| Jake O'Kane | |
| Birth Date: | 12 March 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation: | Comedian, Columnist, Businessman |
| Known For: | The Blame Game |
| Children: | 2 |
Jake O’Kane (born 12 March 1961[1]) is a Belfast-based stand-up comedian, and a resident compère of the Northern Ireland comedy club, "The Empire Laughs Back" at The Empire Music Hall in Belfast.[2]
O'Kane has toured on the comedy circuit,[3] and has also appeared at clubs including The Stand, Jongleurs and The Comedy Store.
He hosted and performed on the BBC Northern Ireland stand up television show One Night Stand,[4] and was a resident panellist on the show The Blame Game on both TV and radio from 2005 to 2021.[5] [6]
In addition to his comedy, O'Kane also runs an off licence shop in North Belfast.[7]
O'Kane lives in North Belfast with his wife and 2 children. He was a champion power-lifter in his youth. O'Kane suffers from coeliac disease and is teetotal. His father, Jim O'Kane, was a Republican Labour councillor on Belfast City Council and was interned in 1971 as part of Operation Demetrius.[8]
| 2005-2021 | The Blame Game | Resident Panelist | BBC NI | |
| Give My Head Peace | Guest Performer | BBC NI | ||
| One Night Stand | Host and Stand-up Performer | BBC NI | ||
| Festival Nights | Guest Contributor | BBC NI | ||
| The John Daly Show | Writer and Performer | BBC NI | ||
| McKeever | Writer | UTV | ||
| The Empire Laughs Back | Stand-up Performer | BBC NI | ||
| The Empire Laughs Back II | Stand-up Performer | BBC NI | ||
| Comic Relief | Stand-up Performer | BBC NI | ||
| The Kelly Show | Writer and Performer | UTV |
| 2005-2021 | The Blame Game | Resident Panelist | BBC Radio Ulster | |
| Festival Review | Contributor | BBC Radio Ulster | ||
| Between the Lines | Contributor and Performer | RTÉ Radio | ||
| Saturday View | Contributor and Performer | RTÉ Radio | ||
| The John Daly Show | Contributor and Performer | Downtown Radio |