Glenn Moore (comedian)
{{short description|British stand-up comedian and presenter (born 1989)}}
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{{Infobox comedian
| name = Glenn Moore
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|01|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hurstpierpoint, England{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/glenn-moore/bertie-bott-every-flavoured-beans_b_11192950.html | title=If You Won’t Speak Out About This, Then I Will | work=HuffPost | date=2 August 2016 | access-date=5 October 2017 | archive-date=5 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005202845/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/glenn-moore/bertie-bott-every-flavoured-beans_b_11192950.html | url-status=live }}
| medium = Stand-up, television, radio
| alma_mater = University of Sheffield
| website = {{URL|www.glennmoorecomedy.com}}
}}
Glenn Moore (born 20 January 1989) is a British stand-up comedian and presenter.
Career
Moore was a finalist in the 2011 Chortle Student Comedian of the Year Award{{cite web | url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2011/c/18915/chortle_student_comedy_award_final_2011 | title=Chortle Student Comedy Award Final 2011 | publisher=Chortle | date=29 August 2011 | access-date=5 October 2017 | archive-date=5 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005202012/http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2011/c/18915/chortle_student_comedy_award_final_2011 | url-status=live }} whilst studying English Literature at the University of Sheffield. After graduating, he worked as a newsreader on a number of radio stations,{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/glenn-moore | title=Glenn Moore | work=HuffPost | access-date=5 October 2017 | archive-date=5 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005202154/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/glenn-moore | url-status=live }} whilst performing stand-up.
Since September 2017 he has appeared as a panellist on the BBC2 panel show Mock the Week.{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b096sfjy | title=BBC Two - Mock the Week, Series 16, Episode 10 | publisher=BBC | date=29 Sep 2017 | access-date=5 October 2017 | archive-date=2 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002014152/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b096sfjy | url-status=live }} In October 2017 he joined the Absolute Radio breakfast show{{cite web | url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/10/02/38043/glenn_moore_joins_absolute_radio | title=Glenn Moore joins Absolute Radio | publisher=Chortle | date=2 October 2017 | access-date=5 October 2017 | archive-date=6 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006012228/http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/10/02/38043/glenn_moore_joins_absolute_radio | url-status=live }} as a newsreader and "sidekick". He appeared on Mock the Week again in June 2018 {{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b8l5xf | title=BBC Two - Mock the Week, Series 17, Episode 4 | publisher=BBC | date=28 Jun 2018 | access-date=8 July 2018 | archive-date=14 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014071826/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b8l5xf | url-status=live }} and May 2019, and was later nominated for the most prestigious comedy prize in the UK, the Edinburgh Comedy Award,{{cite web | url=http://www.comedyawards.co.uk/nominees/2018 | title=Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2018 Nominees | publisher=NB Productions | date=22 August 2018 | access-date=28 August 2018 | archive-date=29 August 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829001716/http://www.comedyawards.co.uk/nominees/2018 | url-status=live }} for his show Glenn Glenn Glenn, How Do You Like It, How Do You Like It. He has since made regular appearances on the programme. In January 2019, Moore appeared in ITVs The Stand Up Sketch Show{{cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2019/01/28/42168/the_stand_up_sketch_show|title=The Stand Up Sketch Show|date=28 January 2019|access-date=18 February 2019|archive-date=19 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219020011/https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2019/01/28/42168/the_stand_up_sketch_show|url-status=live}} and ITV’s Out There. As of 19 November 2020, Moore has started streaming games on Twitch.{{cite web|url=https://www.twitch.tv/glennmoore|title=Glenn Moore's Twitch Channel|date=5 January 2020|access-date=5 January 2020|archive-date=14 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114201600/https://www.twitch.tv/glennmoore|url-status=live}}
Moore announced on Dave Berry's Absolute Radio breakfast show on 12 August 2021 that he had got engaged to his girlfriend two days previously.{{cite web|title=Dave Berry Breakfast Show podcast|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/podcasts/berry/|access-date=12 August 2021|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808154844/https://planetradio.co.uk/podcasts/berry/|url-status=live}}
Personal life
Moore married comedy writer Katie Storey in November 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/KEStorey/status/1724861235827536357 |title=Post by Twitter user KEStorey |access-date=22 November 2023 |archive-date=22 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122171615/https://twitter.com/KEStorey/status/1724861235827536357 |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- {{British Comedy Guide|people|glenn_moore}}
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Category:English stand-up comedians
Category:British male comedians
Category:People from Hurstpierpoint
Category:Alumni of the University of Sheffield