Patrick McGuinness
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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
.
. 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.
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.
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 U.K., performing 108 shows. The Dark Side Tour was his first solo stand-up tour. Whilst 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
whilst 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, but 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 new 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”. The series focuses on arcane sports, such as cheese rolling
.
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. 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 which he returned to in 2011. From 8th 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
.
On 17 November, Paddy McGuinness starred in a UK TV advertising campaign for Victor Chandler
, a British bookmaker.
Paddy is the host of the ITV
series Take Me Out
.
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
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
stand-up comedian, comedy actor, television personality and presenter. Born in Farnworth
Farnworth
Farnworth is within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is located southeast of Bolton, 6 miles south-west of Bury , and northwest of Manchester....
, Bolton
Bolton
Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...
, he is best known for his performances alongside comedian Peter Kay
Peter Kay
Peter John Kay is an English comedian, writer, actor, director and producer. His work includes That Peter Kay Thing , Phoenix Nights , Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere , Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and other independent productions which have included two sell out tours.-Early career:Peter Kay...
, and as the host of dating programme Take Me Out
Take Me Out (game show)
Take Me Out is a television dating game show, hosted by Paddy McGuinness, that started airing on ITV1 in the United Kingdom and TV3 Ireland on 2 January 2010. It is based on the Original Australian TV show Taken Out. In September 2010, Irish broadcaster TV3 started broadcating an Irish version of...
.
Early life
He attended Mount St. Joseph's secondary school in FarnworthFarnworth
Farnworth is within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is located southeast of Bolton, 6 miles south-west of Bury , and northwest of Manchester....
. 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
Morrisons
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...
, a building site labourer, a lifeguard at Horwich
Horwich
Horwich is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest from the city of Manchester. It lies at the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors with the M61 motorway close to the...
leisure centre and a job cleaning machines at Warburtons
Warburtons
Warburtons is a British baking firm based founded by Thomas Warburton in 1876 in Bolton, then in Lancashire, now in Greater Manchester, England. For much of its history Warburtons only had bakeries in Lancashire and it remains a family-owned company....
bakery. He also worked in Corfu
Corfu
Corfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the edge of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered as a single municipality. The...
as a holiday rep for Club 18 – 30, before returning to his job at Horwich. He currently lives in his hometown of Bolton
Bolton
Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...
. He is married to Christine Martin. They married on 4 June 2011.
Work with Peter Kay
While still working at Horwich, he filmed two episodes of That Peter Kay ThingThat Peter Kay Thing
That Peter Kay Thing was a series of six spoof documentaries shown on Channel 4 in January 2000. Set in and around Bolton, these followed the lives of different characters and starred Peter Kay as the subject of each documentary. All of the episodes displayed Kay's penchant for nostalgic humour and...
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
Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere
Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere was an award-winning British comedy television show on Channel 4 starring and written by Peter Kay and Patrick McGuinness. All the episodes were also directed by Kay. It began on 12 November 2004 and ran for six 30 minute episodes up until 17 December 2004, with each...
, 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.
Post-Max & Paddy Projects
McGuinness also appeared in the second series of Sky OneSky One
Sky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...
show The Match
The Match (TV series)
The Match is a reality TV show on Sky One in which a group of celebrities form a football team to compete against a team of former professional footballers . The show begins with a large squad of celebrities who train and live together, all aiming to be selected for "The Match" against the team of...
, and has done a UK stand-up tour. McGuinness hosted Inside Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...
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 U.K., performing 108 shows. The Dark Side Tour was his first solo stand-up tour. Whilst 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
Winter Gardens, Blackpool
The Winter Gardens is a large entertainment complex in the town centre of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It has twelve different venues, including a theatre, ballroom and conference facilities. Opened in 1878, it is a Grade II* listed building, incorporating various elements built between 1875 and...
.
On 29 November 2006, McGuinness guest hosted The Paul O'Grady Show
The Paul O'Grady Show
The Paul O'Grady Show was a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4...
whilst O'Grady took the week off. McGuinness interviewed guest stars Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton
Emma Lee Bunton is an English pop singer/songwriter and TV and radio presenter. She was a member of the 1990s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as Baby Spice as she was the youngest member. In 2010, she joined the judging panel on ITV's Dancing on Ice...
and Michael Ball
Michael Ball (singer)
Michael Ashley Ball, born 27 June 1962) is a British actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter who is best known for the song "Love Changes Everything" and musical theatre roles such as Marius in Les Misérables, Alex in Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Edna Turnblad...
, took part in an assault course
Assault course
An assault course is a special sort of trail that combines running and exercising. It was more popular in the 1970s than it is now. It is heavily used in military training...
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
Bruce Forsyth
Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson, CBE , commonly known as Bruce Forsyth, or Brucie, is an English TV personality...
, Chris Tarrant
Chris Tarrant
Christopher John "Chris" Tarrant, OBE is an English radio and television broadcaster, now best known for hosting the first version of the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the United Kingdom and later Ireland, as the two national versions of the show merged in 2002.Chris...
and Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his interview programme, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007.- Early life :...
) watched TV shows they had appeared in years ago, which they had previously thought were lost. He is also the face of Greggs
Greggs
Greggs plc is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. It was established in the 1930s as a single shop but has approximately 1,500 outlets....
, 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, but appalled at the prices, he takes his date to Greggs
McGuinness released a new DVD for Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
2007, called Paddy Mcguinness: All-Star Balls Ups! which contains footballing gaffes and howlers.
First airing in August 2008, McGuinness co-starred in a new television series with British comedian Rory McGrath
Rory McGrath
Patrick Rory McGrath is an English comedian and writer. He is best known for roles in Who Dares Wins, Chelmsford 123, Three Men in a Boat and its successors. He was also a regular panellist on They Think It's All Over....
, broadcast on Channel Five, Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure
Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure
Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure is a documentary television series presented by comedians Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuinness. The series was broadcast on Five between 13 August and 3 September 2008. The series follows McGrath and McGuinness travelling around Great Britain, taking part in,...
. 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”. The series focuses on arcane sports, such as cheese rolling
Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester in the Cotswolds region of England. It is traditionally by and for the people who live in the local village of Brockworth, but now people from all over the world take...
.
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. 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
Leigh Francis
Leigh Szaak Francis is an English impressionist born in Leeds. He is best known for his work as the creator of Channel 4's Bo' Selecta!, and for his portrayal of Keith Lemon for several ITV programmes. Francis lives in Camden Town, London, and on October 31, 2003, at Allerton Castle, North...
' alter ego Keith Lemon on Let's Dance for Comic Relief
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
Let's Dance for Comic Relief is a British television programme shown on BBC One, featuring celebrities performing famous dance routines to raise money for the charity Comic Relief. The programme is currently presented by Steve Jones and Alex Jones, who replaced previous host Claudia Winkleman in...
dancing to "(I've Had) The Time of My Life
(I've Had) The Time of My Life
" The Time of My Life" is a song composed by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz. It was recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, after having been selected to be the finale song for the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, by choreographer Kenny Ortega and his assistant Miranda Garrison...
".
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
Take Me Out (game show)
Take Me Out is a television dating game show, hosted by Paddy McGuinness, that started airing on ITV1 in the United Kingdom and TV3 Ireland on 2 January 2010. It is based on the Original Australian TV show Taken Out. In September 2010, Irish broadcaster TV3 started broadcating an Irish version of...
. The first series aired from January to February with the second series premiering on 11 December 2010.
He guest presented This Morning
This Morning (TV series)
This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...
on ITV in July 2010. A role which he returned to in 2011. From 8th July 2011 and for the duration of August 2011, Paddy became the Friday presenter alongside either Jenni Falconer
Jenni Falconer
Jennifer 'Jenni' Falconer is a British television presenter.-Early life:After her family relocated to the South of England when she was seven, Falconer moved to Leeds in 1994 to study Spanish and Italian. Whilst studying at university, she also launched her television career...
or Coleen Nolan
Coleen Nolan
Coleen Patricia Nolan is an English born television presenter, author and singer of Irish descent. She was the youngest member of the girl group, The Nolans, in which she sang alongside her sisters...
.
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
Manchester Opera House
The Opera House in Quay Street, Manchester, England is a 1,920 seater commercial touring theatre which plays host to touring musicals, ballet, concerts and a Christmas pantomime. It is the sister to the Palace Theatre which is a similar venue in nearby Oxford Street at its junction with Whitworth...
with Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
and Jonathan Wilkes
Jonathan Wilkes
Jonathan Wilkes is an English television presenter, actor and musician. Jonny Wilkes is currently performing as Billy Flynn in Chicago at The Cambridge Theatre, London. He is also the best friend of singer Robbie Williams...
.
On 17 November, Paddy McGuinness starred in a UK TV advertising campaign for Victor Chandler
Victor Chandler
Victor Chandler is chairman of the company that bears his name, Victor Chandler International.Frequently styled ‘The Gentleman Bookmaker’, in 2006 The Racing Post described Chandler as "arguably the most famous bookmaker in the world...
, a British bookmaker.
Paddy is the host of the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
series Take Me Out
Take Me Out
Take Me Out is a 2002 play by American playwright Richard Greenberg originally staged by Donmar Warehouse, London, with The Public Theater. It premiered off-Broadway on September 5, 2002, at the Joseph Papp Public Theater, and made Its Broadway debut on February 27, 2003, at the Walter Kerr...
.
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
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
series 71 Degrees North
71 Degrees North
71 Degrees North is a TV series on ITV which began broadcasting on 11 September 2010. 10 celebrities must battle it out to see who will make it to the 71st parallel north, with challenges along the way. Mazda formerly sponsored the show, Continental tires are the current sponsors...
.
Stand-Up DVDs
- Live (6 November 2006)
- Plus You! Live (17 November 2008)
- Live 2011 (21 November 2011)
External links
- Official Patrick McGuinness Site - Launched Publicly on Radio1 18th Jan 2011
- Old Patrick McGuinness Site
- Patrick McGuinness Soundboard
- Patrick McGuinness signs for Victor Chandler