Jake O'Kane
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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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]
Personal life
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, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) which he was recently diagnosed with. He is teetotal.[7] 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]
Filmography
| Title | Role | Channel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References
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External links
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- Living people
- Male comedians from Northern Ireland
- Stand-up comedians from Northern Ireland
- Satirists from Northern Ireland
- Comedians from Belfast
- 1961 births
- Male actors from Belfast
- 20th-century male actors from Northern Ireland
- 21st-century male actors from Northern Ireland
- People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder