Nick Doody

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Nick Doody born 1972 in Morley, West Yorkshire, is a British stand-up comedian. He features frequently as a guest on radio broadcasts such as Political Animal (radio) and vox-pop television shows, although he is known primarily as a live stand-up comic.

He also recently wrote for the television series FAQ U starring Justin Lee Collins and David Mitchell, featured on 'Mark Thomas' Comedy Product' and in 1997 was a finalist on Channel Four's 'So You Think You're Funny' competition.

He has half written an unpublished study of American comedian Bill Hicks, 'Telling the Truth, Laughing: The Life and Works of Bill Hicks'.

In August 2006 Nick performed his first solo Edinburgh Show 'Before He Kills Again', and earlier that year made an appearance at Download festival. He has appeared on Radio 2, The Comic Side of Seven Days on BBC 3, and has written for 8 Out of Ten Cats.

He is now a regular writer for The Late Edition (BBC 4), The Now Show (Radio 4), Armando Ianucci's Charm Offensive (Radio 4) and took his second solo show 'Hypocrite' to the Edinburgh Festival in 2007. He has recently appeared on The World Stands Up for BBC America and Paramount in the UK, and on Edinburgh and Beyond, also for Paramount. Current projects include a radio pilot, which he is working on with fellow comedian Matt Kirshen, with whom he also shares a house.

After a brief stint as a mercenary in Indochina, he now resides in London, England and is inexplicably scared of spoons.

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