Ignacio Lopez

Ignacio Vincent Lopez McGarry is a Spanish and Welsh comedian. His material includes observations on the differences between Britain and Spain, while he has also done shows on his love of Nine Inch Nails and horror films, and on mental health and neurodiversity.

Lopez took part on ITV talent show Show Me the Funny in 2011. In 2023, he performed on Live at the Apollo and featured on Have I Got News for You. He has also taken part on celebrity game shows.

Early life Lopez was born in Palma de Mallorca and raised in Pollença, also on Mallorca. His father was born in a Spanish family in Morocco, and his mother is from Pontardawe in Wales and is of Irish descent. He is a British citizen, and identifies as European over a nationality.

In 2023, Lopez performed a touring show called "Nine Ig Fails", in which he told the story of how he raised money to see Nine Inch Nails on what was due to be their final show, in Los Angeles in 2009.

Lopez's 2025 show "Señor Self-Destruct" toured 40 venues and was based on self-improvement, as he had observed that comedy touring had affected his body and mind. His show received a four-star review in The List in 2025, also from Richardson. The reviewer found the subjects such as horror films to be more relatable than Nine Inch Nails and praised Lopez's discussion of neurodiversity and mental health.

Television work Lopez appeared on Show Me the Funny, a 2011 ITV talent show for comedians. The Guardian critic Stuart Jeffries wrote that the only point he laughed in the whole programme was Lopez introducing himself as a barman the audience had slept with in Magaluf, but noted that the joke did not impress an all-female audience in Liverpool. Lopez was the first contestant to be eliminated, by the judging panel of Kate Copstick, Alan Davies and Jimmy Tarbuck. Copstick found it interesting that Lopez began his set in character as a lothario, but noted that this turned into observations on Liverpool. Richard Osman's House of Games, QI, and Celebrity Mastermind, with his specialist subject on the latter being Nine Inch Nails.

In September 2024, Lopez and Michelin-starred chef Nieves Barragán Mohacho took part in The Spanish Job by Channel 4 and Estrella Galicia, in which they converted a British pub into a Spanish taverna by changing its menu and decoration.