Pat Shortt
Shortt in 2009
Birth name	Patrick Shortt
Born	(1967-12-12)12 December 1967 (age 57) Thurles,County Tipperary, Ireland
Medium	Television, film, stand-up
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Caroline Shortt
Children	2
Notable works and roles	D'Unbelievables Father Ted Garage Killinascully
Website	http://www.patshortt.com/

Patrick Shortt (born 12 December 1967) is an Irish actor, comedian, writer, and entertainer.^[1][2] His role in the 2007 filmGarage led to him receiving theIFTA for Best Actor. He is most notably remembered for his role as Tom in the television seriesFather Ted.

Shortt toured alongsideJon Kenny as the comedy duoD'Unbelievables. They released "One Hell of a Video", "D'Unbelievables", "D'Video" (a live random sketch show), "D'Telly" (featuring Shortt and Kenny playing various characters – primarily two brothers who run a shop together), "D'Mother" (in which Kenny's character oversaw the running of a public house alongside his "mother" – who was later revealed to be his father, in a role played by Shortt) and "D'collection". One character played by Shortt was Dan Clancy, known for telling "his stories". The pair were highly successful in Ireland, selling out theVicar Street venue for 14 weeks.^[2] The duo stopped touring in 2000 after Kenny was diagnosed withHodgkin's lymphoma.^[3][4]

Shortt played the role of Tom, a crazy man, in the comedy seriesFather Ted. His character maintained aunibrow and wore a tee shirt with the slogan "I shot JR".

In 2003,RTÉ approached Shortt to create a comedy series,Killinascully.^[2] Shortt elaborated on his work with D'Unbelievables, again playing Dan Clancy and a number of other characters. The programme ran for five seasons, with six Christmas specials.

In 2009, Shortt created and starred in a comedy,Mattie, for RTÉ, set in aGarda Síochána station. The series was retitled and reworked in 2011.^[5] The cast includedSue Collins.^[5]

He starred in the 2007Cannes award-winning filmGarage, directed byLenny Abrahamson.^[2][6] Shortt won the Best Actor award at the2008 IFTAs for his performance in this film. In 2008,An Post issueda postage stamp featuring Pat Shortt, as Josie, in the filmGarage.^[7]

In 2014 Shortt appeared in Episode 3, Season 2 of theSky 1 programmeMoone Boy. In the episode, the main character Martin Moone and his friend Padraig float down theRiver Boyle on a raft. They land on an island inLough Key where Shortt's character, the caretaker, entertains them and helps them to return to the mainland.

Shortt was born inThurles,County Tipperary, one of 11 children of Mary (née Scully) and Christy Shortt. He studied at theLimerick School of Art and Design, and began his stand-up career shortly after graduating.

Shortt and his wife Caroline have two children. In 2020, he and his daughter Faye, an actress who trained at theGaiety School of Acting, began creating sketches for social media. Faye Shortt subsequently co-wrote and performed in a sketch forRTÉ Does Comic Relief. Between 2020 and 2021, Pat and Faye Shortt co-wrote and performed two live-stream shows, before going on tour with their live comedy show, "Well".

• Official website
• Pat Shortt atIMDb
• Pat Shortt in 'Musicians, Singers, Comedians, etc.' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland

• 1967 births
• 20th-century Irish comedians
• 21st-century Irish comedians
• Living people
• Irish comedy musicians
• Irish male film actors
• Irish impressionists (entertainers)
• Irish male comedians
• Irish male stage actors
• Irish male television actors
• Irish television producers
• People from Thurles
• Alumni of the Limerick School of Art and Design
• Irish sketch comedians
• Actors from County Tipperary
• 1980s in Irish comedy
• 1990s in Irish comedy
• 2000s in Irish comedy
• 2010s in Irish comedy
• 2020s in Irish comedy

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