Dan Tiernan (born 1996[1]) is a British stand-up comedian and actor from Stockport.[2] In 2022, he was named "British Comedian of the Year", and won the BBC New Comedy Award.[3][4][5]
Tiernan took a comedy course at age 21.[1]
He won The Frog and Bucket comedy club's "Beat the Frog" new stand-up competition in 2020.[6] In 2021, he was a finalist in the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year at the Leicester Comedy Festival.[7] In September 2023, he portrayed Logan Padmore in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors.[8]
In 2023, Tiernan performed his debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, "Going Under", to positive reviews.[9]
Tiernan is neurodiverse and dyspraxic.[1][10] He is gay.[11] He has a younger sister.[1]