| P.J. Gallagher | |
| Birth Name: | Paul Joseph Gallagher |
| Birth Date: | 1973 4, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Cork, Ireland |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Education: | St Paul's College, Raheny, Dublin |
| Partner: | Kelly Doolin |
| Children: | 2 |
P. J. Gallagher (born 18 April 1973) is an Irish stand-up comedian, actor and co-creator of the television show Naked Camera.[1] His various characters in the programme include a mentally unstable taxi driver, ladies' man Jake Stevens and a "Dirty Auld One", an old woman who makes sexual comments.
Gallagher was born on in Cork, Ireland. He is an alumnus of St Paul's College, Raheny. In, Gallagher married Elaine Stewart who was his long-term girlfriend.[2] [3] He is also friends with fellow comedian Jason Byrne, and he has worked on BBC's The I Hate Show.[4] Gallagher is also a motorbike racer. He has revealed he has reactive arthritis.[5]
He participated in season 4 of Celebrity Bainisteoir managing St Patrick's GAA Club Donabate, Dublin.[6]
He was in Meet Your Neighbours, when RTÉ put him on RTÉ One.[7]
He presented PJ and Jim in the Morning with Jim McCabe on Classic Hits until April, 2021. On April 1, 2021, PJ and co-host Jim McCabe moved from Ireland's Classic Hits to Radio Nova to present the new 'Morning Glory' breakfast programme; the show is broadcast every weekday from 6am-10am.
Starting from 21 October 2015, P.J. also presents Dubland with Suzanne Kane.[8] The podcast reached number 1 on the iTunes Irish comedy chart.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Hamlet | Gravedigger | |
| 2006 | Mebollox | Patsy | Short |
| 2016 | The Young Offenders | Ray | |
| Title | Year | Role | Network | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podge and Rodge: A Scare at Bedtime | 2005 | Taxi Driver | RTÉ Two | 1 episode | ||
| Naked Camera | 2005–2007 | Various | Lead Also Writer | [9] | ||
| The Podge and Rodge Show | 2006 | Himself | 1 episode | |||
| Podge and Rodge's Stickit Inn | 2009 | RTÉ Two | ||||
| Meet Your Neighbours | 2011 | Various | RTÉ One | Also Writer | ||
| Celebrity Bainisteoir | Himself | Season 4 | [10] | |||
| Trojan Donkey | 2013 | Jumperman | ||||
| Next Week's News | 2014 | Team Captain | ||||
| The Young Offenders | 2018–present | Principal Barry Walsh | RTÉ2 BBC Three | 11 episodes | [11] |