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Rob Delaney
Born (1977-01-19) January 19, 1977 (age 47)
Boston, Massachusetts, US
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University
Occupation(s)Comedian, actor, writer
Years active2003–present
Children3
Websitewww.robdelaney.com

Rob Delaney (born January 19, 1977) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He is widely known as the co-star and co-writer of the TV show Catastrophe.

Early life

Delaney was raised in Marblehead, Massachusetts.[1] He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and graduated with a degree in musical theater in 1999.[2]

Career

Twitter

Delaney first came to the attention of the public via Twitter, on which he started posting in 2009.[3] By 2016, Delaney had over 1.2 million followers.[4] While other comics were hesitant to share their material on social media, Delaney is considered one of the first comedians to use social media to publish jokes.[5] Delaney credits comedy writer and director Graham Linehan with his rise in popularity after Linehan began responding to Delaney's tweets.[6]

In 2010, Paste magazine named Delaney one of the ten funniest people on Twitter.[7] In May 2012, he became the first comedian to win the 'Funniest Person on Twitter Award' at The Comedy Awards hosted by Comedy Central.[8]

Writing

Delaney has written several articles for Vice[9] as well as The Guardian.[10]

His book Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. was published by Spiegel & Grau in November 2013.[11][12]

Acting

Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan interviewed about Catastrophe in 2015

In December 2011, Comedy Central announced that Delaney would shoot a pilot for a variety show, called "@RobDelaney".[13] However, the series was never picked up by them.

Instead, Delaney moved on to co-write and co-star with Sharon Horgan in Catastrophe,[14] that began airing in the UK on 19 January 2015. The show follows them after they get together following a brief affair while he is in the UK on business, and then moves there permanently after he learns that she has become pregnant.[15] It debuted in the United States on Amazon in June, 2015. There are now three seasons on Amazon and the show has been renewed for a fourth.[16]

Since moving to the UK in 2014, Delaney has appeared on several British panel shows, including Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You?, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Big Fat Quiz of the Year and Room 101. Delaney made his feature film debut in the 2018 action comedy Deadpool 2, playing Peter, an average middle-aged man with no powers who joins Deadpool's X-Force. As part of the film's promotion, a Twitter account was launched in Peter's name.[17]

Personal life

Delaney is married; he and his wife have two living sons, having lost their third son in January 2018.[18][19] In February 2018, Delaney publicly shared that their son Henry had died, age two and a half, the month before, after having been diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016 and treated extensively.[20] Delaney and his family live in London.[21]

Delaney has publicly shared his experience with depression and alcoholism.[22][23] In 2002, Delaney blacked out while driving and drove his car into a building owned by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. In the wreck, he broke his left wrist and right arm, and had both of his knees scratched to the bone. This prompted Delaney to stop drinking, and he has been sober since February 4, 2002.[24][25]

Delaney is a "left-wing" progressive and often writes about political issues. He has said that he chooses presidential candidates based mostly on their policies regarding education and health care, reasoning: "Make it easier for your citizens to be healthy and smart and they will save you in ways you have yet to imagine."[26] He supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primary and voted for Hillary Clinton in the subsequent general election.[27] After Donald Trump was elected president, Delaney joined the Democratic Socialists of America, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the American Civil Liberties Union.[28]

In June 2017, Delaney endorsed the Labour Party in the 2017 UK general election.[29]

On June 15, 2017, Rob Delaney appeared as a panelist on the BBC's Question Time, chaired by David Dimbleby, in Coventry, England.

Filmography

Year Work Role Notes
2007 Wild Girls Gone Himself
2009 Coma, Period. Dan Humford Ten episodes
2009 Outer Space Astronauts Commander Cake
2010 This Week in Comedy Himself
2011 The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest Himself Six episodes
2012 Key and Peele Campaign Advisor / White Guy in Negraph Commercial Two episodes
2012 First Dates with Toby Harris Brad
2013 Rob Delaney Live at the Bowery Ballroom Live performance special available on Netflix
2014 Life After Beth News Anchor
2015- Catastrophe Rob Co-creator, co-writer and main cast
2018 Deadpool 2 Peter W.[30]

References

  1. ^ "How 'funniest person on Twitter' Rob Delaney revived the TV romcom - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  2. ^ Delaney, Rob (2013-11-05). "Rob Delaney: A Beautiful, Shimmering Red Flag". Esquire. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. ^ Friar, Christine (2012-04-27). "Rob Delaney Talks Abortion, Comedy And That Famous Green Speedo With 'Vice'". Huffington Post. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Rob Delaney's Followers". Twitter. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
  5. ^ "Rob Delaney, From Free Twitter Jokes to Comedic Stardom". #TheLabNYC. 2013-06-19. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Holt, Kris (2012-07-04). "Rob Delaney to The Daily Dot: 'I had to be good at Twitter'". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  7. ^ "The 10 Best Comedians of 2010". Paste Magazine. 2010-12-06. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Rob Delaney: First comedian to win 'funniest person on Twitter'". mashable. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Articles by Rob Delaney". Vice Magazine. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  10. ^ "Rob Delaney Profile". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  11. ^ Gilbert, Matthew (16 November 2013). "Book Review: Rob Delaney by Rob Delaney". Boston Globe. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Ryan, Kyle (2013-11-04). "Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  13. ^ "Comedy Central preps Twitter show". c21media.net. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  14. ^ "Catastrophe a new C4 comedy created by Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan". Channel4.com (Press release).
  15. ^ "Star Wars' Carrie Fisher in new Sharon Horgan comedy Catastrophe – first look". Radio Times. 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  16. ^ "'Catastrophe' renewed for seasons 3 and 4". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  17. ^ "Peter W. (@PeterW_1974) on Twitter". twitter.com.
  18. ^ North, Kyle (5 November 2013). "Rob Delaney explains why Phoebe Gloeckner's A Child's Life is "the North Star"". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  19. ^ "rob delaney on Twitter". Twitter. April 22, 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  20. ^ "Rob Delaney". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  21. ^ "rob delaney on Twitter". Twitter. August 22, 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  22. ^ On Depression & Getting Help. Robdelaney.tumblr.com (2010-02-26). Retrieved on 2012-05-22.
  23. ^ Delaney, Rob (2010-10-01). "Comedy". Vice. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  24. ^ Delaney, Rob (2011). "Take a Stroll... With Rob Delaney: Helping You, Helping Me". Vice. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  25. ^ Freeman, Hadley (2012-09-17). "Rob Delaney: 'Twitter has rocketed me to a whole new level of standup'". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  26. ^ Delaney, Rob (2011). "Take a Stroll... With Rob Delaney: A Voter's Guide". Vice. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  27. ^ Delaney, Rob (2016). "Who I'm voting for and why". Tumblr. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  28. ^ "rob delaney on Twitter". Twitter. December 11, 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  29. ^ Milne, Oliver (8 June 2017). "Who are celebrities voting for in 2017 General Election? The A-Z of famous names supporting Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems and Greens". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 14 June 2017. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  30. ^ "Peter from Deadpool 2 Has His Own Hilarious Twitter Account". 19 April 2018.
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