Patrick McGuinness

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Patrick McGuinness

Promo picture for The Dark Side Tour
Born 14 August 1973
Farnworth, England.
Occupation Stand-up comedian

Patrick Joseph McGuinness (often referred to as Paddy McGuiness) (born 14 August 1973 in Farnworth,[1] Lancs is an English stand-up comedian and comedy actor famous for his work with Peter Kay.

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[edit] Early life

When he left school he took a college course to do a BTEC 1st Diploma in Science with the intention of becoming a lab technician, but soon realised that this was not a career he wished to pursue.

The next few years saw McGuinness undertaking various jobs including a silver service waiter at JJ’s A la Carte restaurant, a warehouse worker for Morrisons, a building site labourer, a lifeguard at Horwich leisure centre and a job cleaning machines at Warburtons bakery. He also worked in Corfu as a holiday rep for club 18 – 30, before returning to his job at Horwich. He currently lives in his hometown of Bolton.

[edit] Acting

[edit] Work with Peter Kay

While still working at Horwich he filmed two episodes of That Peter Kay Thing and the first series of Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights. He left his job when work on the second series of Phoenix Nights began. After Phoenix Nights ended, the show spawned a spin-off series entitled Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere, which follows the two doormen from Phoenix Nights, played by Kay & McGuinness. The series received mixed reviews and a second series was planned. However, it did not get recomissioned. McGuinness also released a fitness DVD titled Max & Paddy's The Power of Two which includes early previously unused material.

[edit] Solo Projects

McGuinness also appeared in the second series of Sky One show The Match, and has done a UK stand-up tour. McGuinness hosted Inside Wayne Rooney on 15 May 2006 on Sky One, a program where he completed different tasks to see the difference between him and a professional footballer.

In 2005 and 2006, McGuinness toured the U.K., performing 108 shows. The Dark Side Tour was his first solo stand-up tour. Whilst on tour, he reprised his role of Lord Love Rocket from award-winning comedy Phoenix Nights.

His other television work includes his own Chuck Stryker: The Unknown Stuntman on E4 which he wrote and starred in alongside Jonathan Wrather and a few other familiar faces. His DVD, Paddy McGuinness: The Dark Side Tour was released in early November and sold over 30,000 copies in its first week. The DVD was filmed at Blackpool Opera House.

On 29 November 2006, McGuinness hosted The Paul O'Grady Show whilst O'Grady took the week off. McGuinness interviewed guest stars Emma Bunton and Michael Ball, took part in an assault course and attempted to sew a dress for Bunton at the end of the show.

In 2007, McGuinness presented Raiders of the Lost Archive on ITV1, a show in which he and his guests (in the first show, Bruce Forsyth, Chris Tarrant and Michael Parkinson) watched TV shows they had appeared in years ago, which they had previously thought were lost. He is also the face of Greggs, appearing in adverts as a gardener with his friend back from honeymoon ("Did you take me to Mauritius?") and also taking his pasty on a romantic country drive.

Paddy released a new DVD for Christmas 2007, called Paddy Mcguinness: All-Star Balls Ups! which contains footballing gaffes and howlers, featuring some of football's most famous names.

[edit] Future projects

A third series of Phoenix Nights has been rumoured and a second series of Road to Nowhere is also planned for sometime in the future. According to his official website, a new stand-up tour is planned for 2008.

It was revealed on The Paul O'Grady Show that he is working with Leigh Francis on a new channel 4 comedy show.

It has been confirmed that Paddy will commence on a nationwide tour in 2008 Called The Paddy Mcguinness - Plus You! Tour. The Plus You! Tour will feature Paddy, Plus other variety acts that will be chosen by Paddy himself, through a competition running on his official website, hence the title of Plus You! The actual Tour starts in October 2008, but warm up dates are running from August. This will be Paddy's second Tour, Following the 2006 "Darkside" Tour.

[edit] References

  1. ^ England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983. Ancestry.co.uk. URL accessed 21 June 2007.

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