Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English comedian, writer, producer, director and actor. His
work includes That Peter Kay Thing (2000), Phoenix Nights (2001), Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere
(2004), Britain's Got the Pop Factor... (2008) and other
independent productions.
Peter Kay was born in Bolton, Lancashire, and attended Mount St Joseph High School, leaving with one
GCSE in Art. He took several menial jobs, including working in a toilet roll factory, Netto supermarket,
a Cash and Carry, and a Bingo Hall, which later inspired episodes or sequences in That Peter Kay Thing.
He began a degree course at the University of Liverpool but was unable to cope with the written work
and dropped out. He then attended the University of Salford where he studied for a Higher National
Diploma (HND) in Media Performance, which he completed, this involved a stand-up course at which he
excelled. His first stand-up was a competition in Manchester hosted by later co-star and co-writer
of Phoenix Nights, Dave Spikey. Kay was last on the bill and won the competition, beating fellow
stand-up comedian Johnny Vegas. His earliest appearance was an interview with Granada Television
in which he listed the contents of his room, as well as detailing his experience meeting Jimmy
Savile. This would later be used in That Peter Kay Thing in the role of Leonard de Tomkinson. Kay's
experience working at the Manchester Evening News Arena inspired him to wear the official yellow
jacket of the MEN Arena for the final performance of his Mum Wants a Bungalow tour Kay has said
that he sought a career in comedy. During his time working as a cinema usher, he experimented with
stand-up, participating in several local events as well as others at the Comedy Store in Manchester.
After losing his job at the cinema, Kay was presented with the choice between finding another menial
job or moving into comedy.
After he entered and won Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny contest in 1997, his first' semi-professional
stand-up appearances were at the 1998 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where he received a prestigious Perrier Award
nomination. During this time, he also appeared at various other clubs such as London's influential Comedy Store
and the Barracuda Club in Lincoln. Although this led to a certain level of public recognition, it was only after
his heavily-promoted show Live at the Top of the Tower in 2000 that Kay attained mainstream recognition. During
this period, he appeared on several chat shows, such as Parkinson and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, where he
had previously been a warm up man. Production also began on Phoenix Nights, which was to see him achieve critical
acclaim as well as mainstream success. Subsequent advertisements, for John Smith's Bitter, which imitate the
realistic style of Phoenix Nights, saw Kay develop his now much-repeated catchphrases "'ave it!" and "two lamb
bhunas".
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