Peter Kay
Birthday:
2 July 1973, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Height:
174 cm
He was taught metal work at school by the actor Steve Coogan's dad, and like Coogan he was an altar boy. He proposed to his wife Susan on one knee outside 'Andy's Records', because it was the first place where they kissed. He's worked everywhere, in a factory packing toilet rolls, in a supermarket, in a video shop, at a bin...
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He was taught metal work at school by the actor Steve Coogan's dad, and like Coogan he was an altar boy. He proposed to his wife Susan on one knee outside 'Andy's Records', because it was the first place where they kissed. He's worked everywhere, in a factory packing toilet rolls, in a supermarket, in a video shop, at a bingo hall, at a cash and carry, as a mobile disc jockey and at a garage for six years in between all the other jobs. He claims he lied to get into college, he told them he'd two 'A' Levels and five GCSEs and apparently they never checked up.He won the 1997 So You Think You're Funny contest at Edinburgh and the North West Comedian of the Year award. In 1998 Peter took his own hour-long show to the Edinburgh Fringe and was nominated for the Perrier Award. Peter actually has a qualification in stand up, which he got as part of his Btec in Media Performance Studies. His childhood ambition was to be a bin man. Show less «
Being a comedian is the only job I've ever managed to keep for a long period of time. In all my other jobs after a while it got to the point...Show more »
Being a comedian is the only job I've ever managed to keep for a long period of time. In all my other jobs after a while it got to the point where it was like I wasn't there. Hey I bet my former bosses are sat right now saying, "You're damn right you wasn't there, that's why you're not there now!" but I guess I never settled because I wasn't meant to pack toilet rolls or stack shelves, I was destined to make people laugh. Show less «
My best job before being a stand-up would have to be when I was usher at my local cinema in Bolton, I got to see all the movies for free, go...Show more »
My best job before being a stand-up would have to be when I was usher at my local cinema in Bolton, I got to see all the movies for free, got free sweets and I told people endings of films as they were going in, like "I didn't know Al Pacino was in Ghost (1990)", the bad thing was I had to go on a course to learn how to thread ticket stubs on a needle and thread. Show less «
[on Car Share (2015)] We did spend a lot of time selecting the music, probably more than writing!
[on Car Share (2015)] We did spend a lot of time selecting the music, probably more than writing!
I think sometimes you've got to just leave things. You need good ideas - that's the problem. You need good strong stories. A lot of series t...Show more »
I think sometimes you've got to just leave things. You need good ideas - that's the problem. You need good strong stories. A lot of series tend to go on for one series too many, especially with comedies, and I think people say 'ooh, it's gone off, that'. Show less «
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