Ford Kiernan
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| Ford Kiernan | |
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| Born | 1962[1] Dennistoun, Glasgow |
Ford John Kiernan (born 1962[1]) is a Scottish comedian. Along with his comedy partner, Greg Hemphill, he is best known in the United Kingdom for his appearances in Still Game and Chewin' The Fat.
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[edit] Personal life
Born in Dennistoun, Glasgow, Kiernan was educated at Alexandra Parade Primary School and Whitehill Secondary School. He then went on to train as a tailor and work as a barman at Glasgow University. In 1995, he married his current wife Lesley and they have two children together.
[edit] Career
Kiernan has appeared both on television and on stage. His play "Don't Start Me" won an award at the 1995 Edinburgh Fringe. He has also broadcast frequently on BBC Radio Four and BBC Radio Scotland. However, it is the sketch show Chewin' The Fat that he is best known for due to his ability to play a number of characters. At first the show was only shown in Scotland but the third and fourth series, the BBC decided to show it nationwide. Likewise, spin-off Still Game started in Scotland but branched out to a wider audience. The latter's sixth series broadcast on BBC Two in July 2007, with a repeat on BBC1 Scotland. Also Kiernan, along with Hemphill scripted 7 episodes between 1999 and 2000 for then popular children's TV series Hububb. These episodes were, Lullabubb, Top Of The Bubbs, Conquer Leserest, Casual-Tea, Bubb Goes Boo, 2010 A Space Bubbsy and No Go Pogo. Ford also guest starred alongside Hemphill in one episode called Casual-Tea with he and Hemphill scripted, and also guest starred in two other episodes, Magnetic Personality and Take Me Your Leader, but these were without Hemphill. Kiernan has also had several bit-part roles in films. In 1996, he starred alongside fellow Scot Robert Carlyle in Carla's Song and in 2002, he also played the role of Black Joke Chief in the Martin Scorsese film Gangs of New York.
In 2007 Kiernan starred in Dear Green Place, a BBC One Scotland sitcom series featuring park wardens. [2] In 2008, Kiernan will star in the movie adaptation of Irvine Welsh's best-selling novel Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance.[3]
[edit] Controversy
In November 2005, Kiernan outraged onlookers when he proclaimed to guests in a Glasgow hotel that he had extramarital relations with newsreader Sarah Heaney. According to the Sunday Mail, Kiernan was drunk and "seemed unconcerned by who heard the claims". Hours earlier, he had sworn several times in front of an audience of the BAFTA Scotland ceremony. Kiernan later issued an apology stating that "[he was] really, really sorry" and he admitted that "[he'd] had a few drinks".[4] Sarah Heaney flatly denied any affair with Kiernan: "Not now, not ever". Kiernan was also fined that year, for assaulting a taxi driver in a road rage incident in the West End of Glasgow.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Gazetter for Scotland. Overview of Ford Kiernan. Retrieved on December 30, 2006.
- ^ Evening Times. It's Still Game . . . with sideburns. Retrieved on December 18, 2006.
- ^ Scotsman.com News. Cast lines up for taste of Ecstasy. Retrieved on December 30, 2006.
- ^ Sunday Mirror. Guess what folks .. I bedded that Sarah Heaney years ago. Retrieved on December 18, 2006.
- ^ BBC News. Comic 'ashamed' over assault fine. Retrieved on December 30, 2006.
