History Creator / DaraOBriain

*** Another routine has him note that he was never able to see the really controversial stuff in one of the ''GrandTheftAuto'' games, as he got stuck on an early mission and quit upon realizing that the constant failing and going back to the guy who gave him the mission to restart it (and having to wait at a toll booth both ways) was basically the same as actually being in traffic.

* OneOfUs: Despite [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] he doesn't look the type, he's a huge video game nerd.

Dara Ó Briain ([[NoPronunciationGuide Pronounced Oh Bree-Ann]], born 4 February 1972) is an Irish stand up comedian famous throughout the UK and his homeland. Beginning as a children's television presenter, Dara is now known for presenting ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''[[Series/TheApprentice The Apprentice UK - You're Fired!]]'', as well as a few {{Edutainment Show}}s ''School of Hard Sums'' and ''Stargazing Live'', as well as his own show ''[[ScienceShow Dara Ó Briain's Science Club]]'', and in 2016 he became the new host of the UnCancelled ''Series/RobotWars''. He's also an occasional guest on ''Series/{{QI}}''.

Dara Ó Briain ([[NoPronunciationGuide Pronounced Oh Bree-Ann]]) is an Irish stand up comedian famous throughout the UK and his homeland. Beginning as a children's television presenter, Dara is now known for presenting ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''[[Series/TheApprentice The Apprentice UK - You're Fired!]]'', as well as a few {{Edutainment Show}}s ''School of Hard Sums'' and ''Stargazing Live'', as well as his own show ''[[ScienceShow Dara Ó Briain's Science Club]]'', and in 2016 he became the new host of the UnCancelled ''Series/RobotWars''. He's also an occasional guest on ''Series/{{QI}}''.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite, in his own words, looking like one of [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano's]] henchmen, he has studied maths and theoretical physics, and is fluently bilingual with Irish Gaelic.

* TemptingFate: He notes that one thing you should never do is tell a comedian not to do something. For example, upon doing a gig where a certain celebrity was present, he was warned not to do material about a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-injunctions_in_English_law super-injunction]]; a super-injunction is a legal injunction that cannot be publicized, meaning Dara obviously had zero idea about it prior to being warned of it, ''and he promptly started to make light of it.''

Dara Ó Briain ([[NoPronunciationGuide Pronounced Oh Bree-Ann]]) is an Irish stand up comedian famous throughout the UK and his homeland. Beginning as a children's television presenter, Dara is now known for presenting ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''[[Series/TheApprentice The Apprentice UK - You're Fired!]]'', as well as a few {{Edutainment Show}}s ''School of Hard Sums'' and ''Stargazing Live'', as well as his own show ''[[ScienceShow Dara Ó Briain's Science Club]]'', and in 2016 he will be the new host of the UnCancelled ''Series/RobotWars''. He's also an occasional guest on ''Series/{{QI}}''.

Dara Ó Briain ([[NoPronunciationGuide Pronounced Oh Bree-Ann]]) is an Irish stand up comedian famous throughout the UK and his homeland. Beginning as a [[HeyItsThatGuy children's television presenter]], Dara is now known for presenting ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''[[Series/TheApprentice The Apprentice UK - You're Fired!]]'', as well as a few {{Edutainment Show}}s ''School of Hard Sums'' and ''Stargazing Live'', as well as his own show ''[[ScienceShow Dara Ó Briain's Science Club]]'', and in 2016 he will be the new host of the UnCancelled ''Series/RobotWars''. He's also an occasional guest on ''Series/{{QI}}''.

Dara Ó Briain ([[NoPronunciationGuide Pronounced Oh Bree-Ann]]) is an Irish stand up comedian famous throughout the UK and his homeland. Beginning as a [[HeyItsThatGuy children's television presenter]], Dara is now known for presenting ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''[[Series/TheApprentice The Apprentice UK - You're Fired!]]'', as well as a few {{Edutainment Show}}s ''School of Hard Sums'' and ''Stargazing Live'', as well as his own show ''[[ScienceShow Dara Ó Briain's Science Club]]''. He's also an occasional guest on ''Series/{{QI}}''.

* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Apparently people won't stop comparing him to Gru from 'WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''... or even the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabus_(Europe) Megabus]][[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m73pprOV4v1rzl2uho1_1280.png mascot Sid.]]

* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Apparently people won't stop comparing him to Gru from 'WesternAnimation/DespicableMe.''

-->''Let's engage, [[PrecisionFStrike fucker]]!"

* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Apparently people won't stop comparing him to Gru from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe.''

Dara Ó Briain ([[NoPronunciationGuide Pronounced Oh Bree-Ann]]) is an Irish stand up comedian famous throughout the UK and his homeland. Beginning as a [[HeyItsThatGuy children's television presenter]], Dara is now known for presenting ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''[[Series/TheApprentice The Apprentice UK - You're Fired!]]'', as well as a few {{Edutainment Show}}s ''School of Hard Sums'' and ''Stargazing Live'', as well as his own show ''[[ScienceShow Dara Ó Briain's Science Club]]''. He's also an occasional guest on ''Series/QI''

Dara Ó Briain ([[NoPronunciationGuide Pronounced Oh Bree-Ann]]) is an Irish stand up comedian famous throughout the UK and his homeland. Beginning as a [[HeyItsThatGuy children's television presenter]], Dara is now known for presenting ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''[[Series/TheApprentice The Apprentice UK - You're Fired!]]'', as well as a few {{Edutainment Show}}s ''School of Hard Sums'' and ''Stargazing Live'', as well as his own show ''[[ScienceShow Dara Ó Briain's Science Club]]''.

* TheChewToy: On ''Series/MockTheWeek''. Some episodes generate a RunningGag of mocking his baldness or appearance.

Dara Ó Briain[[hottip:*:[[NoPronunciationGuide Pronounced Oh Bree-Ann]] is an Irish stand up comedian famous throughout the UK and his homeland. Beginning as a [[HeyItsThatGuy children's television presenter]], Dara is now known for presenting ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''[[Series/TheApprentice The Apprentice UK - You're Fired!]]'', as well as a few {{Edutainment Show}}s ''School of Hard Sums'' and ''Stargazing Live'', as well as his own show ''[[ScienceShow Dara Ó Briain's Science Club]]''.

Dara Ó Briain[[note]][[NoPronunciationGuide Pronounced Oh Bree-Ann]][[/note]] is an Irish stand up comedian famous throughout the UK and his homeland. Beginning as a [[HeyItsThatGuy children's television presenter]], Dara is now known for presenting ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''[[Series/TheApprentice The Apprentice UK - You're Fired!]]'', as well as a few {{Edutainment Show}}s ''School of Hard Sums'' and ''Stargazing Live'', as well as his own show ''[[ScienceShow Dara Ó Briain's Science Club]]''.

* TakeThatCritics: His ''"Craic Dealer" Tour'' is a pun[[note]]"What's the craic?" is Irish slang that means "What's happening?"[[/note]] on the term "Crack Dealer", but this was originally rejected by some MoralGuardians and some retailers as ''[[InsaneTrollLogic it might give unwanted publicity to cocaine culture.]]'' Naturally, after getting approval for the next tour, he had it as the entire backing display so it would be present on all previews and remain uncensored.

* VisibleSilence: His initial reaction to being confronted after a routine that included IRA jokes by a big English squaddie who informed him two of his mates died in TheTroubles: "A big thought balloon with fuckin' ''nothing inside it.''"

* TheChewToy: On ''Series/MockTheWeek''. ''Some episodes generate a RunningGag of mocking his baldness or appearance.''

If the excess of educational shows and his nerdy routine wasn't clear enough, Dara is unsurprisingly both [[OneOfUs a massive nerd and gamer]]; even stacking atop this, he speaks fluent [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language Gaelic]] and has studied mathematics and theoretical physics ''([[SelfDeprecation despite looking like a Russian gangster]]).''