Darragh Ennis

Television

Birthday September 29, 1980

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Dublin, Ireland

Age 44 years old

Nationality Ireland

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Darragh Ennis is an Irish entomologist, neuroscientist, professional quizzer, and television personality.

He is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford and is known as one of the "chasers" on the ITV game show The Chase.

Ennis was born in Dublin, and grew up in Rathcoole.

2003

He studied at Maynooth University, graduating with a BSc in biology in 2003, and a PhD in ecology in 2008.

2010

After completing his doctorate, he worked as a biomedical scientist at ICON for a year before undertaking postdoctoral research at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, from 2010 until 2012.

2013

Since 2013, he has worked as a laboratory manager and research technician in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, where he specialises in researching the brains of insects.

2015

In 2015, Ennis appeared as a contestant on the game show Rebound, but was eliminated in the "Stop the Bar" round.

2017

In 2017, Ennis was a member of a winning team on The Chase.

He earned £9,000 in his Cash Builder round and defeated chaser Paul Sinha to take this money into the Final Chase.

The other three contestants also advanced, but each of them took low offers from Sinha so that the final prize total was £6,300.

Outraged viewers set up a GoFundMe campaign to compensate Ennis for his share of the money lost through his teammates' decisions.

Ennis requested for all money to be donated to charity.

2020

In April 2020, Ennis was announced as the sixth chaser on The Chase, alongside Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha and Jenny Ryan.

His Chaser-debut episode was aired on 19 November 2020.

His debut brought in 4.9 million viewers, making it the most watched episode of The Chase ever.

Ennis lives in Oxford with his wife, a fellow scientist whom he met at Maynooth University, and their two children.

Ennis speaks fluent Irish and German, in addition to English.

He supports Dublin GAA and Liverpool FC.