Jake O’Kane is a Belfast

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

-based stand-up comedian

Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

, and a resident compère of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

’s longest running comedy club, The Empire Laughs Back at The Empire Music Hall in Belfast.

O'Kane has toured extensively, working with some of the biggest names on the comedy circuit and has also appeared at some of the country’s top comedy clubs including The Stand

The Stand

The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It demonstrates the scenario in his earlier short story, Night Surf...

, Jongleurs

Jongleurs

Jongleurs is a chain of comedy clubs in the United Kingdom. Maria Kempinska MBE established and opened the first Jongleurs club in 1983 in Battersea, London. In 1985 Maria then met her business partner John Davy, and together they built the Jongleurs brand. The company evolved into a corporate...

 and The Comedy Store

The Comedy Store

The Comedy Store is a comedy club located in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. It has a sister comedy club in La Jolla, San Diego, California.-History:...

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Jake’s television and radio credits include appearances on the award-winning ‘The Empire Laughs Back’. More recently, Jake hosted and performed on the BBC

BBC

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 NI stand up show ‘One Night Stand’ and is resident panellist on ‘The Blame Game’ on both TV and radio.

Appearances

Jake has appeared in various radio and television programmes including:

TELEVISION

• The Blame Game (BBC NI) – resident panelist – writer and performer
• Give My Head Peace
  Give My Head Peace
  Give My Head Peace was a satirical television comedy series on BBC Northern Ireland that pokes fun at political parties, paramilitary groups and the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland...
  
   (BBC NI) – guest performer
• One Night Stand (BBC NI) – host and stand-up performance
• Festival Nights (BBC NI) – guest contributor
• The John Daly Show (BBC NI) – writer and performer
• McKeever (UTV) – writer
• The Empire Laughs Back II (BBC NI) – stand-up performance
• Two Ceasefires and a Wedding (BBC NI) – guest performer
• Comic Relief
  Comic Relief
  Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief...
  
   (BBC NI) – stand-up performance
• The Empire Laughs Back (BBC NI) – stand-up performance
• The Kelly Show (UTV) – writer and performer

RADIO

• The Blame Game
  The Blame Game (radio)
  The Blame Game is a weekly comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC One Northern Ireland. Started in 2005, it is hosted by Tim McGarry...
  
   (Radio Ulster) – resident panelist
• Festival Review (Radio Ulster) - contributor
• Between The Lines (RTÉ
  RTE
  RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
  
   Radio) – contributor and performer
• Saturday View (RTÉ Radio) – contributor and performer
• The John Daly Show (Downtown Radio) – contributor and performer.

External links

• Jake O'Kane's website
• Jake's MySpace Profile