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Irish comedian and musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matthew Dinneen,[1] best known by his stage name Michael Fry, is an Irish comedian, actor and musician.
Michael Fry | |
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Birth name | Matthew Dinneen |
Medium | Internet comedy |
Genres | Parody music |
The son of a mother from Donegal and a father from Salford, Fry grew up in Navan along with his three brothers.[1] He studied at St Patrick's Classical School.[2] While in school, he studied at the Gaiety School of Acting. He originally pursued a business degree at the University of Galway, but later moved to Trinity College.[3]
Fry started creating videos while living in Coleraine and working for Tourism Ireland, though he chose to use a pseudonym due to the company's social media policy. He chose the name "Michael Fry" as his Twitter account was named "@BigDirtyFry", and described Michael as "the most generic name he could think of".[3] After a sketch Fry made about the Derry/Londonderry name dispute went viral, his Twitter following grew from 480 to 14,800.[4]
Various sketches made by Fry have gone viral on social media, including parodies of a Liam Payne interview at the 2022 Oscars,[5] Handforth Parish Council,[3] 2021 and 2022 year-end versions of We Didn't Start the Fire,[6][7] Conor McGregor[8] and Irish mothers. Many of his sketches are done in the form of songs.[9][10]
His first appearance on stage was at 16.[1]
Fry appeared in Holding, the 2022 Virgin Media adaptation of Graham Norton's debut novel of the same name.[1][11] Also in 2022, Fry made an appearance in an episode of Derry Girls as a train employee.[12][13]
In 2022, Fry starred in a music video for Sorcha Richardson.[14]
In September 2022, Fry starred alongside other Irish comedians, including Emma Doran and Justine Stafford, in RTÉ2's sketch show No Worries If Not![15]
In 2022, Fry was cast in the BBC Radio 4 sketch show Parish is Burning.[16]
Fry has described himself as being "influenced by TV shows rather than individuals", such as Peep Show, The Office and Parks and Recreation.[17]
Fry has participated in an initiative by Foras na Gaeilge for RTÉ Radio 1 to promote the learning of the Irish language.[18] He has done ad campaigns for Permanent TSB.[19]
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