Ed Byrne (born 10 April 1972 in Swords, Dublin) is an Irish stand up comedian. He has presented television shows Uncut! Best Unseen Ads and Just For Laughs, and is a regular guest on various television panel games.
Byrne had presented television shows Uncut! Best Unseen Ads and Just For Laughs, and is a regular guest on The Panel, HeadJam, Channel 4 comedy quiz 8 Out of 10 Cats and BBC Two's Mock the Week (of which he is soon to be the guest with most appearances). He also made a few appearances on Have I Got News for You and is due to appear on The Unbelievable Truth a second time, having appeared once.
In 2006 he toured the UK, recording a DVD in Leeds, entitled Pedantic and Whimsical. He has also appeared in Father Ted. He is also known for being the voice of the Carphone Warehouse adverts. On February 3, 2007 Byrne appeared on a comedians special edition of The Weakest Link.
Byrne has performed six sell-out Edinburgh Fringe Festival runs (including 2004) and three sell-out UK tours. He has also developed huge success on the international circuit where he has performed to capacity audiences in Canada, France, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Ed has since garnered a raft of major broadcast credits, including five US appearances on Late Night With Conan O'Brien (NBC).
Ed featured in a series of comedy shorts on the MSN Video Channel in which he discusses some of his pet hates, including occasional smokers, and his girlfriend's snoring.
In 2001 Ed was the main character in an RTÉ-produced sitcom entitled The Cassidys. It was cancelled after one series.
During his latest tour of New Zealand, at the conclusion of his Christchurch performance on 14 May 2007, he announced his engagement the previous day to his girlfriend.
In July 2007, Ed made his debut at the Newbury Comedy Festival, having participated in the Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in Kilkenny shortly before.
He is currently writing a sitcom with Irish comic Andrew Maxwell about two gay men who begin living together after meeting on a comedy panel show about owls.
Ed Byrne will perform at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in 2008.
On the episode of The Panel broadcast 7 January 2008, Byrne mentioned that he would be getting married in June.
