Peter Kay Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English comedian, writer, actor, director and producer from Lancashire. His work includes That Peter Kay Thing (2000), Phoenix Nights (2001), Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004), Britain's Got the Pop Factor... (2008) and other independent productions which have included two sell out tours. Kay has sold over 10 million DVDs, a UK record for a comedian. Peter Kay was born in Farnworth, near Bolton, Greater Manchester, to an English father, Michael John Kay (1939–1999), and an Irish mother, Margaret Deirdre O'Neill, who hails from County Tyrone.... MORE

Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English comedian, writer, actor, director and producer from Lancashire. His work includes That Peter Kay Thing (2000), Phoenix Nights (2001), Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004), Britain's Got the Pop Factor... (2008) and other independent productions which have included two sell out tours. Kay has sold over 10 million DVDs, a UK record for a comedian. Peter Kay was born in Farnworth, near Bolton, Greater Manchester, to an English father, Michael John Kay (1939–1999), and an Irish mother, Margaret Deirdre O'Neill, who hails from County Tyrone. He attended Mount St Joseph High School, leaving with one GCSE in Art. He took several menial jobs, including working in a toilet roll factory, a Netto supermarket, a cash and carry, and a bingo hall, which later inspired episodes or sequences in That Peter Kay Thing. He began a degree course at Liverpool Hope University but was unable to cope with the written work and dropped out. He then attended the University of Salford where he studied for a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Media Performance, which he completed, this involved a stand-up course at which he excelled. His first stand-up was a LESS