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1.0 Early life

2.0 Career

2.1 Television and stage

2.2 Radio

3.0 Personal life

4.0 Awards

5.0 Stand-up appearances

6.0 DVD releases

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Michael McIntyre Wiki Information

Michael McIntyre (born 15 February 1976) is an English stand-up comedian with a performing style that has attracted praise for his observational and relational skills. He is notable for appearing at a multitude of English stand-up comedy events and on television panel and radio shows as well as his own Live and Laughing DVD.

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Early life

McIntyre was born in Merton and raised in Hampstead. ^[1] McIntyre's parents were both involved in showbusiness, his Canadian father, Ray Cameron, was the producer, writer and director of The Kenny Everett Television Show and his mother, Kati, was a dancer. McIntyre's parents divorced when he was seven, after which Cameron remarried to Holly McIntyre and moved to Los Angeles. Cameron died of a heart attack when McIntyre was 17.

McIntyre was educated at the all-boys Arnold House School and attended Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood for 3 years before moving to a state secondary school. ^[2] Mcintyre later attended Edinburgh University for a year before dropping out, ^[3] he has said that he cannot remember whether it was biology or chemistry that he studied while there.

Career

Mcintyre's first DVD Live & Laughing is the fastest selling debut stand-up DVD ever. ^[4] He was nominated at the 2008 British Comedy Awards for Best Live Stand-up and nominated at the 2009 South Bank Show Awards for Best Comedy. In 2008 he was the fastest selling comedian at the Edinburgh Festival . ^[5] and sold out five nights at London's 3600 capacity Hammersmith Apollo

McIntyre described his style of comedy in an interview with the BBC:

“

I don't really do jokes, I just talk. I tend to laugh at them myself because I find them funny. I don't do gags, just observational comedy. I just collect all these stories and try them out.

”

Television and stage

Michael McIntyre has appeared twice on BBC One's Live at the Apollo and also on the Royal Variety Performance , in both 2006 and 2008. ^[6]

His routine on We Are Most Amused , staged at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 12 November 2008 in aid of the Prince's Trust, was also televised. This comedy gala celebrated the 60th Birthday of Prince Charles, and was performed in the presence of The Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

Among McIntyre's many comedy panel show appearances are Mock the Week , 8 out of 10 Cats , Have I Got News for You , The Big Fat Quiz of the Year , Would I Lie To You? , and The Apprentice: You're Fired . On 13 February 2009, he was a guest on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on BBC One.

On 21 February 2009, Michael appeared live as a guest judge alongside head judge Anton du Beke and fellow guest Emma Bunton in the first round of Let's Dance for Comic Relief . He appeared on the show again in the final on 14 March 2009.

Beginning on 6 June 2009, McIntyre began hosting a BBC show on Saturday nights entitled Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow .

On 5 July 2009, McIntyre appeared on the BBC show Top Gear as the Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car and achieved a respectable time of 1 minute 48.7 seconds. During his lap, he almost rolled the car while going round the Gambon corner (named after Sir Michael Gambon who incidentally did the same thing in the old Reasonably Priced Car).

Radio

Does The Team Think... - BBC Radio 2
Heresy , 4 Stands Up, Happy Mondays , The Unbelievable Truth - all for BBC Radio 4
"The Jon Richardson Show" BBC 6 Music
"The Jonathan Ross Show" BBC Radio 2
"The Chris Moyles Show" BBC Radio 1

Personal life

Mcintyre lives in Muswell Hill, London with his aromatherapist wife, Kitty, and their two sons, Lucas (born 2005) and Oscar (born 2008). ^[7] McIntyre also has a sister called Lucy who is two years his junior.

McIntyre is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur. ^[8]

Whilst performing on stage in Wolverhampton in 2008, as he was walking back onto stage for his encore, McIntyre slipped, fell over and dislocated his shoulder. Many of the audience believed this to be part of his act and started to laugh, only after his manager came on stage to assist did they realise it was real. ^[9]

Awards

Year	Award	Category
2008	Chortle Awards	Best Headliner
2007	Chortle Awards	Best Headliner (nominated)
2003	Edinburgh Festival Perrier Award	Best Newcomer (nominated)

Stand-up appearances

Year	Event
2009	Live 2009 - National Tour Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow - BBC Stand-up Show Top Gear
2008	"We Are Most Amused" - ITV celebration of Prince Charles' 60th birthday Live & Laughing - National tour Lancaster Grand Theatre Edinburgh Comedy Festival Glasgow Comedy Festival Leeds Festival Leicester Comedy Festival Live At The Apollo Royal Variety Performance
2007	National tour Soho Theatre, London Lyric Theatre, London Old Fire Station, Oxford Edinburgh Festival Comedy Festival Just For Laughs - Comedy Festival, Montreal
2006	An Evening with Michael McIntyre - Edinburgh Festival Garrick Theatre, London Kilkenny Comedy Festival Brighton Comedy Festival Latitude Festival, Suffolk Royal Variety Performance
2004	Edinburgh Festival
2003	Edinburgh Festival

DVD releases

Title	Released	Notes
Live and Laughing	17 November 2008	Live at London's Hammersmith Apollo
Hello Wembley ^[10]	16 November 2009	Live at London's Wembley Arena