Pat Shortt
{{short description|Irish actor and comedian}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
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| birth_name = Patrick Shortt
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1967|12|12}}
| birth_place = Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
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| medium = Television, film, stand-up
| nationality = Irish
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| spouse = Caroline Shortt
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| children = 2
| notable_work = D'Unbelievables
Father Ted
Garage
Killinascully
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| website = http://www.patshortt.com/
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Patrick Shortt (born 12 December 1967) is an Irish actor, comedian, writer, and entertainer.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2009/0202/416082-shorttp/ |title=Shortt jointly wins Evening Standard gong|work=RTÉ Arts|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=2 February 2009|access-date=19 March 2009}}{{cite podcast |author-link=Jarlath Regan |author=Jarlath Regan |edition=60 |work=An Irishman Abroad |title=Pat Shortt |publisher=SoundCloud |date=10 November 2014 |url=https://soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/pat-shortt-live-from-the-cork-film-festival-episode-60 |access-date=2 December 2014}} His role in the 2007 film Garage led to him receiving the IFTA for Best Actor. He is most notably remembered for his role as Tom in the television series Father Ted.
Career
Shortt toured alongside Jon Kenny as the comedy duo D'Unbelievables. They released "One Hell of a Video", "D'Unbelievables", "D'Video" (a live random sketch show), "D'Telly" (featuring Shortt and Kenny playing various characters – primarily two brothers who run a shop together), "D'Mother" (in which Kenny's character oversaw the running of a public house alongside his "mother" – who was later revealed to be his father, in a role played by Shortt) and "D'collection". One character played by Shortt was Dan Clancy, known for telling "his stories". The pair were highly successful in Ireland, selling out the Vicar Street venue for 14 weeks. The duo stopped touring in 2000 after Kenny was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104183106/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-91799425.html D'unbeaten Jon is back], Daily Mirror, 20 September 2002[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104183120/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67438437.html My cancer battle by comic Jon], Daily Mirror, 30 November 2000
Shortt played the role of Tom, a crazy man, in the comedy series Father Ted. His character maintained a unibrow and wore a tee shirt with the slogan "I shot JR".
In 2003, RTÉ approached Shortt to create a comedy series, Killinascully. Shortt elaborated on his work with D'Unbelievables, again playing Dan Clancy and a number of other characters. The programme ran for five seasons, with six Christmas specials.
In 2009, Shortt created and starred in a comedy, Mattie, for RTÉ, set in a Garda Síochána station. The series was retitled and reworked in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4284443&tpl=archnews&force=1 |title=Pat Shortt's 'Sergeant Mattie' posts with EMC and Avatar |publisher=IFTN.ie |first=Ciara |last=Drohan |date=10 November 2011 |access-date=2 January 2015}} The cast included Sue Collins.
He starred in the 2007 Cannes award-winning film Garage, directed by Lenny Abrahamson.{{cite news | url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/0528/garage.html | title = New Pat Shortt film wins at Cannes| publisher = Raidió Teilifís Éireann | date = 28 May 2007 | access-date = 24 September 2007 | work=RTÉ News}} Shortt won the Best Actor award at the 2008 IFTAs for his performance in this film. In 2008, An Post issued a postage stamp featuring Pat Shortt, as Josie, in the film Garage.{{cite journal | last=Warren | first=Brian | title=That Was the Year That Was–2008 (part 1) | journal=The Revealer | volume=58 | issue= 4 | pages=63 | publisher=Éire Philatelic Association | location=Seminole, FL | date=Spring 2009 | issn=0484-6125 }}
In 2014 Shortt appeared in Episode 3, Season 2 of the Sky 1 programme Moone Boy. In the episode, the main character Martin Moone and his friend Padraig float down the River Boyle on a raft. They land on an island in Lough Key where Shortt's character, the caretaker, entertains them and helps them to return to the mainland.
Personal life
Shortt was born in Thurles, County Tipperary, one of 11 children of Mary (née Scully) and Christy Shortt. He studied at the Limerick School of Art and Design, and began his stand-up career shortly after graduating.
Shortt and his wife Caroline have two children. In 2020, he and his daughter Faye, an actress who trained at the Gaiety School of Acting, began creating sketches for social media. Faye Shortt subsequently co-wrote and performed in a sketch for RTÉ Does Comic Relief. Between 2020 and 2021, Pat and Faye Shortt co-wrote and performed two live-stream shows, before going on tour with their live comedy show, "Well".
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Director ! Notes |
|---|
| 1993
| {{Unknown}} | Uncredited |
| 1996
| Dunner | Tommy McArdle | |
| 1998
| Garda Ben | Paul Quinn | |
| rowspan=3| 2000
| The Closer You Get | Ollie Doyle | Aileen Ritchie | |
| Saltwater
| Mr. Fanning | |
| Wild About Harry
| Ronnie | |
| 2001
| Mapmaker | Patsy | Johnny Gogan | |
| rowspan=2| 2004
| Fergie | |
| Inside I'm Dancing
| Nightclub Doorman | |
| rowspan=2| 2007
| Garage | Josie | |
| Strength and Honour
| Wheeler McCoy | |
| 2008
| Spacemen Three | Dr. Glen Hosey |
| 2010
| Soulboy | Brendan | |
| 2011
| Colum Hennessey | |
| rowspan=2| 2013
| Colm | |
| Breakfast Wine
| Mr. Kelliher | Short film |
| rowspan=3| 2014
| Calvary | Brendan Lynch | John Michael McDonagh | |
| Queen & Country
| Private Redmond | |
| Song of the Sea
| Lug | Voice |
| rowspan=2| 2016
| Twice Shy | Pat Collins | Thomas Ryan | |
| The Flag
| Harry Hambridge | |
| 2018
| The Belly of the Whale | Ronald Tanner | Morgan Bushe | |
| rowspan=4| 2019
| Animals | Bill | |
| Dark Lies the Island
| Daddy Mannion | |
| Satnav
| Radio Comedian | Eugene O'Connor | rowspan=2| Short film |
| Maya
| Ken | Sophia Tamburrini |
| 2020
| Pixie | Father Daly | |
| rowspan=3| 2022
| Give Him Time | Liam Walsh | Danny McCafferty | rowspan=2| Short film |
| Lambing
| John | Katie McNeice |
| The Banshees of Inisherin
| Jonjo Devine | |
| {{TBA}}
| Baggage | John | Jason Ruddy | Short film; In Development |
| {{TBA}}
| Raynor | {{TBA}} | {{TBA}} | In Development |
| {{TBA}}
| The People's Champion | {{TBA}} | {{TBA}} | In Development |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995–1996 | Father Ted | Tom |
| 2000 | The Fitz | Bobby |
| 2004–2008 | Killinaskully | Various |
| 2009–2011 | Mattie | Mattie Dwyer |
| 2014 | Moone Boy | Island Joe |
| 2015 | Toast of London | Larry Muggins |
| 2016 | Smalltown | Tom |
| 2021 | Frank of Ireland | Padraig |
| 2024 | Bodkin | Darragh |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.patshortt.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|0795169}}
- [http://www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/LocalStudiesFiles/M/MusiciansSingersComediansetc/ Pat Shortt in 'Musicians, Singers, Comedians, etc.' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland]
{{IFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role – Film}}
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Category:20th-century Irish comedians
Category:21st-century Irish comedians
Category:Irish comedy musicians
Category:Irish male film actors
Category:Irish impressionists (entertainers)
Category:Irish male stage actors
Category:Irish male television actors
Category:Irish television producers
Category:Alumni of the Limerick School of Art and Design
Category:Irish sketch comedians
Category:Actors from County Tipperary
Category:1980s in Irish comedy
Category:1990s in Irish comedy
Category:2000s in Irish comedy