Michael Redmond (comedian)

Michael Redmond (born October 1950)[1] is an Irish stand-up comedian from Blackrock, Dublin,[2] known for playing Father Stone in the Father Ted episode "Entertaining Father Stone".[3][4] He has a deadpan style of delivery and has been described as the "possessor of comedy's most mournful moustache".[5]


Redmond began his career as a writer for Irish radio and television, before moving to London and launching a successful stand-up career in 1987.[3] His live show Eamon, Older Brother of Jesus was adapted for a BBC Radio 4 series, but scrapped on the decision of the station's new Scottish Catholic controller.[4] Parts of the series were subsequently broadcast on Alan Davies' BBC Radio 1 show.[4] After his work on Father Ted, he continued to appear in projects as diverse as Brass Eye,[4] and Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, and is a regular participant at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Redmond played another priest in the film Voodoophone.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "My health: Michael Redmond", Glasgow Herald, 7 June 2010, retrieved 2010-11-23
  2. ↑ "Time and Place: Michael Redmond". timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Michael Redmond", chortle.co.uk, retrieved 2010-11-23
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Richardson, Jay (2010) "Fr Stone speaks", Irish Times, 16 August 2010, retrieved 2010-11-23
  5. ↑ Dixon, Stephen (1999) Gift of the Gag: The Explosion in Irish Comedy, Blackstaff Press Ltd, ISBN 978-0-85640-658-4, p. 83