Karl Spain (born 20 October 1971) is an Irish comedian from Limerick. He is from the Corbally area of the city and was educated at CBS Sexton Street.
Karl Spain | |
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Born | Corbally, Limerick City |
Nationality | Irish |
Education | CBS Sexton Street |
Occupation | Actor & Writer |
Known for | Karl Spain Wants a Woman, The Panel (Irish TV series) & Podge and Rodge's Stickit Inn |
Television | Killinaskully, Karl Spain Wants a Woman, Podge and Rodge's Stickit Inn, Comedy Store, The Panel (Irish TV series), The Podge and Rodge Show, Tubridy Tonight, The Afternoon Show, The Republic of Telly |
Partner | Rachel O'Keeffe |
In 2000, Spain won the RTÉ award for Best New Act.[1]
Spain appeared at the Montreal Just for Laughs comedy festival in 2003, which was later repeated on RTÉ Television. He is a regular at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs comedy festival.
Spain later ran a series on RTÉ entitled Karl Spain Wants a Woman.[2] He appeared as master of kung-fu on the fifth series of Killinaskully in October 2008.
In 2009 he had yet another TV show on RTÉ Two, Karl Spain wants to Rock.
In March 2010 Karl began a tour as supporting act to fellow Irish comedian, Ed Byrne.
Toured with Kevin Bridges in 2015.
Karl Spain has also been known to attend University of Limerick Comedy Nights.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Karl Spain at IMDb
- Karl Spain on Irish Comedy
- Karl Spain at ComedyCV
- Killinascully (T.V Show) at RTÉ
- Podge & Rodge's Stickit Inn (T.V Show) at RTÉ
- Karl Spain Wants a Woman at IMDb
- The Panel (T.V Show)
- The Podge & Rodge Show at RTÉ
- Tubridy Tonight (T.V Show) at RTÉ
- The Afternoon Show (T.V Show) at RTÉ
- Republic of Telly (T.V Show) at RTÉ