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  • He stands at 5'8½" tall. []
  • Peter On being a comedian: Being a comedian is the only job I've ever managed to keep for a long period of time. In all my other jobs after a while it got to the point where it was like I wasn't there. Hey I bet my former bosses are sat right now saying, 'You're damn right you wasn't there, that's why you're not there now!' but I guess I never settled because I wasn't meant to pack toilet rolls or stack shelves, I was destined to make people laugh. []
  • He has one son named Charlie Michael Kay. []
  • Former jobs include being a disk jockey, steward and cinema usher. []
  • When Kay eventually tried his hand at stand up he found his 'wilderness years' had furnished him with an almost endless supply of characters and situations to draw on for material. []
  • He left school with one GCSE in art. []
  • His birthday is 2nd July. []
  • Kay has attracted criticism for labelling Phoenix Nights as "Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights" even though the writing duties were divided three ways. When the series won a BAFTA award, the star insisted on collecting it alone. []
  • Peter Kay is notable for the cult following some of his sayings garner. Merchandise can be bought sporting a variety of the most popular phrases. []
  • After leaving Mount St. Joseph's High School, Peter took several jobs, many of which inspired episodes or sequences in That Peter Kay Thing. []
  • His earliest work was an interview with Granada Television in which he listed the contents of his room, as well as detailing his experience meeting Jimmy Savile. []
  • He tried to buy the rights to the name Chorley FM from the real station based in Chorley for just £80. []
  • Kay introduced both Texas and the Doves at the V2005 festival in Weston Park, Staffordshire. []
  • He supported Queen at the Hyde Park gig in Summer 2005 after appearing on stage at the Manchester leg of the tour, coming on for the encore. []
  • His father died of alcohol poisoning.
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  • Kay appeared at the 'Live 8' concert in Hyde Park, London on 2 July 2005, where he introduced The Who, after joining the audience in a rendition of "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo." []
  • Peter has performed at the Reebok Stadium in his home town Bolton as an opening act for Elton John. In addition, Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s fans have adopted "Amarillo" as a theme song, with Tony Christie's recording played at the home ground whenever the team scores. []
  • At the 'British Academy of Film and Television' tribute to comedian and actor Ronnie Barker in December 2004, Kay spoke of the influence he had drawn from him in his own work. []
  • Peter's wife's name is Susan. []
  • Peter Kay stars in 'Pheonix Nights' and 'Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere', and has done a number of famous stand-up performances, such as 'Peter Kay Live from the Top of the Tower' and 'Peter Kay Live at Bolton Halls'. []
  • Peter Kay was born and raised in Bolton. []
  • Within a year of launching himself onto stand up circuit, Kay won the 1997 Channel 4 'So You Think You're Funny?' competition. []

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