Brendan O'Carroll

Irish actor and comedian
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Brendan O'Carroll is an Irish actor, comedian, director, producer and writer. He is 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 on 17 September 1955. 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 seven, and Brendan's mother raised their eleven children with little money. 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.

Date of Birth15th September 1955
Age69 Years
Zodiac SignVirgo
CountryIreland
Current CityFinglas
Birth PlaceFinglas
NationalityIreland
CitizenshipIreland
SpousesJennifer Gibney
ChildrenFiona O'Carroll
Danny O'Carroll
Occupationactor, comedian, novelist, writer, stage actor, television actor
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    Actors from Ireland born in 1955