| Patrick McGuinness | |
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| Birth name | Patrick Joseph McGuinness |
| Born | 14 August 1973 Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Medium | Stand up, Television |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Genres | Storytelling |
| Spouse | Christine Martin (m. 2011–present) |
| Notable works and roles | That Peter Kay Thing (2000) Phoenix Nights (2001–02) Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004) |
| Website | www.paddymcguinness.tv[1] |
Patrick Joseph "Paddy" McGuinness (born 14 August 1973) is an English stand-up comedian, comedy actor, television personality and presenter. Born in Farnworth, Bolton, he is best known for his performances alongside comedian Peter Kay, and as the host of dating programme Take Me Out.
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He attended Mount St. Joseph's secondary school in Farnworth. 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. He is married to Christine Martin. They married on 4 June 2011.
While still working at Horwich, he filmed two episodes of That Peter Kay Thing and the first series of 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, 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 was not recommissioned. McGuinness also released a fitness DVD titled Max & Paddy's The Power of Two, which includes early previously unused material.
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 programme where he completed different tasks to see the difference between him and a professional footballer.
In 2005 and 2006, McGuinness toured the UK, performing 108 shows. The Dark Side Tour was his first solo stand-up tour. While 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 guest hosted The Paul O'Grady Show while 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, as well as going on a romantic date to a posh restaurant; appalled at the prices, he takes his date to Greggs.
McGuinness released a new DVD for Christmas 2007, called Paddy McGuinness: All-Star Balls Ups! which contains footballing gaffes and howlers.
First airing in August 2008, McGuinness co-starred in a television series with British comedian Rory McGrath, broadcast on Channel Five, Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure. This is a four-part series in which Paddy and Rory embark on a nationwide road-trip, “on a mission to explore Britain’s sporting heritage by probing the hidden life of its towns and villages”.[2] The series focuses on arcane sports, such as cheese rolling.[3]
From 21 August through to 11 December 2008, McGuinness was involved in a second tour – known as the ‘Paddy McGuinness Plus You! Live’ – which included 76 scheduled dates around the United Kingdom and Ireland.[4] The 'Plus You! Tour' featured McGuinness, along with other variety acts that were chosen by him, through a competition that ran on his official website, hence the title of Plus You!
He appeared with Leigh Francis' alter ego Keith Lemon on Let's Dance for Comic Relief dancing to "(I've Had) The Time of My Life".
On 6 December 2009, he appeared with his family on All Star Family Fortunes where he played big money and won £4100 for his charity. He currently hosts a dating programme on ITV called Take Me Out. The first series aired from January to February with the second series premiering on 11 December 2010.
He guest-presented This Morning on ITV in July 2010, a role to which he returned in 2011. From 8 July 2011 and for the duration of August 2011, Paddy became the Friday presenter alongside either Jenni Falconer or Coleen Nolan.
A second series of Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure started airing in September 2010.
From 12 to 27 November 2010, McGuinness starred in the adult pantomime Panto's On Strike at Manchester Opera House with Robbie Williams and Jonathan Wilkes.[5]
On 17 November, Paddy McGuinness starred in a UK TV advertising campaign for Victor Chandler, a British bookmaker.
In 2011, McGuinness will go on his third stand-up tour, called "Paddy McGuinness: Saturday Night Live Tour", which will start on 6 October 2011.
From 2011, Paddy has been the host of the ITV series 71 Degrees North. On 9 December 2011, he and his wife were contestants on The Million Pound Drop Live and won £275,000 for charity.
On 22 December 2011, Paddy appeared on a christmas version of Celebrity Juice. On 29 December 2011, Paddy hosted a one-off ITV special of Paddy's Show & Telly
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