Alan Graham Carr (born June 14, 1976) is a British television comedian and personality.
Carr was born in Weymouth, Dorset, and spent most of his childhood in Northampton before moving in his early 20s to Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, where he began his comedic career. Carr's breakthrough was in 2001, winning the City Life of the Year's Best New Year and the BBC's New Comedy Award.
In the following years, his career grew on the Manchester comedy circuit before he became famous for hosting The Friday Night Project with Justin Lee Collins. This led to the release of Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong in 2008 and, finally, his popular comedy show Alan Carr: Chatty Man , which aired on Channel 4 between 2009 and 2016.
Carr also hosted a radio show, Going Out with Alan Carr, on BBC Radio 2 for three years and released his autobiography. (2008) and went on three arena tours: Tooth Fairy Live (2007), Spexy Beast Live (2011) and Yap, Yap, Yap ! (2015).
Carr is represented by Off the Curb agency. He has won two English Comedy Awards, two National Television Awards and BAFTA TV Awards.
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Personal life
His father, whose family is from the Northeast of England, is a former Northampton Town manager and Newcastle United scoutman Graham Carr. Carr has a younger brother, Gary.
Carr went to Weston Favell School, Northampton and graduated from Middlesex University with a BA 2: 1 (Hons) degree in Drama and Theater Studies.
After completing the title in his early 20s, Carr moved to Manchester, looking for a better life and aspiring to be a comedian. He moved into an activity-filled house in Chorlton-cum-Hardy after he moved to Stretford; which he cited as an inspiration for his comedy work. Carr soon became a regular on the Manchester comedy circuit, including Alan Carr's Ice Cream Sunday at Manchester Comedy Store. Carr also made friends with comedians based on the Manchester circuit, including Jason Manford, Justin Moorhouse and John Bishop.
Carr is openly homosexual, he does not consider his sexuality to be a part of the focus of his actions, once said, "I just think gay people should forget about themselves Just because you're gay and on television does not mean you are a role model.I am just a joker. What am I supposed to do? Am I following Julian Clary's route and talking about fisting and poppers? I'm not talking about being gay and I'm thinking what kind of equality is better for gays than that? "In January 2018 Carr married his partner for ten year-old, Paul Drayton, in Los Angeles. The wedding was inaugurated by her close friend, singer-songwriter Adele.
On September 21, 2006, Carr and entertainer Lionel Blair helped rescue a man who would fall from a pier in Blackpool. The man held on to his fingertips, but the two men managed to pull him to safety.
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Radio
Carr made his radio debut on Christmas Day 2007 for BBC Radio 2 as part of their Highlight of Praise, with the Alan Carr Christmas Event. She filled out on BBC Radio 6 Music on February 16 and June 14, 2008 for Adam and Joe and attended The Russell Brand Show on October 4, 2008. She also presented the Comedy Alan Carr to BBC Radio 2 in 2008. On April 25, 2009, Carr started hosting Going Out with Alan Carr , a new show for Radio 2, along with Emma Forbes (later replaced by Melanie Sykes). The show is broadcast every Saturday night from 6 Ã, pm to 8 Ã, pm. On March 7, 2012 he announced that he made the decision to hang his headphones to focus on his Chatty Man show. Carr said: "I love every minute but it's time to reclaim my weekend, I hope Radio 2 is a success, but I will listen from my home in the future." His last performance was on March 31, 2012. He returned to Boxing Day 2015 for one gig at the station. For 4 weeks in January/February 2017, Alan returned to Radio 2 to sit with Paul O'Grady on Sunday. Carr reunited with Sykes to present a 10-week event called 'Summer Escapes' sitting in for Graham Norton on Saturday from July to September 2017 on Radio 2. It was in the air between 10 Ã, and 1 Ã, pm and includes features based around the summer including the 'British Seaside Survey'.
Performance
Carr does stand-up regularly, on tours and on television. He has been featured in three Edinburgh shows and in 2007 he toured across the UK, followed by a DVD entitled "Tooth Fairy Live". Carr has his own monthly show at the Manchester comedy club and he has toured across the country, supporting a variety of other actions. He has performed at the Apollo Theater in London, broadcast for the BBC One series Live in the Apollo, and has been featured in the Royal Variety Performance.
Carr has appeared and performed at many festivals, including the Reading Festival and Leeds, the Latitude Festival, the Kilkenny Comedy Festival and Live Earth, where he welcomes David Gray and Damien Rice music performances on stage. He has performed internationally, including appearances at the Montreal "Just For Laughs" festival.
In 2010, Carr took part in the Channel 4's Comedy Gala , an awards ceremony held to help Ormond Street Children's Hospital, was filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on March 30th.
Controversy
In December 2008, when he received his award for Best Entertainment Personality at the British Comedy Awards, Carr dedicated it to Karen Matthews, who earlier this month was found guilty of kidnapping his daughter Shannon Matthews. Carr was quoted by BBC News as stating: "I have to dedicate this award to her [Karen] She will be the guest of my dreams I think she is a gay icon, people are a bit rude, are not they?"
Shahid Malik, MP for Matthews' constituent of Dewsbury, described Carr's comment about Shannon Matthews as "sick and insensitive". Carr later apologized for his comments, saying "I realize what I say is insensitive and I am very sorry for all the offenses caused." On his own site he added: "For those of you who have enjoyed my comedy and seen my actions over the past seven years you will all get used to my tongue in the cheek style and near the observations of the knuckles... Last night at the Comedy Awards [...] I became ironic, this is not my real clear sentiment. "
Movieography
Movie role
Television role
Bibliography
- Carr, Alan (2008). Look who it is! . HarperCollins Publisher. ISBN: 978-0007278220.
- Carr, Alan (2016). Alanatomy: The Inside Story . Penguin Books. ISBN: 978-0718180751.
Awards
- 2001 Manchester City Life The Best Newcomer of the Year
- 2001 The Best Stand Up New BBC
- 2006 Best in ShowÃ, - Sheffield Comedy Festival
- 2006 Golden Rose of Montreaux for Best Entertainment Show for The Friday Night Project
- LAFTA's Most Exclusive Double Act 2006 (with Justin Lee Collins)
- 2006 LAFTA's Funniest Entertainment Show for The Friday Night Project
- English Comedy 2007 Award for Best Live Event
- Best Male Celebrity of the Year 2007 Cosmopolitan (with Justin Lee Collins)
- 2007 Fun Double Act LAFTA (with Justin Lee Collins)
- English Comedy Award 2008 for Best Entertainment Personality
- Personality Awards of the Year "Television and Radio Personality" 2009
- Performance of Community Television Society 2009 Society of the Year
- 2009 Heat's Funniest Book of 2009
- 2010 Alan Carr: Chatty Man won Best Entertainment Performance at TV Awards Award
- Best Talk Show 2012 at the National Television Awards for Alan Carr: Chatty Man
- Award LAFTA Loaded 2012 for Best Stand Up
- The 2012 Television and Radio Industry Club for the Best TV Personality
- 2013 BAFTA TV Award for Best Entertainment Performance
- 2015 National Television Award for Host Chat Event
References
External links
- Official website
- Alan Carr on IMDb
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