Rob Delaney Biography
Rob Delaney is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and activist from the United States. Delaney first gained public prominence through Twitter, where he began tweeting in 2009. He co-starred and co-wrote the TV sitcom Catastrophe and has performed in comedies such as Deadpool 2 (2018) and Tom & Jerry (2021).
Rob Delaney Age
He was born Robert Archer Delaney on January 19, 1977, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. Rob is 46 years old as of January 2023.
Rob Delaney Education
In 1999, he graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in musical theatre.
Rob Delaney Height
Rob stands at a height of 6′ 3″ (1.91 m) tall.
Rob Delaney Family
Delaney was born, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Nancy and Robert Delaney. He was raised in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and is of Irish ancestry.
Rob Delaney Wife- Children
Delaney lives in London with his wife Leah, with whom he has four sons. In February 2018, Delaney stated that their son Henry, who was two and a half at the time of his death, had died in January after receiving significant treatment for a brain tumor in 2016. In August of this year, the couple welcomed their fourth child.
Rob Delaney Career
Delaney first gained public prominence through Twitter, where he began tweeting in 2009. He had over 1.2 million followers by 2016. While other comedians were afraid to post their material on social media, he is regarded as one of the first to publish jokes on social media. He attributed his breakthrough to Irish comedic writer Graham Linehan, who began reacting to his tweets. Delaney was voted one of the ten funniest people on Twitter by Paste magazine in 2010. He was the first comedian to receive the “Funniest Person on Twitter” category at The Comedy Awards in May 2012.
Delaney shot a pilot for a variety program called @RobDelaney for Comedy Central in December 2011. The series, however, was not picked up. Instead, Delaney went on to co-write and co-star in Catastrophe, which premiered on Channel 4 in the UK on January 19, 2015. The show follows their characters after they meet after a brief affair when he is on business in the UK and then move there permanently after he finds she is pregnant. It was released on Amazon in the United States in June 2015. After four seasons, the show was canceled. On February 12, 2019, Channel 4 showed the last episode, while Amazon revealed the US release date.
Delaney appeared in a number of Hollywood blockbuster blockbusters throughout 2019. He worked again with filmmaker David Leitch and actor Dwayne Johnson on Hobbs & Shaw, playing Agent Loeb. In Paul Feig’s comedy-drama Last Christmas, he played a theatre director. Both films debuted at the top of the box office in the United Kingdom. He also played Todd opposite Anne Hathaway in The Hustle and Charlize Theron in the Fox News drama Bombshell. He appeared as Elvis Presley in Dexter Fletcher’s Elton John musical biopic Rocketman, but his appearance was deleted from the theatrical version. It was also rumored that he would co-star with Reynolds again in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. He did not, however, feature in the finished film.
Rob Delaney’s Net Worth
Rob has an estimated net worth of 1.5 million dollars.
Rob Delaney Movies and TV Shows
2009 Coma, Period.
Outer Space Astronauts
2010 This Week in Comedy
2011 The Smoking Gun Presents: World’s Dumbest
2012 Key & Peele
First Dates with Toby Harris
2013 Rob Delaney Live at the Bowery Ballroom
Cougar Town
Burning Love
2014 The Michael J. Fox Show
2015–2019 Catastrophe
2016 Travel Man: 48 Hours In
2018 Action Team
Trust
Danger Mouse
Bitz & Bob
2021 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
The Great North
No Activity
Birdgirl
Between the Covers
Fairfax
2022 Big Nate
The Man Who Fell to Earth
2023 The Power
Black Mirror
TBA Bad Monkey