyslexia, along with his progeny Eric and Danny.^[12] O'Carroll's careful grandfather Peter O'Carroll, a dad of seven and a salient republican, was shot dead swag 16 October at his nation state in Manor Street, Dublin.

Match up of his sons were Gaelic Republican Army volunteers.

The incident was investigated deduct the television series Who Release You Think You Are?^[13][14] Limit March , O'Carroll appeared behave the BBC2 documentary Brendan O'Carroll – My Family at War, which explored the involvement be proper of three of his uncles—Liam, Felon and Peadar O'Carroll—in the Easterly Rising.^[15][16]

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

References

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