Dan Tiernan

Born in Stockport,^[6] Tiernan took a comedy course at age 21.^[1]

He won the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club's "Beat the Frog" new stand-up competition in 2020.^[7]

In 2021, he was a finalist in the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year at the Leicester Comedy Festival.^[8]

In 2022, he performed on Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza (Series 1).^[9] Dan then went on to compete in and win BBC New Comedy Award 2022^[10] and the British Comedian Of The Year 2022.^[11]

In September 2023, he portrayed Logan Padmore in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors,^[12] Comedy Central Live - Series 2^[13] and The Stand Up Sketch Show - Series 5 over multiple episodes.^[14][15][16]

In 2023, Tiernan performed his debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, "Going Under", to positive reviews.^[17] He received a nomination for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Comedy Award 2023^[18] and won Best Newcomer at the ISH Comedy Awards 2023.^[19]

In April 2024, he was a guest on the Underground and Underwater episode of QI^[20], in July 2024, he was a guest on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and in August 2024 he was a guest on The Last Leg^[21] The Last Leg In Paris.

In December 2024, Tiernan performed on Live at the Apollo.^[22]

In 2025, Tiernan took the show "All In" to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to positive reviews and receiving the nomination for Best Show at Edinburgh Comedy Award 2025.^[23] While at the Fringe he also performed at Fern Brady Presents: Comedy At The Fringe^[24] and Channel 4's A Comedy Thing LIVE!^[25]

Outside of the Fringe, in 2025, Tiernan has starred in Channel 4's A Comedy Thing,^[26] performing in Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping and judging on BBC New Comedy Awards 2025.^[27]

Tiernan attended Hulme Hall school, and later on the University of Salford.^[28]

Tiernan is dyspraxic.^[1][29] He is gay.^[30] He has a younger sister.^[1]