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Quick facts for kids Rob Delaney
Delaney in 2012
Born	(1977-01-19) January 19, 1977 (age 48) Boston, Massachusetts, US
Citizenship	United States United Kingdom
Occupation	Comedian actor writer activist
Years active	2003–present
Spouse(s)	Leah Delaney
Children	4

Rob Delaney was born on January 19, 1977. He is an American comedian, actor, writer, and activist. He is best known for creating and starring in the TV show Catastrophe (2015–2019). He also played Peter Wisdom in the superhero movies Deadpool 2 (2018) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).

Delaney has appeared in many other films. These include Hobbs & Shaw (2019), Bombshell (2019), and Tom & Jerry (2021). He was also in Home Sweet Home Alone (2021), The School for Good and Evil (2022), and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). His recent film is Love at First Sight (2023).

About Rob Delaney

His Early Life

Rob Delaney was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 19, 1977. His parents are Nancy and Robert Delaney. He grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts. His family has Irish roots. He went to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He graduated in 1999 with a degree in musical theater.

His Career

Comedy on Twitter

Rob Delaney first became known because of Twitter. He started posting jokes there in 2009. By 2016, he had more than 1.2 million followers. He was one of the first comedians to use social media to share his jokes. In 2010, Paste magazine called him one of the 10 funniest people on Twitter. In May 2012, he won an award for "Funniest Person on Twitter" at The Comedy Awards. He was the first comedian to win this award.

Writing Books

Delaney has written articles for magazines like Vice and newspapers like The Guardian. His first book, Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage., was published in 2013. In 2022, he published a memoir called A Heart That Works. This book is about the sad loss of his son, Henry, who died from brain cancer at two and a half years old.

Acting on TV

Delaney and Sharon Horgan being interviewed about Catastrophe in 2015

In 2011, Comedy Central announced that Delaney would film a TV pilot called @RobDelaney. However, the show was not made into a series. Instead, Delaney went on to create and star in Catastrophe with Sharon Horgan. The show started in the UK on January 19, 2015, on Channel 4. It was about their characters who get together after a short affair. He then moves to the UK after learning she is pregnant. The show also aired in the United States on Amazon in June 2015.

Catastrophe ran for four seasons. The final episode aired in the UK on February 12, 2019. Amazon released it in the US on March 15, 2019. The series earned him an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Comedy Writing." Since moving to the UK in 2014, Delaney has appeared on many British TV shows. These include Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie to You?.

Acting in Movies

In the movie Deadpool 2 (2018), Rob Delaney played Peter Wisdom. This character is an ordinary middle-aged man with no superpowers. He joins Deadpool's X-Force team. To promote the movie, a Twitter account was even made for Peter's character.

In 2019, Delaney had small roles in several big Hollywood movies. He worked again with director David Leitch and actor Dwayne Johnson in Hobbs & Shaw. In this film, he played Agent Loeb. He also appeared as a theater director in the comedy-drama Last Christmas. Both of these movies became No. 1 at the UK box office. He also appeared in The Hustle and the drama Bombshell.

His Personal Life

Rob Delaney lives in London with his wife, Leah. They have four sons together. In February 2018, Delaney shared that their son Henry had passed away the month before. Henry was two and a half years old and had been treated for a brain tumor since 2016. The movie Deadpool & Wolverine, where Delaney plays Peter, is dedicated to Henry. The couple's fourth son was born in August 2018. Since 2024, Rob Delaney has also been a citizen of the UK.

Delaney has also openly talked about his experiences with depression. In 2018, he became the first person on the CBeebies Bedtime Stories show to tell a story using Makaton. This is a special language with signs and symbols, which he used to communicate with his son Henry. Rob Delaney is an atheist.

His Political Views

Rob Delaney has lived in Britain for a long time but could not vote because he was not a UK citizen. In June 2017, he supported the Labour Party in the 2017 general election. In November 2018, he supported a petition that asked Labour Members of Parliament (MPs) to vote against a Brexit agreement.

In November 2019, Delaney and other public figures signed a letter supporting Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. They endorsed him in the 2019 UK general election. The letter said that Labour's plans under Corbyn would help people and the planet more than private businesses.

Filmography

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Film

Television

Year	Work	Role	Notes
2009	Coma, Period.	Dan Humford	10 episodes
	Outer Space Astronauts	Commander Cake	Episode: "One Year Ago"
2010	This Week in Comedy	Himself	Episode: "Karen Kilgariff/Rob Delaney"
2011	The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest	Himself	6 episodes
2012	Key & Peele	Various	3 episodes
	First Dates with Toby Harris	Brad	Episode: "Ex-Girlfriends"
2013	Rob Delaney Live at the Bowery Ballroom	Himself	Television special; also executive producer
	Cougar Town	Guide	Episode: "Have Love Will Travel"
	Burning Love	Kirk	3 episodes
2014	The Michael J. Fox Show	Clete Matthews	Episode: "Biking"
2015–2019	Catastrophe	Rob Norris	24 episodes; also co-creator, co-writer, and executive producer
2016	Travel Man: 48 Hours In	Himself	Episode: "Seville"
2018	Action Team	Victor	Episode: "Super Mega Robot"
	Trust	Lansing	Episode: "Kodachrome"
	Danger Mouse	Night Knight (voice)	Episode: "Daylight Savings Crime"
	Bitz & Bob	Bevel (voice)	41 episodes
2021	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	Guest Announcer	2 episodes
	The Great North	Brian Tobin (voice)	2 episodes
	No Activity	Magnolia (voice)	2 episodes
	Birdgirl	Brian O'Brien (voice)	6 episodes
	Between the Covers	Himself	Episode #2.2
	Fairfax	Grant (voice)	4 episodes
2022	Big Nate	Various voices	23 episodes
	Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	The Devil	3 episodes
	The Man Who Fell to Earth	Hatch Flood	8 episodes
2023	The Power	Tom	2 episodes
	Black Mirror	Mac	Episode: "Joan Is Awful"
2023–2024	Invincible	Nuolzot / Séance Dog (voice)	3 episodes
2024	Bad Monkey	Nick/Christopher	Main Cast
TBA	Dying for ...	Neighbour Guy	Upcoming miniseries

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