Bishop, Des
Arts & Entertainment
Incredibly popular in Ireland and with a growing profile stateside, comedian Des Bishop is a man on a mission - to make you laugh. New York-born and reared until he turned 14 and was shipped off to an Irish boarding school by his Irish parents, Bishop has forged a successful comedic career out of being an American transplanted to the auld sod, mining laughs from all the foibles and eccentricities he's encountered while living there.
Bishop began his career at The International Comedy Club in Dublin where he quickly made a name for himself. The 30-something's career really took off with the 2004 TV show "The Des Bishop Work Experience," where he spent a month working minimum-wage jobs around Ireland. A regular on Irish chat shows, Bishop's latest project is called "In Name of the Fada" - which chronicles the comedian's year spent living in the Gaeltacht and learning the Irish language. Bishop recently conducted some interviews in Irish in New York, where he did a fundraising gig for the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform. Smart, ambitious, and seriously funny, let's hope this prodigal son will return to these shores soon.
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