Pat Shortt

Pat Shortt
Pat Shortt
	Pat Shortt
Birth name	Patrick Shortt
Born	12 December 1967; Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
Medium	Television, film, stand-up
Nationality	Irish
Notable works and roles	D'Unbelievables ; Father Ted ; Garage ; Killinascully
Website	http://www.patshortt.com/

Patrick 'Pat' Shortt (born 12 December 1967) is an Irish actor, comedian, writer and entertainer.[1][2] His role in the 2007 film Garage led to him receiving the IFTA for Best Actor.

Roles

Shortt toured alongside Jon Kenny as comedy duo D'Unbelievables. They released "One Hell of a Video", "D'Unbelievables", "D'Video" (a live random sketch show), "D'Telly" (featuring Shortt and Kenny playing various characters – primarily two brothers who run a shop together), "D'Mother" (in which Kenny's character oversaw the running of a public house alongside his "mother" – who was later revealed to be his father, in a role played by Shortt) and "D'collection". One character played by Shortt was Dan Clancy, known for telling "his stories". The pair were highly successful in Ireland, selling out the Vicar Street venue for 14 weeks.[2] The duo stopped touring in 2000 after Kenny was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.[3][4]

Shortt played the role of Tom, a crazy man, in the comedy series Father Ted. His character maintained a unibrow and wore a tee shirt with the slogan "I shot JR".

In 2003, RTÉ approached Shortt to create a comedy series, Killinascully.[2] Shortt elaborated on his work with D'Unbelievables, again playing Dan Clancy and a number of other characters. The programme ran for five seasons, with six Christmas specials.

In 2009, Shortt created and starred in a comedy, Mattie, for RTÉ, set in a Garda Síochána station. The series was retitled and reworked in 2011.[5] The cast included Sue Collins.[5]

He starred in the 2007 Cannes award-winning film Garage, directed by Lenny Abrahamson.[2][6] Shortt won the Best Actor award at the 2008 IFTAs for his performance in this film. In 2008, An Post issued a postage stamp featuring Pat Shortt, as Josie, in the film Garage.[7]

In 2014 Shortt appeared in Episode 3, Season 2 of the Sky 1 programme Moone Boy. In the episode the main character Martin Moone and his friend Padraig float down the River Boyle on a raft. They land on an island in Lough Key where Shortt's character, the caretaker, entertains them and helps them to return to the mainland.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1993	In the Name of the Father	Unnamed
1996	Angela Mooney Dies Again	Unnamed
2000	Wild about Harry	Ronnie
2000	Saltwater	Mr Fanning
2001	Mapmaker	Patsy
2004	Man About Dog	Fergie
2004	Rory O'Shea Was Here	Nightclub Bouncer
2007	Garage	Josie
2007	Strength and Honour	Wheeler McCoy
2008	Spacemen Three	Dr. Glen Hosey
2010	Soul Boy	Brendan
2011	The Guard	Colum Hennessey
2013	Breakfast Wine	Unnamed
2013	Life's a Breeze	Colm
2014	Calvary	Brendan Lynch
2015	Queen and Country - Redmond
2016	The Flag	Harry Hambridge
2019	Animals	Bill

Television

Year	Title	Role
1995–1996	Father Ted	Tom
2000	The Fitz	Bobby
2004–2008	Killinaskully	Various
2009–2011	Mattie	Mattie Dwyer
2014	Moone Boy	Island Joe
2015	Toast of London	Larry Muggins
2016	Smalltown	Tom

References

"Shortt jointly wins Evening Standard gong". RTÉ Arts. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
Jarlath Regan (10 November 2014). "Pat Shortt". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (60 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
D'unbeaten Jon is back, Daily Mirror, 20 September 2002
My cancer battle by comic Jon, Daily Mirror, 30 November 2000
Drohan, Ciara (10 November 2011). "Pat Shortt's 'Sergeant Mattie' posts with EMC and Avatar". IFTN.ie. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
"New Pat Shortt film wins at Cannes". RTÉ News. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
Warren, Brian (Spring 2009). "That Was the Year That Was–2008 (part 1)". The Revealer. Seminole, FL: Éire Philatelic Association. 58 (4): 63. ISSN 0484-6125.

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[1] "Shortt jointly wins Evening Standard gong". RTÉ Arts. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.

[IrishmanAbroad-2] Jarlath Regan (10 November 2014). "Pat Shortt". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (60 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[cancer1-3] D'unbeaten Jon is back, Daily Mirror, 20 September 2002

[cancer2-4] My cancer battle by comic Jon, Daily Mirror, 30 November 2000

[Mattie-5] Drohan, Ciara (10 November 2011). "Pat Shortt's 'Sergeant Mattie' posts with EMC and Avatar". IFTN.ie. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

[RTÉCannes-6] "New Pat Shortt film wins at Cannes". RTÉ News. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2007.

[7] Warren, Brian (Spring 2009). "That Was the Year That Was–2008 (part 1)". The Revealer. Seminole, FL: Éire Philatelic Association. 58 (4): 63. ISSN 0484-6125.