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Neil Fitzmaurice also appeared in the series alongside many other local comedians who Kay later recruited for his Channel 4 series.Īfter presenting a slot entitled "Peter Kay's World of Entertainment" on BBC Two's The Sunday Show, Kay made an episode of Channel 4's Comedy Lab, "The Services", in 1998, which won a Royal Television Society award for best newcomer.

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In 1998, Kay appeared in a series of sketches for Granada TV's "Last Last Show" and "Roy Mills Films of Fun", where he made his TV debut as a character comedy actor and also did a stand-up set.

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In 1997, he played a delivery driver in the BBC drama Born to Run.Īlso in 1997, he made a one-off appearance on Coronation Street as a delivery driver for Fred Elliott's corner shop. His episode, "Two Minutes", written by Johanne McAndrew, saw him play a getaway driver as two of his friends attempted to rob a pub of its takings. Kay's first TV project was in a 1997 episode of New Voices, a comedy series which showcased rising talent.

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Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. In recognition of his contribution to the entertainment industry, Kay received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Salford University on 19 July 2016, at Salford's Lowry Theatre. Struggling with the course, he changed to studying a Higher National Diploma (HND) in media performance (including stand-up) at the University of Salford's Adelphi Campus School of Media, Music and Performance. He began a degree course at the University of Liverpool in Drama, Theatre Studies and English Literature. He took several minor jobs, including working in a toilet roll factory, a Netto supermarket, Manchester Arena, a cash and carry, a cinema, a petrol station and a bingo hall, which later inspired episodes for That Peter Kay Thing. His mother, Deirdre (née O'Neill), is an Irish Catholic originally from Coalisland, County Tyrone, and Peter was brought up in her faith. His father, Michael, was an engineer who died just before Peter's career took off.

Peter John Kay was born on 2 July 1973 and was brought up in the Farnworth area of Bolton, Lancashire, where he attended Mount Saint Joseph School, leaving with a GCSE in art.

He also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Salford. In 2016 Kay won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Comedy Performance, the BAFTA TV Award for Best Scripted Comedy and the National Television Award for Best Comedy for. He also starred in the 2015 BBC sitcom Cradle to Grave. He co-wrote and starred in Peter Kay's Car Share, a sitcom screened by the BBC for three series from 2015 to 2018. His 2010–2011 stand-up comedy tour was recorded in the Guinness World Records as the most successful ever selling over 1.2 million tickets. As the series' fictional protagonist Geraldine McQueen, he released the single " The Winner's Song", which reached number 2 in the UK singles chart.

and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice, a parody of several British reality television shows. In 2008 Kay co-wrote and starred in Britain's Got the Pop Factor. In 2005 he recorded a promotional video in which he mimed to Tony Christie's 1971 hit " (Is This the Way to) Amarillo", which was reissued to raise money for Comic Relief: the song reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming that year's best-selling single in the UK. This resulted in a spin-off sitcom, Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, which ran for two series from 2001 to 2002 and in turn generated another spin-off, Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere, in 2004. With his public profile raised, in 2000 he co-wrote and starred in That Peter Kay Thing for Channel 4. In 1997 he won Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny contest and the following year was nominated for a Perrier Award for his show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He began working part-time as a stand-up comedian, winning the North West Comedian of the Year award. He has written, produced and acted in several television and film projects, and has written three books.īorn and brought up in Bolton, Kay studied media performance at the University of Salford. Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English actor, comedy writer and stand-up comedian.