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Date of birth (location): 10 November 1965, London, England, UK
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Sean Hughes (I)
Date of birth
(location): 10 November 1965, London, England,
UK
Trivia
Is the youngest ever winner of the Perrirer comedy
award.
Sometimes Credited As: Sean Murphy
Actor - filmography
Writer - filmography
Himself - filmography
Notable TV Guest Appearances
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Sean Hughes (comedian)
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Sean Hughes
(born John Hughes, London, November 19, 1965) is a British comedian. He had an
unhappy childhood moving from school to school, and found it hard to make
friends. It was his desire to escape from this unhappiness that first led him
into comedy.
Whilst working part time in a London supermarket he came across the Comedy Store, and was determined to work there in the future. In 1987 he started working in the comedy store, and with his show, 'A One Night Stand With Sean Hughes' he became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award.
As well as comedy, he has also written collections of prose and poetry and worked on a number of films.
Until 2002 he was a panelist on the BBC 2 comedy quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks, alongside Phill Jupitus and Mark Lamarr.
He currently lives in London with his cat and two dogs.
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Sean Hughes
Sean Hughes was born on the 19th of November 1965 to a
family of working class Catholics in London, England, with the birthname of John
Hughes. When he was four years old, the family (made up of Sean, his parents and
two brothers) returned to Ireland, and lived in Dublin. Sean moved school
several times, making it hard for him to fit in and make proper friends.
Although he was a natural show off, being rude and backchatting teachers, he was
a very vulnerable child after school hours, being the victim of bullying. Sean
describes most of his childhood as "unbearable", leading an unhappy social life,
and being thought of as "the thick one" by his parents, who made little attempt
to give their son ambition in life.
Early jobs were such as working part time in a supermarket, but Sean's long to
escape his unhappiness would lead him to what many know and love him for today.
One Summer working in London, a teenage Sean came across the Comedy Store and
was determined to work there. Just before Sean went to London with a friend, he
"lost control" and went to see a shrink, who advised him not to go. He ignored
this advice and went. After arriving, Sean's friend decided to return to Dublin,
leaving Sean stranded in London.
In 1987, Sean started doing stand-up comedy in London clubs. He became the
youngest ever winner of the prestigious Perrier Award for Comedy for 'A One
Night Stand With Sean Hughes' at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in 1990. The show
also played to crowds in London and throughout the UK, Los Angeles, Montreal,
Toronto and toured Australia for the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 1991. He was
awarded a Fringe First from the Scotsman along with Owen O'Neil when he returned
to Edinburgh in 1999 to write and appear in short plays, Dehydrated and
Travelling Light. Sean launched his successful TV career with the critically
acclaimed 7-part sitcom series 'Sean's Show', written by and starring Sean
Hughes. A second series was screened in 1993, following the success of the
first.
As well as his comic writing, Sean is also a serious writer, and has written two
collections of prose and poetry. The first, 'Sean's Book', sold over 40,000
copies. The second, 'Grey Area', was published in 1995. After these came the
critically acclaimed novels 'The Detainees' and 'It's What He Would Have
Wanted'.
Sean currently lives in London with his two dogs Bill and Sweep (from the
Battersea Dogs Home), cat Maggie (named after the baby in the Simpsons!), his
silver BMW and a collection of loud music.
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SEAN HUGHES
Well, it's about time!
A long, long overdue return to stand-up by the elfin genius.
Sean Hughes may be best known to the British public as (until recently) a sardonic team captain on Never Mind the Buzzcocks on BBC2. However Sean started his career as a stand-up by becoming the youngest winner of the Perrier Award. Several sell-out tours were followed by two series of Sean's Show (C4) Britain's first post-modern sitcom.
Sean is also the successful author of four books (the most recent being It's What He Would've Wanted Simon & Schuster, 1999). He started his acting career with a role in Alan Parker's film of The Commitments in 1991and recently co-starred alongside Peter Davison in The Last Detective (ITV).
Above and beyond all this Sean is a deeply funny comedian with a seemingly effortless delivery and quicksilver charm.
He could keep busy all year round with panel shows and acting gigs so why the return to stand up?
A few weeks ago I was asked if I'd like to go on Celebrity Strictly Come Dancing, says Sean. It was confirmation that nobody has any idea what I stand for. I hate the whole world of celebs. It doesn't interest me. That was one of the reasons I had to leave Never Mind the Buzzcocks. I was getting recognised just for that. I really didn't want that on my tombstone.
Good to have you back Sean.
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