Brendan O'Carroll (born 17 September 1955) is an Irish writer,
producer, comedian, actor, and director, best known for portraying
foul-mouthed matriarch Agnes Brown on stage, and in the BBC and RTÉ
television sitcom Mrs. Brown's Boys. In 2015, O'Carroll was awarded
the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award for
his contribution to Irish television.The youngest of 11 children,
O'Carroll was born in Finglas, Dublin. His mother, Maureen, was a
Labour Party TD and his father, Gerard O'Carroll, was a carpenter. His
father died in 1962 when O'Carroll was six, and Brendan's mother
raised their eleven children with little money.[citation needed] He
attended Saint Gabriel's National School and left at the age of 12. He
had a string of occupations; these included being a waiter and a
milkman.Having become well known as a comedy guest on The Late Late
Show, O'Carroll released four stand-up videos, titled How's your
Raspberry Ripple, How's your Jolly Roger, How's your Snowballs and
How's your Wibbly Wobbly Wonder.
producer, comedian, actor, and director, best known for portraying
foul-mouthed matriarch Agnes Brown on stage, and in the BBC and RTÉ
television sitcom Mrs. Brown's Boys. In 2015, O'Carroll was awarded
the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award for
his contribution to Irish television.The youngest of 11 children,
O'Carroll was born in Finglas, Dublin. His mother, Maureen, was a
Labour Party TD and his father, Gerard O'Carroll, was a carpenter. His
father died in 1962 when O'Carroll was six, and Brendan's mother
raised their eleven children with little money.[citation needed] He
attended Saint Gabriel's National School and left at the age of 12. He
had a string of occupations; these included being a waiter and a
milkman.Having become well known as a comedy guest on The Late Late
Show, O'Carroll released four stand-up videos, titled How's your
Raspberry Ripple, How's your Jolly Roger, How's your Snowballs and
How's your Wibbly Wobbly Wonder.
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