Carl Donnelly

Carl Donnelly (born 13 January 1982 in Tooting, south London) is an English stand-up, dancer, comedian, and writer. He has performed 11 solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival, being nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards twice - once for best newcomer, and once for best show. He became a vegan in 2013, and has since become an ambassador for Veganuary. He has talked about being vegan extensively in his act.

Stand-up career Donnelly has appeared on radio in BBC Radio 4's 28 Acts in 28 Minutes, LBC's Comedy Cabaret, Fighting Talk on BBC Radio 5 Live and Tim Shaw's The Asylum on Kerrang! Radio. He has appeared on TV in Mock the Week, Russell Howard's Good News, Stand Up Central, and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled.

Podcasts Donnelly hosted The Carl Donnelly And Chris Martin Comedy Podcast alongside comedian Chris Martin from 2008 to 2018. It was featured in a Guardian list of the top 10 comedy podcasts in 2010. They also hosted a spin-off, Babysitting Trevor, along with Trevor Cook.

In 2020, he started hosting The Keith Cheggars Podcast, about his upcoming child with his then pregnant wife, Hannah Norris. He also started a podcast where he drank coffee and had a chat, called A Comedian Called Carl Drinking Coffee.

Carl now co-hosts TVI with Carl Donnelly and Julian Deane.

Personal life

Carl was previously married in his 20s, writing about his divorce in his act. He is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur football club. He has since remarried, with his 2nd wife, Hannah Norris, giving birth to their child in 2020.

Awards Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2006 Chortle Awards Best Newcomer 2007 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2007 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Nominee 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show Nominee 2013 Chortle Awards Best Club Comedian 2017

Edinburgh Fringe shows Relax Everyone, It's Carl Donnelly! (2009) How Do You Solve A Problem Like Carl Donnelly? (2010) Carl Donnelly 3: Carl Donnelier! (2011) Carl Donnelly: Different Gravy (2012) Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V (2013) Now That's What I Carl Donnelly Vol. 6 (2014) Carl Donnelly: Jive Ass Honky (2015) Carl Donnelly: Bad Man Tings (2016) Carl Donnelly: The Nutter on the Bus (2017) Strictly Carl Donnelly! (2018) Carl Donnelly: Shall We All Just Kill Ourselves? (2019) Carl Donnelly: The Dead Dad Show (2023) Carl Donnelly: Boosegumps (2024) Carl Donnelly: Another Round (2025)