
Alan Carr
Sign in to saveAlan Graham Carr is an English comedian, broadcaster, writer, and television personality. His breakthrough was in 2001, winning the City Life Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. In the ensuing years, Carr's career burgeoned on the Manchester comedy circuit before he became known for co-hosting the comedy variety show The Friday Night Project (2006–2009) with Justin Lee Collins. This led to the release of a short-lived entertainment show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong (2008), and he went on to host the comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009–2016).
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Within Vinony's link graph, Alan Carr is referenced by 359 other articles, and connects out to National Television Awards, Who Do You Think You Are? and Alan Carr: Chatty Man.
It is catalogued under topics including 1976 births, 20th-century English comedians and 20th-century English LGBTQ people.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1957
- Works
- 58
Top works
- Positive practice
- Clinical Psychology in Ireland
- What Works with Children, Adolescents, and Adults?
- A peaceable moderator, or, Some plain considerations to give satisfaction to such as stand dis-affected to our Book of common prayer established by authority
- Family Therapy
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Film & TV
Weymouth, England, UK
Alan Graham Carr is an English comedian, television personality, radio presenter, and writer. Carr was born in Weymouth, Dorset, and spent most of his childhood in Northampton before moving to Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, where he began his comedy career.
Known for
- ViQueens — The Bard (voice)2026
- England 2006: The Golden Generation — Self (archive footage)2026
- Secret Genius — Self - Host2026
- Amanda & Alan's Greek Job — Self2026
- Amanda and Alan’s Greek Job — Self2026
- Grow — Emcee2025
- Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job — Self - Presenter2025
- A League Of Their Own: The Rally — Self2025
- The Celebrity Traitors — Self - Contestant2025
- LOL: Last One Laughing UK — Self2025
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1976
Discography
- Spexy Beast Live2011
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alan
- Family name
- Carr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Weymouth
- Father
- Graham Carr
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.alancarr.net
- Image
- Alan Carr at The British Comedy Awards 2007.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1976-06-14
- Commons category
- Alan Carr
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- social media followers
- 13900
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