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Pat Shortt
Pat Shortt
	Shortt in 2009
Birth name	Patrick Shortt
Born	12 December 1967 (age 56); Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
Medium	Television, film, stand-up
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Caroline Shortt
Children	2
Notable works and roles	D'Unbelievables ; Father Ted ; Garage ; Killinascully
Website	http://www.patshortt.com/

Patrick 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. He is most notably remembered for his role as Tom in the television series Father Ted.

Career

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.

Personal life

Shortt was born in Thurles, County Tipperary, one of 11 children of Mary (née Scully) and Christy Shortt. He studied at the Limerick School of Art and Design, and began his stand-up career shortly after graduating.

Shortt and his wife Caroline have two children. In 2020, he and his daughter Faye, an actress who trained at the Gaiety School of Acting, began creating sketches for social media. Faye Shortt subsequently co-wrote and performed in a sketch for RTÉ Does Comic Relief. Between 2020 and 2021, Pat and Faye Shortt co-wrote and performed two live stream shows, before going on tour with their live comedy show, "Well".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1993	In the Name of the Father	Unknown	Jim Sheridan	Uncredited
1996	Angela Mooney Dies Again	Dunner	Tommy McArdle
1998	This Is My Father	Garda Ben	Paul Quinn
2000	The Closer You Get	Ollie Doyle	Aileen Ritchie
	Saltwater	Mr. Fanning	Conor McPherson
	Wild About Harry	Ronnie	Declan Lowney
2001	Mapmaker	Patsy	Johnny Gogan
2004	Man About Dog	Fergie	Paddy Breathnach
2004	Inside I'm Dancing	Nightclub Doorman	Damien O'Donnell
2007	Garage	Josie	Lenny Abrahamson
2007	Strength and Honour	Wheeler McCoy	Mark Mahon
2008	Spacemen Three	Dr. Glen Hosey	Hugh O'Conor	Short film
2010	Soulboy	Brendan	Shimmy Marcus
2011	The Guard	Colum Hennessey	John Michael McDonagh
2013	Life's a Breeze	Colm	Lance Daly
2013	Breakfast Wine	Mr. Kelliher	Ian Fitzgibbon	Short film
2014	Calvary	Brendan Lynch	John Michael McDonagh
	Queen & Country	Private Redmond	John Boorman
	Song of the Sea	Lug	Tomm Moore	Voice
2016	Twice Shy	Pat Collins	Thomas Ryan
2016	The Flag	Harry Hambridge	Declan Recks
2018	The Belly of the Whale	Ronald Tanner	Morgan Bushe
2019	Animals	Bill	Sophie Hyde
	Dark Lies the Island	Daddy Mannion	Ian Fitzgibbon
	Satnav	Radio Comedian	Eugene O'Connor	Short film
	Maya	Ken	Sophia Tamburrini	Short film
2020	Pixie	Father Daly	Barnaby Thompson
2022	Give Him Time	Liam Walsh	Danny McCafferty	Short film
	Lambing	John	Katie McNeice	Short film
	The Banshees of Inisherin	Jonjo Devine	Martin McDonagh
TBA	Baggage	John	Jason Ruddy	Short film; In Development
TBA	Raynor	TBA	TBA	In Development
TBA	The People's Champion	TBA	TBA	In Development

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
2021	Frank of Ireland	Padraig
2024	Bodkin	Darragh

References

^ "Shortt jointly wins Evening Standard gong". RTÉ Arts. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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
^ ^a ^b 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. 58 (4). Seminole, FL: Éire Philatelic Association: 63. ISSN 0484-6125.