Rob Delaney

Rob Delaney (born January 19, 1977) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and activist.

Delaney was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 19, 1977, the son of Nancy and Robert Delaney.

He grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

He is of Irish descent.

He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and graduated with a degree in musical theater in 1999.

Delaney came to the attention of the public via Twitter, where he began posting in 2009.

In 2010, Paste magazine named Delaney one of the 10 funniest people on Twitter.

In December 2011, Comedy Central announced that Delaney would shoot a pilot for a variety show, called @RobDelaney.

However, the series was not picked up.

In May 2012, he became the first comedian to win the award for "Funniest Person on Twitter" at The Comedy Awards.

Delaney has written articles for Vice and The Guardian.

His book ''Rob Delaney: Mother.

Wife.

Sister.

Human.

Warrior.

Falcon.

Yardstick.

Turban.

Cabbage.'' was published by Spiegel & Grau in November 2013.

His memoir A 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.

Since moving to the UK in 2014, Delaney has appeared on several British panel shows, including Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You?, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Big Fat Quiz of the Year and Room 101.

Instead, Delaney moved on to co-write and co-star with Sharon Horgan in Catastrophe, 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.

It debuted in the United States on Amazon in June 2015.

The program ended after four seasons.

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.

He credited Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan with his rise in popularity after Linehan began responding to his tweets.

In 2016, he appeared on Travel Man as a guest host for the Spanish city of Seville, and in March 2021, he was the guest announcer on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.

He was the co-star and co-writer of the TV show Catastrophe, and has appeared in comedy films such as Deadpool 2 (2018) and Tom & Jerry (2021).

In the film Deadpool 2 (2018), Delaney played Peter, an average middle-aged man who has no superpowers and joins Deadpool's X-Force.

As part of the film's promotion, a Twitter account was launched in Peter's name.

Channel 4 aired the concluding episode on February 12, 2019, while Amazon announced the US release date to be March 15 of the same year.

The series earned him his sole Emmy nomination, for "Outstanding Comedy Writing".

Throughout 2019, Delaney had a series of cameos in Hollywood blockbuster films.

He reteamed with director David Leitch and actor Dwayne Johnson for Hobbs & Shaw, in which he appeared as Agent Loeb.

He appeared as a theater director in Paul Feig's comedy-drama Last Christmas.

Both movies went to No. 1 at the UK box office.

He also appeared opposite Anne Hathaway in The Hustle as Todd and the Fox News drama Bombshell co-starring Charlize Theron.