Pat Shortt
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Pat Shortt is an actor, comedian and entertainer. In 2007, he starred in the film Garage
Garage (film)
Garage is a 2007 Irish film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Mark O'Halloran, the same team behind Adam and Paul. It stars Pat Shortt, Anne-Marie Duff and Conor J. Ryan...

, directed by Lenny Abrahamson for which he won the Best Actor award at the 2008 IFTAs
Irish Film and Television Awards
The Irish Film and Television Awards were first awarded in 2003. Its sole aim is to celebrate Ireland's notably talented film and television community...

. In 2008, An Post
An Post
An Post is the State-owned provider of postal services in the Republic of Ireland. An Post provides a universal postal service to all parts of the country as a member of the Universal Postal Union...

 issued a postage stamp
Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...

 featuring Pat Shortt, as Josie, in the film Garage.

Career

Pat began to be recognized when he starred alongside Jon Kenny
Jon Kenny
Jon Kenny lives in Lough Gur and is one half of the famous Irish comic duo d'Unbelievables with Pat Shortt...

in 3 of D'Unbelievables
D'Unbelievables
D'Unbelievables are an Irish comic duo. The duo was formed in the late 80's by Pat Shortt and Jon Kenny in Limerick. Together they created characters which could be seen on every street corner and every pub in Ireland. They toured extensively all over Ireland for almost a decade until Jon Kenny was...

series which was very successful in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, The first of which was entitled "D'Video" which was a live random sketch show, the second of the series was entitled "D'Telly" in which Pat and Jon played various characters but mainly 2 brothers who run a shop together, and the final made of the series was entitled "D'Mother" where Jon's Character runs a pub with his "Mother" who was later revealed to be his father (Played by Pat), one notable character played by Pat Shortt was Dan Clancy known for telling "his stories"! later appeared as one of the main characters in the spin-off Killinascully

He also played the part of crazy man Tom in Father Ted
Father Ted
Father Ted is a comedy series set in Ireland that was produced by Hat Trick Productions for British broadcaster Channel 4. Written jointly by Irish writers Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan and starring a predominantly Irish cast, it originally aired over three series from 21 April 1995 until 1 May...

. His character had a uni-brow and wore an "I shot JR" shirt.

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