Colin Murphy (comedian)
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Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland
| Colin Murphy | |
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| Birth name | Colin Murphy |
| Born | 16 July 1968 Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland |
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Colin Murphy (born 16 July 1968) is a Northern Irish comedian from Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. He now lives in south Belfast. He is best known for his television work hosting and co-writing The Blizzard of Odd, The Unbelievable Truth, and as resident panellist on The Blame Game for BBC Northern Ireland and The Panel for RTÉ.
He has also acted in the film Divorcing Jack with Rachel Griffiths and David Thewlis.
Murphy mainly tours in Ireland and usually hosts the comedy show in The Empire Bar, Belfast. He occasionally appears at other venues in the UK such as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and has performed at Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Melbourne Comedy Festival, and Just for Laughs. He was host of Queen's Comedy Club, which ran in the Mandela Hall of the Queen's University Belfast Students' Union until 2018.