Carl Donnelly

Carl Donnelly (born 13 January 1982 in Tooting, south London) is an English stand-up comedian, dancer, and writer. He has performed 11 solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival and was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards twice, once for best newcomer and once for best show. He became a vegan in 2013 and has since become an ambassador for Veganuary, talking about being vegan extensively in his act.

Donnelly has appeared on radio in BBC Radio 4's 28 Acts in 28 Minutes, LBC's Comedy Cabaret, Fighting Talk on BBC Radio 5 Live and Tim Shaw's The Asylum on Kerrang! Radio. On television he has appeared in Mock the Week, Russell Howard's Good News, Stand Up Central, and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. He hosted The Carl Donnelly And Chris Martin Comedy Podcast alongside comedian Chris Martin from 2008 to 2018, which was featured in a Guardian list of the top 10 comedy podcasts in 2010, and a spin-off, Babysitting Trevor. In 2020 he started The Keith Cheggars Podcast about his upcoming child, and now co-hosts TVI with Carl Donnelly and Julian Deane.

Carl was previously married in his 20s and wrote about his divorce in his act; he is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur football club. He has since remarried, with his second wife, Hannah Norris, giving birth to their child in 2020. His awards include the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2006, the Chortle Awards Best Newcomer 2007, the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2007, and the Chortle Awards Best Club Comedian 2017. He was an Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Nominee in 2009 and Best Show Nominee in 2013.