Al Murray

Alastair James Hay "Al" Murray is best known for his stand-up persona, "The Pub Landlord," a stereotypical xenophobic public house licensee, which earlier in his career he toured the pubs as.

The character first appeared in 1994 when Murray was the tour support act for Harry Hill. Murray spent years developing the character and deservedly went on to win a Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1999, after being nominated in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

His theatre show with the pub landlord character My Gaff, My Rules was short-listed for an Laurence Olivier Award in 2002, and he has also appeared in character as the central focus of the television series Time Gentlemen Please, as well as a number of other television appearances, including the An Audience with... strand.

In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy and in 2007 he was voted number sixteen on Channel 4's hundred greatest stand-ups.

His chat show Al Murray's Happy Hour began airing 13 January 2007 on ITV. The show has won a British Comedy Award and was nominated for a National Television Award. A new series returned on 12 September 2008, and of this Murray said: "It goes without saying ... the trouble with telly these days is that the viewer is not credited with enough intelligence and the fact I'm back on is proof they know what's good for them".

He currently stars in Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder, a new sketch show on ITV1, which began February this year.

In his career Murray has toured with other well known comedians including Harry Hill, Jim Tavaré and Frank Skinner.

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