John Kearns

John Kearns (born 10 April 1987) is an English comedian and actor. He was born at St Thomas' Hospital and grew up in Tooting, London, and was educated at the London Oratory School and the University of East Anglia, where he lived with fellow comedian Pat Cahill and radio DJ Greg James. In 2006, while at university, he performed at Tom Moran's Laugh Out Loud comedy nights alongside fellow student comedians Cahill, Jon Brittain, and Joz Norris. From 2010 until 2013 he worked as a tour guide at the Houses of Parliament, and he previously worked at the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum.

Kearns was awarded the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2013, followed by the Foster's Edinburgh comedy award for Best Show in 2014, making him the first and only comedian to win both awards in consecutive years. Both winning shows appeared on PBH's Free Fringe, making his 2013 win the first ever for a free show. His first solo hour-long show, Sight Gags for Perverts, was directed by his friend, playwright Jon Brittain, and debuted at Leicester Comedy Festival in February 2013 before a well-received run at the Edinburgh Fringe. His follow-up, which became Shtick, won the Best Show award and was again directed by Brittain.

On television, Kearns starred in BBC Three's Top Coppers in 2015 alongside Steen Raskopoulos. He has appeared on the panel shows 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Richard Osman's House of Games, was a contestant on the fourteenth series of Taskmaster, and is the assistant host of the Comedy Central panel show Guessable?, which has run for four series. Kearns lives in London with his partner and son.