| Biography | Peter Kay is an English comedian and actor.
Kay's first stand-up was the competition the North West Comedian of the Year, hosted by Dave Spikey, who would later be the co-star and co-writer of Phoenix Nights. Kay was last on the bill and won the competition, beating Johnny Vegas. In 1997, he won Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny contest and was later nominated for a Perrier Award for his Edinburgh Fringe Festival show. In 2000, he co-wrote and starred in That Peter Kay Thing for Channel 4. This resulted in a spin-off sitcom, Phoenix Nights, which in turn generated another spin-off, Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere. In 2005, he recorded a promotional video in which he mimed to Tony Christie's 1971 hit "Is This the Way to Amarillo"; the song then reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming that year's best-selling single in the UK.
In 2008, Kay co-wrote and starred in Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice, a parody of several British reality television shows. As the series' fictional protagonist Geraldine McQueen, he released the single "The Winner's Song", which reached #2 in the UK singles chart.
In 2016, Kay won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Comedy Performance, the BAFTA TV Award for Best Scripted Comedy and the National Television Award for Best Comedy for Car Share. |