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ACTOR

Dylan Moran

Known for
Calvary (2014), Black Books (2000), The Decoy Bride (2011), Uncle (2012)

16 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026

Dylan Moran is an actor best known for Calvary, Black Books and The Decoy Bride.

All facts (16)

  1. #001

    Dylan Moran married the day Princess Diana's funeral took place in London, at a church on the corner.

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  2. #002

    In 1996, at age 24, Dylan Moran became the second youngest person to win the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival.

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  3. #003

    Dylan Moran met future Black Books (2000) co-star Bill Bailey years earlier in the UK comedy scene.

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  4. #004

    Dylan Moran made his first US television appearance on June 25, 2004, on The Late Show with David Letterman (1993).

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  5. #005

    It was said that after dropping out of school, Dylan Moran spent four years unemployed "drinking and writing bad poetry."

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  6. #006

    Dylan Moran once worked as a florist but quit after a week because he hated the job.

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  7. #007

    As of 2005, Dylan Moran and fellow Navy man Tommy Tiernan were the only So You Think Your Funny winners to have won the Perrier Award throughout the entire 25-year run of the Edinburgh Fringe festival. As of 2006, they would be the only ones to do so under the Perrier name, as it would thereafter be known as the If.comeddie Awards.

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  8. #008

    Dylan Moran met his future wife Elaine at The Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh (where she was working and he was performing at the time). Unfortunately, the venue was destroyed in the Old Town fire in December 2002.

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  9. #009

    Dylan Moran is a fan of English musician PJ Harvey and frequently uses her song "50ft Queenie" as entrance music for his shows.

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  10. #010

    Dylan Moran has written numerous articles for The Irish Times.

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  11. #011

    Dylan Moran made his first acting experience in the 1998 BBC series How I Want You? (1998), alongside Charlotte Coleman.

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  12. #012

    After visiting the Comedy Cellar in Dublin in 1992, Dylan Moran began his life as a stand-up comedian. He won the prestigious 'So You Think You're Funny?' award. In 1993, at age 21, he received an award at the Edinburgh Festival. Three years later, he won the festival's top prize (the Perrier Award).

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  13. #013

    Dylan Moran was inspired to start comedy after seeing Ardal O'Hanlon at the Comedy Cellar in Dublin in the early 1990s.

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  14. #014

    Dylan Moran is the father of a daughter named Siobhan and a son named Simon.

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  15. #015

    Dylan Moran is a Perrier Award winner at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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  16. #016

    Dylan Moran attended school with Irish comedian and Perrier Award winner Tommy Tiernan.

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