Most Recent Role: Host on The Graham Norton Show
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Bandon, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
Birthday: 4-4-1963
Birth Name: Graham William Walker
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Bandon, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
Birthday: 4-4-1963
Birth Name: Graham William Walker
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Your "favourite shiny Irish poof", as Graham Norton describes himself, was not always heading for a career in comedy. He forfeited his place at Cork University for a flight for freedom to San Francisco where he lived in a commune. The experience led him to the conclusion that acting was the life for him and he enrolled in the prestigious Central School of Drama in London.
Despite his...
Most Recent Appearance
Episode 42
Thursday 3 July 2008 on BBC-2
Graham discusses Glastonbury and Nelson Mandela. His guests tonight are actor James Nesbitt and actress Catherine Tate. Graham uses a tardis to go back in time. Catherine discusses Doctor Who , James talks about Cold Feet , the pair discuss their mothers reaction to their work. A audience...
Graham appeared as a contestant on School's Out on July 21st 2007.
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Graham hosted The Big Finish with Graham Norton on December 31st 2006 on BBC1.
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The BBC outbid ITV in August 2006 making a deal which will keep Graham working for the BBC until 2009.
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Graham Norton has huge crushes on George Eads from CSI and Chris Evans from Fantastic Four.
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When he began performing stand up comedy, Graham called himself 'The Karen Carpenter Bar and Grill' and 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta's Grand Farewell Tour'.
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Graham Norton: I'm thrilled to be signing with the BBC for another three years and can't imagine working anywhere else.
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Graham Norton: I don’t want to get married. I came out of a 5-year relationship and I still have a house. If there was gay marriage I don’t think I would. I don’t know why people get so excited and interested in being married. Gay marriage is one thing, but gay divorce; I’m sort of looking forward to gay divorce. That would be so vicious.
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Graham Norton: In Britain if I am walking around, I know that people know me, whereas in New York I don’t know whether I’m anonymous or not. It makes you slightly more nervous.
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Graham Norton (On his thoughts, at age 11, about Larry Grayson): I knew on some level I was like him, but I didn't want to be like that.
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Graham Norton: I don't think you should have to try to be nice, I think most people are nice. I think being cheerful and nice is just a politeness.
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Comedian Graham Norton and musical mastermind Andrew Lloyd Webber team up to search for the West End's newest Maria von Trapp. Ten hopeful actresses compete with one another for this prized place... more I'd Do Anything
Watch as a group of Nancy hopefuls and Oliver wannabes vie for these important roles in the famed West End musical Oliver in the tradition of How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria and Any... more NY Graham Norton
Graham's new chat show came from Manhattan in front of a studio audience filled with New Yorkers and Old Brits as well. Throughout the Channel 4 series Graham met up with some of his American... more
