Patrick Kielty Biography
Patrick Kielty is a comedian and television personality who is “Irish and Northern Irish.” His naturally provocative attitude has shown itself on the broadcast when Comic Relief Does Fame Academy and, most memorably, on the One Show when he divulged host Christine Bleakley’s phone number live on air.
How old is Patrick Kielty? – Age
He is 52 years old as of 31 January 2023. He was born in 1971 in County Down, United Kingdom.
Patrick Kielty Family
Kielty grew raised in Dundrum village. He is one of three boys born to businessman John “Jack” Kielty, who was assassinated by the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), a cover name for the loyalist paramilitary organization the Ulster Defence Association, on January 25, 1988.
Patrick Kielty Wife – Children
On Saturday, September 29, 2012, Kielty married English model and television presenter Cat Deeley (his former Fame Academy co-host) in a private ceremony in Rome. Their first son was born in January 2016, and their second son was born in June 2018. He discussed his relationship with Deeley when hosting the BBC Radio 5 Live afternoon broadcast on 28 October 2020 (filling in for Nihal Arthanayake), stating, “first pick a woman out of your league and then persuade her she isn’t.”
Patrick Kielty Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $15 Million.
Patrick Kielty Tour
Kielty returned to the stand-up circuit in 2006 with a fresh UK tour. Later, a DVD recorded in Belfast’s Grand Opera House was published. He went on his first stand-up tour in seven years in 2022.
Patrick Kielty BBC Documentary
He hosted Patrick Kielty’s Mulholland Drive, a television documentary on William Mullholland and the California Water Wars. Kielty also reminisced on the efforts of his ancestors in the Northern Ireland water business. [10] In March 2016, he began hosting a talk program for BBC Northern Ireland called Delete, Delete, Delete, which examined celebrities’ digital histories. He hosted Debatable, a daily quiz program on BBC Two, in 2016.
Kielty presented a BBC Two documentary, My Dad, the Peace Agreement, and Me, in 2018. The episode, which aired on the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, looked at the status of Northern Ireland two decades later. Kielty recounted his father’s murder and the impact it had on him, as well as his choice to vote Yes on the Agreement in a referendum, despite the fact that it would result in the release of his father’s assassins from prison.
He also spoke with former paramilitary activists from both sides of the conflict, including DUP leader Arlene Foster, students at an integrated (non-denominational) school, and Richard Moore, founder of Children in Crossfire, who was blinded as a small boy by a rubber bullet fired by a British soldier, whom he later befriended.
Patrick Kielty Soccer Aid
Kielty had a part in every edition of Soccer Aid till 2016. He is a goalie for the ‘Rest of the World’ squad and is usually replaced on the pitch at the start of the second half.
Patrick Kielty Stand-Up
In 1991, he went to Dublin’s new stand-up club The Gasworks, managed by performer/producer Billy Magra/McGrath, with his friend and fellow student Jackie Hamilton (later a BBC and independent producer). Kielty hosted the inaugural season of Channel 4’s Stand Up for the Week, which aired for six weeks beginning in June 2010.
Patrick Kielty TV Shows
He co-founded the Belfast-based TV production business Green Inc in 1997 with TV director Stephen Stewart, producing series such as The Afternoon Show, Patrick Kielty Almost Live, and Ask Rhod Gilbert. Kielty continued to appear on national television in 2005 and 2006, largely in light entertainment series such as the BBC’s Fame Academy, Comic Relief Does Fame Academy and Love Island for ITV.
Patrick Kielty Soccer Aid
Kielty had part in every edition of Soccer Aid till 2016. He is a goalie for the ‘Rest of the World’ squad and is usually replaced into the pitch at the start of the second half.
Patrick Kielty BBC Radio
Garth Brooks did his first UK interview to Kielty in January 2015 for a BBC Radio 2 special from Boston, Massachusetts. Kielty hosted The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 on September 13, 2019. Kielty will co-host Five Live Breakfast with Rachel Burden on BBC Radio 5 Live in August 2020, filling in for Nicky Campbell.
Patrick Kielty Career
While Kielty was a psychology student at Queen’s University Belfast, he began his professional career. He and his friend Jackie Hamilton went to the brand-new stand-up club The Gasworks in Dublin in 1991. There, UK acts like Jo Brand, Lee Evans, Jack Dee, Stewart Lee, Mark Lamarr, Eddie Izzard, and many others made their Irish debuts. The Empire on Botanic Avenue was established when Billy advised Patrick and Jackie to open their own comedy club in Belfast following a successful opening. On UTV in 1993, Kielty hosted the program SUS. He later served as the opening act for the BBC Northern Ireland program Anderson on the Box, which was hosted by Gerry Anderson, a local personality.
With TV director Stephen Stewart, he founded the Belfast-based television production company Green Inc in 1997, which produced shows like The Afternoon Show, Patrick Kielty Almost Live, and Ask Rhod Gilbert. He progressed to hosting UK-distributed shows like Patrick Kielty Almost Live and Last Chance Lottery. Following his liver transfer, previous football star George Best later gave his most memorable television interview to Patrick Kielty is a professional comedian from Northern Ireland, most popular for facilitating 14 episodes of the parody game show Inept Dropkicks and introducing a progression of After The Break. In addition, in both 2005 and 2006, he made appearances on national television, mostly in light entertainment shows like the BBC’s Fame Academy, Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, and Love Island for ITV. He went on a new tour of the UK in 2006 to get back into the stand-up scene.
In 2007, he started work at the Trafalgar Theater in London’s West End on the UK creation of A Night in November and guested on the BBC’s third series of Inhabit the Apollo. He was asked to participate in a joint in-depth television interview with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahearn at 10 Downing Street in London to discuss the Northern Ireland peace process. In 2016, he got back to BBC Northern Ireland to introduce programs, including the parody board game show Awful Language close by Susan Calman and Paul Sinha. After that, he was the host of the BBC Two documentary series My Dad, the Peace Deal, and Me. He showed a documentary in 2018