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Patrick Joseph McGuinness (born 14 August 1973) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television presenter. He rose to fame with the help of fellow comedian Peter Kay, who invited him to appear on the television comedy series That Peter Kay Thing (2000), and the sitcoms Phoenix Nights (2000–2001) and Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004). McGuinness went on to present various television shows, including Take Me Out (2010–2019), 71 Degrees North (2011), Paddy's TV Guide (2013), Top Gear (2019–2022), I Can See Your Voice (2021–2022), Question of Sport (2021–2023) and Tempting Fortune (2023–present).
McGuinness has written and performed four stand-up comedy tours: The Dark Side Tour (2006), Plus You! Tour (2008), The Saturday Night Live Tour (2011), and Daddy McGuinness (2015–2016).
McGuinness' other television work includes his own Chuck Stryker: The Unknown Stuntman on E4 which he wrote and starred in opposite Jonathan Wrather and a few other familiar faces.
McGuinness presented Stars in Their Cars, a series for the Travel Channel in 2016.
From April 2023, he hosted new reality show Tempting Fortune, which was renewed for a second series in 2024.
In August 2023, Channel 4 announced McGuinness as presenter for Don't Look Down in aid of Stand Up to Cancer.
In 2013, McGuinness co-presented talent show series Your Face Sounds Familiar with Alesha Dixon. In 2014, McGuinness co-hosted the Saturday night game show Amazing Greys alongside Angela Rippon. In 2015, he regularly starred in the ITV2 comedy show The Keith Lemon Sketch Show.
McGuinness played the role of policeman Ian in the ITV comedy The Delivery Man, beginning in April 2015. In 2015, McGuinness guest starred in six episodes of Coronation Street, playing the role of Dougie Ryan. The episodes were shown in August. On Christmas Eve in 2015 he presented one-off ITV special, The ABBA Christmas Party
He starred in the ITV comedy series The Keith & Paddy Picture Show with Keith Lemon in 2017. It returned for a second series in April 2018. In January 2018, McGuinness presented The Greatest TV Moments of All Time, a one-off special for ITV. McGuinness has appeared as a panellist on numerous episodes of Keith Lemon's shows Celebrity Juice and Through the Keyhole. In 2019, he replaced Fearne Cotton as team captain on the former show. He left after one series due to other work commitments.
In 2018, McGuinness began co-presenting series 27 of Top Gear.
In 2020, it was announced that McGuinness and fellow Top Gear presenter Freddie Flintoff would host Total Wipeout: Freddie and Paddy Takeover, a six episode best of series, featuring the presenters narrating classic episodes of Total Wipeout. The first episode aired on 8 August 2020 and received negative reviews.
In 2021, McGuinness replaced Sue Barker as host of BBC game show Question of Sport for its 51st series. In 2024 he replaced Gregg Wallace as host for Inside the Factory.
On 2 June 2024, McGuinness took over Michael Ball from presenting his 11am-1pm Radio 2 show.
In 2011, McGuinness went on his third stand-up tour, called Paddy McGuinness: Saturday Night Live Tour. In January 2015, he announced that he would be touring across 2015 and 2016 with the "Daddy McGuinness" tour throughout the UK. The tour opened in Scunthorpe on 28 September 2015 and the final date was at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on 27 February 2016.
In 2023, McGuinness announced Nearly There; a 40-date UK tour announced for 2024–2025.
In 2012, McGuinness played Gary in . In 2013, McGuinness joined Pizza Hut as their brand ambassador.
In 2017, McGuinness joined Jackpot Joy as their brand ambassador, taking over from Barbara Windsor.
All three of the McGuinness children are autistic, as is their mother. In 2021, they made a BBC documentary Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and Autism. In June 2018, McGuinness revealed that he had been diagnosed with arthritis several years prior, at the age of 44.
In 2022, it was announced that McGuiness and his wife had separated, after 11 years of marriage, but would remain living together in their family home.
His brother, Tony Leonard, appeared in Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere as Raymond the Bastard's henchman, as a teammate of Paddy's on The F Word, and as a featured audience member on Celebrity Juice.
In August 2024, McGuinness was the subject of the BBC genealogy programme Who Do You Think You Are?, which revealed that his paternal great-great-grandparents, Mark McGuinness and Winifred Molloy, were from Ballina, County Mayo in Ireland. His paternal grandfather William, who was also born in Bolton, served in the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) and fought in several battles in the Second Boer War, including the Battle of Spion Kop and the Battle of the Tugela Heights in 1900.
McGuinness is a supporter of his local team Bolton Wanderers.
In November 2024, McGuiness raised more than £9 million for Children in Need's 2024 Appeal, by riding a customised 1970s children's Raleigh Chopper bike, over five-days, from Wrexham to Glasgow, a distance of almost .
| Live at Blackpool's Opera Hourse Theatre |
| Live at Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre |
| Live at Manchester's Manchester Arena |
| 1998 | Comedy Lab | Pump Attendant Terry | Episode: The Services |
| 2000 | Peter Kay: Live at the Top of the Tower | Guest appearance | |
| That Peter Kay Thing | Patrick "Paddy" O'Shea | Episode: "In the Club" | |
| 2001–2002 | Phoenix Nights | 2 series | |
| 2004 | Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere | 1 series | |
| 2005 | Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 | ||
| Max & Paddy's The Power of Two | |||
| 2006 | Sport Relief | ||
| Inside Wayne Rooney | Presenter | 1 episode | |
| The New Paul O'Grady Show | Guest presenter | ||
| 2007 | Raiders of the Lost Archive | Presenter | |
| 2008 | Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour | Cousin Gary | 1 series |
| 2008–2010 | Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure | Co-presenter | 2 series |
| 2010–2019 | Take Me Out | Presenter | 11 series |
| 2010–2011, 2024 | This Morning | Stand-in presenter | 9 episodes |
| 2011 | 71 Degrees North | Co-presenter | 1 series |
| 2011–2012 | Paddy's Show & Telly | Presenter | 2 specials |
| 2012 | Mad Mad World | 1 series | |
| Hotel GB | |||
| 2012–2014 | The Greatest Footie Ads...Ever | 2 specials | |
| 2012–2015 | Text Santa | Co-presenter | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | The Security Men | PC Clarke | One-off episode |
| Paddy's TV Guide | Presenter | 1 series | |
| Your Face Sounds Familiar | Co-presenter | ||
| 2014 | Amazing Greys | ||
| Stars at Your Service for SU2C | Narrator | ||
| 2015 | The Delivery Man | Ian | 1 series |
| Benchmark | Presenter | ||
| Coronation Street | Dougie Ryan | Guest role; 6 episodes | |
| Keith Lemon | Biff Tannen | One-off TV special | |
| The Abba Christmas Party | Presenter | One-off TV special | |
| 2015–2016 | The Keith Lemon Sketch Show | Regular contributor | 2 series |
| 2016 | Stars in Their Cars | Presenter | 1 series |
| 2017 | Even Better Than the Real Thing | 2 specials | |
| 2017–2018 | The Keith and Paddy Picture Show | Co-presenter | 2 series |
| 2018 | The Greatest TV Moments of All Time | Presenter | One-off TV special |
| Sport Relief | One-off | ||
| Ready or Not | Voiceover | 1 series | |
| 2018–2020 | Sport Relief | Co-presenter | |
| 2019 | Celebrity Juice | Team Captain | Series 21 |
| 2019–2022 | Top Gear | Co-presenter | 5 Series |
| 2019–2022 | Catchpoint | Presenter | 4 series |
| 2019–2024 | Comic Relief | Co-presenter | |
| 2020 | The Big Night In | ||
| Daisy & Ollie | Uncle Tommy | 1 episode | |
| Co-narrator | 6 episodes | ||
| The Big New Year's In | Presenter | 1 episode | |
| 2021–2022 | I Can See Your Voice | Presenter | 2 Series |
| 2021–2023 | Question of Sport | Presenter | 2 Series |
| 2022 | Leigh Francis | Guest | Series 3 episode 8 |
| 2023 | The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off | Contestant | Channel 4 |
| Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and Autism | Himself | With wife Christine McGuinness | |
| Don't Look Down | Presenter | In aid of Stand Up to Cancer | |
| 2023–present | Tempting Fortune | Challenge show | |
| 2024 | Inside the Factory | Replacing Gregg Wallace | |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | Himself | 1 episode | |
| Paddy And Chris: Road Tripping | Co-presenter | With Chris Harris | |
| 2025 | Mandy | Himself | cameo |
| 2012 | Gary |
| 2022 | National Television Awards | Authored Documentary | ||
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