Dan Tiernan

Dan Tiernan is a British stand-up comedian and actor. In 2022, he was named "British Comedian of the Year", and won the BBC New Comedy Award.

Career

Born in Manchester, Tiernan took a comedy course at age 21.
He won the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club's "Beat the Frog" new stand-up competition in 2020.
In 2021, he was a finalist in the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year at the Leicester Comedy Festival.
In 2022, he performed on Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza. Dan then went on to compete in and win BBC New Comedy Award 2022 and the British Comedian Of The Year 2022.
In September 2023, he portrayed Logan Padmore in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors, Comedy Central Live - Series 2 and The Stand Up Sketch Show - Series 5 over multiple episodes.
In 2023, Tiernan performed his debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, "Going Under", to positive reviews. Receiving a nominations for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Comedy Award 2023 and winning Best Newcomer at the ISH Comedy Awards 2023.
In April 2024, he was a guest on the Underground and Underwater episode of QI'','' in July 2024, he was a guest on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and in August 2024 he was a guest on The Last Leg The Last Leg In Paris.
In December 2024, Tiernan performed on Live at the Apollo.
In 2025, Tiernan took the show "All In" to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to positive reviews and receiving the nomination for Best Show at Edinburgh Comedy Award 2025. While at the Fringe he also perfomed at Fern Brady Presents: Comedy At The Fringe and Channel 4's A Comedy Thing LIVE!
Outside of the Fringe, in 2025, Tiernan has starred in Channel 4's A Comedy Thing, performing in Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping and judging on BBC New Comedy Awards 2025.

Personal life

Tiernan attended Hulme Hall school, and later on the University of Salford.
Tiernan is dyspraxic. He is gay. He has a younger sister.