Comedian / Television Presenter

Born on 14 June 1976, in Weymouth, Dorset, Alan Carr is an English comedian and television personality. Carr gained a degree in Drama and Theatre Studies from Middlesex University and since winning the BBC New Comedy Award for Stand-up as well as CityLife Best Newcomer of the Year in 2001, Alan Carr has become one of the hottest comedy stars in Britain. On 25 April 2009, Carr began hosting Going Out With Alan Carr, a new show for BBC Radio 2, broadcast every Saturday evening from 6pm-8pm and has his own television show, "Alan Carr, Chatty Man" on Channel 4. Carr performs stand-up regularly, on tour and on television. He has been featured in three Edinburgh shows and in 2007 he toured throughout the UK, which was followed by a DVD entitled 'Tooth Fairy Live'. He has also performed at theApolloTheatre in London, which was televised for the BBC1 series 'Live At The Apollo', and has been featured in the Royal Variety Performance. In 2008, Carr released an autobiography, 'Look Who It Is!' published byHarperCollins Publishers.