Joe Rooney, Date of Birth

    

Joe Rooney

Irish stand up comedian, actor and writer

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1963

Profession: actor, television actor

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Joe Rooney

  • Joe Rooney (born 1 October 1963) is an Irish actor, comedian and accomplished singer-songwriter from Tuam, County Galway. He is arguably best known for his acting and in particular for playing Father Damo in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted.
  • He features in the episode "The Old Grey Whistle Theft".
  • Rooney has had a starring role in the RTÉ television comedy, Killinaskully, in which he plays Timmy Higgins which ran for five series.
  • Joe also wrote on the fourth and fifth series of Killinaskully.
  • Joe currently hosts the podcast PodaRooney on which he interviews guests who are mostly involved in the entertainment industry.
  • Joe has performed stand up worldwide including New York, L.A., San Francisco, Chicago, Pittsburgh,Toronto, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Brussels, Moscow, Muscat (Oman), Manama (Bahrain) and Dubai.
  • He has also performed at Irish festivals in Kansas City (Missouri), Milwaukee and La Crosse (Wisconsin). In more recent years Joe has had featured roles in TV3's Red Rock, CBBC's Roy and the feature films "Monged" and "South".
  • He has a starring role in the feature film Wretch (2018) shot in Kansas City by first time writer/director Mathew Dunehoo.
  • He starred alongside Moe Dunford in the short film Stephanie (2018) directed by Fergal Costello.
  • Other acting roles include Fergus Scully, a roving reporter who speaks in pidgin English and Irish, on the TG4 sketch show Rí Rá.
  • In 1997, he appeared with Paul Tylak in Messrs Tylak and Rooney, a twelve-episode TV3 comedy travel series.

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