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Tylak is a stand-up chameleon, invisible beneath the dazzling camouflage of his characters”
Tom Matthews, In Dublin

Fresh from playing Mick McCarthy on the CD of the smash-hit comedy opera I Keano, Paul Tylak is Generally acknowledged as one of Ireland’s foremost character comedians.

Well-known in Ireland as Ashti, the Kurdish refugee in the hugely popular RTE soap, Fair City, Paul had a small role in In The Name of The Father, and appeared twice in the smash-hit comedy classic Father Ted.

As a core member of the Irish Improv, he has toured extensively on the international comedy festival circuit, performing with cast members of The Simpsons, The Drew Carey Show, Dharma and Gregg, Saturday Night Live, and Who’s line is it Anyway?

“A dizzying array of personalities in one body”
The Irish Times

“Tylak is possessed of a mercurial versatility… or else he’s just possessed”
Theo Dorgan, The Arts Show

“Tylak is, arguably, the most naturally talented character comedian Ireland has ever produced…a one-man Fast Show”
Brian Boyd, The Irish Times

Recently, Paul wrote and starred in two series of the critically acclaimed sketch show STEW for RTE which scooped both the prestigious Irish Film and Television Award and the Celtic Film and Television Award, for Best Entertainment Programme. Here’s what the critics said:

“No longer does comedy shuffle onto RTE like a clown with a malfunctioning dickie-bow. Stew is confident, well made and well acted”
Shane Hegarty, Irish Times

“Stew is that rarest of beasts, a very funny Irish comedy show”
Paul Whitington, Irish Independent

“Ineffably Irish, Stew is up there with anything the BBC is doing.”
Alan O’Riordan, Evening Herald

“A deliciously deranged slice of surrealism from some of the silliest brains in Ireland…there are some sublime flashes of genius in Stew”
Ian O’Doherty, Irish Independent

“Played with an impressively straight face, Stew offers a substantial repast for starving Irish comedy fans. By crediting its audience with working brains, it carves out the freedom to play for bigger and better laughs”
Liam Fay, Sunday Times

Having recently landed a role in the critically acclaimed gritty urban drama Prosperity (RTE2), and the forthcoming BBC Children’s Sitcom “Badly Drawn Roy”, Paul can currently be found sitting down, writing Be More Ethnic, (a drama-comedy for BBC 3) and standing up, in his natural environment, the standup venues around Ireland and the UK.