Tim McGarry


Tim McGarry is an Irish comedian and actor from North Belfast in Northern Ireland. He was educated at St Malachy's College, Belfast.
He is a member of the comedy group Hole in [the Wall Gang (comedy)|Hole In The Wall Gang], and played "Da", a fictional Sinn Féin spokesman, in the comedy series Give [My Head Peace].
He has also hosted several radio programmes on BBC [Radio Ulster], including weekly comedy quiz The [Blame Game (radio)|The Blame Game]. For a number of years he provided a monologue played over the ending credits of the weekly politics show, Hearts and Minds, in the guise of a Belfast 'black taxi' driver.
McGarry is a humanist and in 2016 was appointed a patron of Humanists UK and Northern Ireland Humanists, its branch working for a secular state and the promotion of humanism in Northern Ireland.
He is a fan of Cliftonville F.C. and Leeds United F.C.