Rob Delaney
Delaney in 2012
Born	(1977-01-19)January 19, 1977 (age 48) Boston, Massachusetts, US
Citizenship	United States United Kingdom
Occupations	Comedian actor writer activist
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Leah Delaney
Children	4[note 1]
Website	robdelaney.com

Rob Delaney (born January 19, 1977) is an American-British comedian, actor, writer, andactivist. He is best known for co-creating and starring as Rob Norris in the sitcomCatastrophe (2015–2019), andPeter Wisdom in the superhero filmsDeadpool 2 (2018) andDeadpool & Wolverine (2024).

Delaney has also appeared in the filmsHobbs & Shaw (2019),Bombshell (2019),Tom & Jerry (2021),Home Sweet Home Alone (2021),The School for Good and Evil (2022),Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), andLove at First Sight (2023).

Delaney was born inBoston, Massachusetts, on January 19, 1977, the son of Nancy and Robert Delaney. He grew up inMarblehead, Massachusetts.^[3] He is of Irish descent.^[4] He attendedNew York University'sTisch School of the Arts and graduated with a degree in musical theater in 1999.^[5]

Delaney came to the attention of the public viaTwitter, where he began posting in 2009.^[6] By 2016, he had over 1.2 million followers. While other comics were hesitant to share their material on social media, he is considered one of the first comedians to use social media to publish jokes.^[7] He credited Irish comedy writerGraham Linehan with his rise in popularity after Linehan began responding to his tweets.^[8] In 2010,Paste magazine named Delaney one of the 10 funniest people on Twitter.^[9] In May 2012, he became the first comedian to win the award for "Funniest Person on Twitter" atThe Comedy Awards.^[10]

Delaney has written articles forVice^[11] andThe Guardian.^[12] His bookRob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. was published bySpiegel & Grau in November 2013.^[13][14] His memoirA Heart That Works, about the loss of his two-and-a-half-year-old son Henry to brain cancer, was published by Spiegel & Grau in 2022.^[15]

In December 2011,Comedy Central announced that Delaney would shoot a pilot for a variety show, called@RobDelaney.^[16] However, the series was not picked up. Instead, Delaney moved on to co-write and co-star withSharon Horgan inCatastrophe,^[17] that began airing in the UK on January 19, 2015, on Channel 4. The show follows their characters after they get together following a brief affair while he is in the UK on business, and then moves there permanently after he learns that she has become pregnant.^[18] It debuted in the United States onAmazon in June 2015.^[19] The program ended after four seasons.^[20]Channel 4 aired the concluding episode on February 12, 2019, whileAmazon announced the US release date to be March 15 of the same year.^[21] The series earned him his firstEmmy Award nomination, for "Outstanding Comedy Writing".^[22]

Since moving to the UK in 2014,^[23] Delaney has appeared on several British panel shows, includingHave I Got News for You,^[24]Would I Lie to You?,^[25]8 Out of 10 Cats,^[26]The Big Fat Quiz of the Year^[27] andRoom 101.^[28] In 2016, he appeared onTravel Man as a guest host for the Spanish city ofSeville,^[29] and in March 2021, he was the guest announcer onAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.^[30]

Delaney played recurring character Josh/Neighbor Guy in the 2025 Showtime miniseriesDying for Sex starring Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate, for which he received aPrimetime Emmy Award nomination.

In the filmDeadpool 2 (2018), Delaney playedPeter Wisdom, an average middle-aged man who has no superpowers and joins Deadpool'sX-Force.^[31] As part of the film's promotion, a Twitter account was launched in Peter's name.^[32][33]

Throughout 2019, Delaney had a series of cameos in Hollywood blockbuster films. He reteamed with directorDavid Leitch and actorDwayne Johnson forHobbs & Shaw, in which he appeared as Agent Loeb.^[34] He appeared as a theater director inPaul Feig's comedy-dramaLast Christmas.^[35] Both movies went to No. 1 at the UK box office.^[36][37] He also appeared oppositeAnne Hathaway inThe Hustle as Todd and the Fox News dramaBombshell co-starringCharlize Theron.^[38] He filmed a cameo asElvis Presley inDexter Fletcher'sElton John musical biopicRocketman, which was omitted from the theatrical cut.^[39] It was also reported that he would appear opposite Reynolds another time, inPokémon: Detective Pikachu.^[40] However, he did not appear in the final film. In September 2019 he was cast inThe Good House oppositeSigourney Weaver andKevin Kline.^[41]

Delaney resides in London with his wife Leah;^[42] they have had four sons together.^[43][44] In February 2018, Delaney revealed that their two-and-a-half-year-old son Henry had died the previous month, having received extensive treatment for abrain tumor since 2016.^[45][46] The filmDeadpool & Wolverine, which Delaney appears in as Peter, is dedicated to Henry's memory.^[47] The couple's fourth son was born in August 2018.^[48][49] In 2020, Delaney wrote about getting avasectomy.^[50] Since 2024, he has been a UK citizen.^[51]

Delaney has publicly shared his experience with multiple health concerns, includingdepression andalcoholism.^[52][53] In 2002, he blacked out while driving and drove into a building owned by theLos Angeles Department of Water and Power. He broke his left wrist and right arm, and had both of his knees gashed to the bone. This prompted him tostop drinking.^[54][55]

In 2018, Delaney became the first presenter on theCBeebiesBedtime Stories programme to tell a story inMakaton, which he used to communicate with his late son Henry.^[56]

OnSara Cox's showBetween the Covers, Delaney chose the short story collectionA Manual for Cleaning Women byLucia Berlin as one of his favorite books.^[57]

Delaney is anatheist.^[58]

In 2016, Delaney became a member of theDemocratic Socialists of America.^[59][60][61]

In June 2017 he endorsed theLabour Party in the2017 general election, despite being unable to vote as a non-UK citizen (but longtime resident).^[62] In November 2018, he supported a petition organized by Labour campaign groupMomentum calling on Labour MPs to vote against the EU withdrawal agreement which had been negotiated byTheresa May's government.^[63]

In November 2019, Delaney joined other public figures in signing a letter supporting Labour Party leaderJeremy Corbyn, describing him as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergentfar-right nationalism,xenophobia andracism in much of the democratic world" and endorsed him in the2019 general election.^[64] In December 2019, along with 42 other public figures, he signed a letter endorsing the Labour Party under Corbyn's leadership in the2019 general election. The letter stated that "Labour's election manifesto under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership offers a transformative plan that prioritises the needs of people and the planet over private profit and the vested interests of a few".^[65][66]

In June 2024 in the run-up to the2024 general election, Delaney again expressed his support for Jeremy Corbyn, this time backing his campaign to be re-elected as the MP forIslington North, as an independent candidate following his departure from theLabour Party.^[67]

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