Peter Kay
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Once, when awarded Kay dedicated his comedy award to Scottish comedian and presenter Billy Connolly. Although popular and nearly widely accepted as part of the top league at his category and profession, Peter also receives some criticism for several reasons, like the fact that he likes to use jokes from other people. However, for many of his fans, the origin of the jokes is not important but how the jokes are being told. Peter Kay is husband to Susan Gargan since 2001 and the two have a beautiful son. They met when Kay was still working at a cinema, while Susan works as a Cashier on ‘Boots of Bolton’. Their marriage took place after 3 years of dating.
Quick Facts
- Children
- Charlie Michael Kay
- Net Worth
- $70 Million
- Date of Birth
- 02-07-1973
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- Height
- 5 ft 7 in (1.727 m)
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Wife
- Susan Gargan
- Marital Status
- Married
- Marriage Date
- 2001
- Profession
- Comedian, Writer, Actor, Director, Producer
- Ethnicity
- English
- Alma Mater
- University of Salford, University Of Liverpool
- Birth Sign
- Cancer
- Birth Place
- Farnworth, England
- Birth Date
- 2 Jul, 1973
- Age
- 46 yrs
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Birth Place
- Farnworth
- Education
- University of Salford
Mount Saint Joseph High School - Gender
- Male
- Description
- English writer, producer, actor and comedian
- Net Worth 2021
- 70 million
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When he’s not being an actor and comedian, Peter fancies playing the role of director and writer, two extra roles that when added to his main profession, have all earned him a net worth of 9.5 million. Much like king Midas, it is said that whatever he touches, turns into gold.Feeling like his life was too much to handle, Peter took a break for 7 years before returning to comedy. He sold more than 1 million tickets for his ‘Tour That Didn’t Tour’ tour while his totally renewed and fresh show sold 1 million DVDs.For his other comedies, like ‘Mum Wants a Bungalow’, ‘Phoenix nights’ and ‘Peter Kay Thing’, he sold more than 10 million dollars’ worth of tickets and DVDs. For the record, his ‘Mum wants a Bungalow’ tour, still holds the record as the biggest selling British stand up DVD of all time.
Furthermore, his autobiography, ‘The sound of Laughter’ managed to sell one million copies in the first three months. In other words, this man is used to conquering the top of the UK singles charts.UK’s best known actor started his comedy shows when he was still at the university. While acting and/or performing, he is known to always come up with new things and catchy expressions.
He said that he has to find new materials between breaks and that’s why his breaks take too long. There are some phrases that come back in his comedy like Garlic Bread, and cheesecake among others.While he doesn’t own a Charity organization or a foundation like many other celebrities, he remains an active part of the society and has in fact supported several noble causes from time to time. The charities and foundations he has supported and continues to advocate with every chance he gets are Children in Need (Elton John’s AIDS Foundation) and Comic Relief (a charity coming from the Willow Foundation, a national charity that provides special days for seriously ill 16 to 40 year olds throughout the UK.)
Specializing in observational humor, Peter’s most known jokes consists of the Garlic Bread (which goes like this: “What? Garlic bread? Garlic. Bread? GARLIC? BREAD? Am I hearin' you right? Garlic bread? No, thank you.") and the equally hilarious and known one, the Paying the bill joke. We all know the international sign for asking for the bill. "That little signature in midair," says Kay. And heaven help you if you're on a work's night out. "There's always a gobby one who takes charge because she's got a calculator on her thigh phone" is end.
