Frankie Boyle
Frankie Boyle

Frankie Boyle

  • 49 years-old
  • Scottish
  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

Known for: Mock The Week (Regular Panellist), Frankie Boyle's Autopsy (Host / Presenter), Frankie Boyle's New World Order (Host / Presenter)

  1. 28th October via The Bookseller: Frankie Boyle's crime novel debut netted by Baskerville
Frankie Boyle's New World Order. Frankie Boyle. Copyright: Zeppotron

Frankie Boyle is a Scottish comedian and writer known for his trademark near-the-knuckle, overwhelmingly bleak, cynical and misanthropic sense of humour. He rose to national fame after appearing as a regular panellist on Mock The Week from 2005 to 2009 and his comedy has ignited a number of tabloid controversies.

More information

Born
Wednesday 16th August 1972
Full name
Francis Martin Patrick Boyle
Nationality
Scottish
Home town
Glasgow

Awards

National Comedy Awards, The 2021
Outstanding Male Comedy Entertainment Performance: Longlisted
BAFTA Television Awards 2020
Best Entertainment Performance: Nominee
Scottish Comedy Awards 2020
Best TV Comic: Winner
Dave Funniest Joke Of The Fringe Award 2017
Main Award: Runner-up
Chortle Awards 2009
Best Tour: Nominee
British Comedy Awards 2009
Best Live Stand-Up Performer: Nominee

Credits

Year Production Role
2022 Backstage With Katherine Ryan Announced Guest
2021 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Frankie Boyle's New World Order 2021 Writer
2021 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Frankie Boyle's New World Order 2021 Host / Presenter
2021 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 5 Writer
2021 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 5 Host / Presenter
2021 Salisbury Comedy Festival Self
2021 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 26
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2021 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 25
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2021 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Frankie Boyle's 2020 New World Order Writer
2021 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Frankie Boyle's 2020 New World Order Host / Presenter
2020 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 4 Host / Presenter
2020 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 4 Writer
2020 Frankie Boyle Live: Excited For You To See And Hate This Writer
2020 Frankie Boyle Live: Excited For You To See And Hate This Host / Presenter
2020 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 24
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2020 Glasgow International Comedy Festival Self
2020 Frankie Boyle's Tour Of Scotland Writer
2020 Frankie Boyle's Tour Of Scotland Host / Presenter
2019 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Frankie Boyle's 2019 New World Order
  1. Frankie Boyle's 2019 New World Order
 Writer
2019 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Frankie Boyle's 2019 New World Order
  1. Frankie Boyle's 2019 New World Order
 Host / Presenter
2019 Simon Evans Is Right Self (Archive Material)
2019 Frankie Boyle: Full Power Self
2019 The News Quiz - Series 99 Guest
2019 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 22
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2019 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 3 Writer
2019 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 3 Host / Presenter
2018 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Frankie Boyle's 2018 New World Order
  1. Frankie Boyle's 2018 New World Order
 Host / Presenter
2018 Frankie Boyle - Prometheus Volume III Self
2018 Frankie Goes To Russia Writer
2018 Frankie Goes To Russia Host / Presenter
2018 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 2 Writer
2018 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 2 Host / Presenter
2018 Long Night At Blackstone 'Frankie Boyle'
2017 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Frankie Boyle's 2017 New World Order
  1. Frankie Boyle's 2017 New World Order
 Writer
2017 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Frankie Boyle's 2017 New World Order
  1. Frankie Boyle's 2017 New World Order
 Host / Presenter
2017 Have I Got News For You - Series 54
  1. Special - Have I Got 2017 News For You
 Host / Presenter
2017 Frankie Boyle: Prometheus Volume I Self
2017 Dying Laughing Self
2017 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 1 Host / Presenter
2017 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 18
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2017 Have I Got News For You - Series 53
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Host / Presenter
2017 Room 101 - Series 6
  1. E8 - Nicola Adams, Frankie Boyle, Diane Morgan
  2. Special - Bonus Bellyaches
 Guest
2017 QI - Series N
  1. E15 - Next
  2. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 15
  3. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 16
 Guest
2017 Parenting For Idiots
  1. E1 - Chaos
  2. E2 - Fun
  3. E3 - Rules
 Self
2016 Frankie Boyle Self
2016 Live At The Apollo - Series 12
  1. E5 - Frankie Boyle, Jack Carroll, Holly Walsh
 Host / Presenter
2016 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 17
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2016 Have I Got News For You - Series 52
  1. Special - Have I Got 2016 News For You
 Host / Presenter
2016 The News Quiz - Series 91 Guest
2016 The News Quiz - Series 90 Guest
2016 Gasping Harvey Higgins
2016 Have I Got News For You - Series 51
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Host / Presenter
2016 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 10
  1. E13 - Kit Harington, Frankie Boyle, Anna Friel, Tinie Tempah
 Guest
2016 Frankie Boyle: Hurt Like You've Never Been Loved Writer
2016 Frankie Boyle: Hurt Like You've Never Been Loved Host / Presenter
2015 Frankie Boyle: Work In Progress Self
2014 Live At The Apollo - Series 10
  1. E3 - Frankie Boyle, Simon Evans, Aisling Bea
 Host / Presenter
2014 Frankie Boyle's Autopsy Writer
2014 Frankie Boyle's Autopsy Host / Presenter
2014 Kevin Bridges Live At...
  1. E2 - Kevin Bridges Live At The Referendum
 Guest
2014 The Football's On - Series 1
  1. E18 - Episode Eighteen
 Guest
2014 Blocked Writer
2014 Frankie Boyle And Bob Mortimer's Cookery Show Writer
2014 Frankie Boyle And Bob Mortimer's Cookery Show Host / Presenter
2014 Chain Reaction - Series 9
  1. E3 - Frankie Boyle interviews Grant Morrison
 Host / Presenter
2014 Chain Reaction - Series 9
  1. E2 - Kevin Bridges interviews Frankie Boyle
 Guest
2013 It's Not What You Know - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2013 Mock The Week Looks Back At... Self (Archive Material)
2012 Mock The Week - Series 11
  1. Special - Christmas Special
 Self (Archive Material)
2012 Jimmy Carr Live Associate Producer
2012 The Boyle Variety Performance Writer
2012 The Boyle Variety Performance Host / Presenter
2012 Frankie Boyle: If I Could Reach Out Through Your TV And Strangle You I Would Writer
2012 Frankie Boyle: If I Could Reach Out Through Your TV And Strangle You I Would Host / Presenter
2011 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 25
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. Special - Highlights Special
 Team Captain
2011 Burnistoun - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Self
2011 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 24
  1. E12 - Episode Twelve
 Host / Presenter
2011 Frankie Boyle's Rehabilitation Programme Cancelled Associate Producer
2011 Frankie Boyle's Rehabilitation Programme Cancelled Host / Presenter
2010 Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights Writer
2010 Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights Host / Presenter
2010 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 18
  1. E20 - Frankie Boyle, Katherine Heigl, Diddy
 Guest
2010 Frankie Boyle Live Writer
2010 Frankie Boyle Live Self
2010 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 3
  1. E6 - Frankie Boyle, Torvill & Dean, Lindsay Lohan, Mary J. Blige
 Guest
2009 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 23
  1. E11 - Episode Eleven
 Host / Presenter
2009 Would I Lie To You? - Series 3
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2009 You Have Been Watching - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E4 - Weird TV Special
  3. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2009 Mock The Week - Series 7 Regular Panellist
2009 Argumental - Series 2
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
  3. Special - Highlights Special
 Guest
2008 Live At The Apollo - Series 4
  1. E4 - Dara O'Briain and Frankie Boyle
  2. Special - Best Of Live At The Apollo
 Guest
2008 Argumental - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E9 - Episode Nine
  3. Special - Highlights Special
 Guest
2008 Would I Lie To You? - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - The Best Of Would I Lie To You?
 Guest
2008 Mock The Week - Series 6 Regular Panellist
2008 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 6
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2008 Scrooby Trevithick - Series 1 Ensemble Actor
2008 Political Animal - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2008 Have I Got News For You - Series 35
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2008 Clive Anderson's Chat Room - Series 4 Guest
2008 When Were We Funniest? Host / Presenter
2007 Live At The Apollo - Series 3
  1. E6 - Dara O'Briain, Stephen K. Amos and Frankie Boyle
 Guest
2007 The Graham Norton Show - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. Special - Best Bits
 Guest
2007 4 At The Fringe - Series 2 Host / Presenter
2007 TV Heaven, Telly Hell - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E6 - Episode Six
 Writer
2007 Mock The Week - Series 5 Regular Panellist
2007 Would I Lie To You? - Series 1 Writer (Additional Material)
2007 Would I Lie To You? - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2007 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 5 Writer (Additional Material)
2007 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 5
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2007 Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Self
2007 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2007 Clive Anderson's Chat Room - Series 3 Guest
2007 Rush Hour Ensemble Actor
2007 Comedy Shuffle - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2007 Mock The Week - Series 4 Regular Panellist
2006 Have I Got News For You - Series 32
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
 Guest
2006 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 4
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2006 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 4 Writer (Additional Material)
2006 Mock The Week - Series 3 Regular Panellist
2006 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 3
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2006 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 3 Writer (Additional Material)
2006 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2006 The Leicester Comedy Festival
  1. E1 - Live From Leicester
 Guest
2006 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 2 Writer (Additional Material)
2006 Mock The Week - Series 2 Regular Panellist
2005 Mock The Week - Series 1 Regular Panellist
2005 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 1 Writer (Additional Material)
2005 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. E10 - Episode Ten
 Guest
2004 The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
  1. E3 - The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2006
 Writer (Additional Material)
Frankie Boyle: Morons, I Can Heal You Self
Frankie Boyle: Morons, I Can Heal You Writer

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Frankie Boyle on IMDb

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