Graham Linehan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Graham Linehan
Occupation	Screenwriter
Date Of Birth	May 22, 1968(1968-05-22)
Age	56
Birthplace	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Horoscope	Taurus

Graham Linehan Biography

Graham Linehan is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on May 22, 1968 in Dublin, Ireland. Irish comedy writer and director , best known by his roles on show Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd. In 1996 he won a BAFTA Award for Best Comedy, and in 2009 he won an IFTA Award for Best Script for Television.

His first film directed by him was a horror short titled Hello, Friend, featured His film directing debut, a horror short called Hello, Friend, featured Julia Davis in a leading role. in the lead part.

Linehan and Mathews first met while working at Hot Press. In their early collaborations, they were responsible for segments in many sketch shows, including Alas Smith and Jones, Harry Enfield and Chums, The All New Alexei Sayle Show, The Day Today and the Ted and Ralph characters in The Fast Show (the characters were created by Linehan and Mathews and played by Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson). The two men continued their collaboration with Paris (one series, 1994) and Father Ted (three series, 1995–1998). They then wrote the first series of the sketch show Big Train, but Linehan was not involved in the second series.

Linehan and Mathews have had one book published, Father Ted: The Complete Scripts (Paperback – Boxtree – 20 October 2000) ISBN 0-7522-7235-7. They have contributed to various magazines and written surreal liner notes for the popular Volume series of alternative music compilations.

He got married Helen Serafinowicz, whose brother Peter is a well-known English actor.

Graham Linehan Net Worth

Graham Linehan is one of the richest Screenwriter from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Graham Linehan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the magazine, he was a writer. publication Hot Press in Dublin where the writer met his long-time collaborator Arthur Mathews.

He was the director of some episodes of the shows which he directed, including Black Book and Father Ted He also was the director of every single episode on The IT Crowd.

Graham Linehan (/ˈ l ɪ n ə h æ n / , born 22 May 1968) is an Irish comedian who, in collaboration with Arthur Mathews, has written or co-written a string of television comedies. He created or co-created the sitcoms Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd. He has also written for Count Arthur Strong, Brass Eye and The Fast Show. Linehan is a vocal critic of transgender rights.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Graham Linehan height 6 ft 5 in Graham weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Graham Linehan Dating?

According to our records, Graham Linehan married to Helen Linehan. As of December 1, 2023, Graham Linehan’s is not dating anyone.

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Linehan is an active Twitter user. In 2011 he perpetrated a Twitter hoax around Osama Bin Laden being a fan of The IT Crowd. On Friday 13 February 2009, Linehan hosted the first BadMovieClub on Twitter. At 9pm exactly, over 2,000 Twitter users simultaneously pressed ‘Play’ on the film The Happening (dir. M. Night Shyamalan 2008) and continued to tweet whilst watching, creating a collective viewing experience which generated 40,000 tweets in under 2 hours. The BadMovieClub was repeated at 12 midnight on Saturday 14 February, hosted by Phill Jupitus. In August 2009, when the National Health Service was being attacked by the Republican Party of the United States during an attempt by President Barack Obama to reform the American healthcare system, Linehan created the #welovetheNHS campaign on Twitter in an attempt to fight back in defence of the NHS.

Facts & Trivia

Graham Ranked on the list of most popular Screenwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Graham Linehan celebrates birthday on May 22 of every year.

Linehan has also appeared in The Day Today and in two episodes of Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, and has had cameos in Black Books (series one, episode two, as “I love books” Guy, and series one, episode five as Fast Food Customer), and the Father Ted episodes “Good Luck Father Ted”, “Entertaining Father Stone”, “Flight Into Terror”, “Cigarettes, Alcohol and Rollerblading” and “Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep”. He had cameos in four episodes of The IT Crowd: as Messy Joe’s Restaurant Musician, in series one, episode three; the blind sorcerer, in series two, Episode six; as an audience member of Jen’s speech, in series three, episode four; and as Beth Gaga Shaggy, in series four, episode three. He appeared in the Identity Parade round of Never Mind the Buzzcocks. He has also appeared in the pilot of Little Britain, as well as in series one, episode four, as a bystander who gets in the way of character Kenny Craig when he is attempting to hypnotise, from a distance, a man whose car he has crashed into. He also appeared in series one, episode five, in which he played a journalist called Roy Sloan (from Whizzer and Chips) during a conference with Prime Minister Michael Stevens (Anthony Head). Linehan was one of the writers interviewed by Charlie Brooker in a special interview episode of the fifth series of Brooker’s Screenwipe programme, and again on Brooker’s Gameswipe in 2010. Linehan also appeared as a guest panellist on Have I Got News for You in 2011 and again in 2012, and he made his debut as a guest on the BBC show QI in the 11th series (K series) in 2013, receiving a score of −19.

How old is Graham Linehan?

54 years (May 22, 1968)

How tall is Graham Linehan?

6′ 5″

Who created Father Ted?

Father Ted is a sitcom created by Irish writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews and produced by British production company Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4.

Who wrote The IT Crowd?

Graham Linehan

Who is Graham Linehan married to?

Helen Serafinowicz