Dan Tiernan
Stand-up comedian

Dan Tiernan

Who Dan Tiernan is

Dan Tiernan is a stand-up comedian from Manchester who won the BBC New Comedy Awards in 2022 and, three weeks later, the British Comedian of the Year contest at the Comedy Store in London. He placed third in Leicester Square Theatre's New Comedian of the Year in 2021, and at the Edinburgh Fringe his debut hour Going Under was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2023 and won the (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer jointly that year.

He was nominated for Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2025 for All In and in 2026 for Quartz and All, which was also nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, shortlisted for Best Show at the 2026 (ISH) awards and at the 2026 Comedians' Choice Awards. He has been seen on Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Last Leg and QI, and returned to the BBC New Comedy Awards as a judge in 2025.

On stage

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Specials, shows and podcasts

On screen

Comedians like Dan Tiernan

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Questions and answers

Where is Dan Tiernan performing next?

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What TV shows and films are they in?

BBC New Comedy Awards, Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Last Leg and QI.

Who are some comedians like them?

Amy Gledhill (also in BBC New Comedy Awards), Josh Pugh (also in The Last Leg), Kiri Pritchard-McLean (also in 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown), Finlay Christie (also in BBC New Comedy Awards) and Ed Byrne (also in QI).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

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Sources

Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 6 October 2026