Jon Kenny

For other people with the same name, see John Kenny (disambiguation).

Jon Kenny
Birth name	Jonathan Kenny
Born	(1957-12-12) 12 December 1957 Hospital, County Limerick, Ireland
Medium	Television, film, stand-up
Nationality	Irish
Notable works and roles	D'Unbelievables Father Ted

Jonathan Kenny (born 12 December 1957) is an Irish comedian and actor, best known as one half of the famous Irish comic duo d'Unbelievables with Pat Shortt. They were a very successful duo until 2000, releasing One Hell of a Video, D'Unbelievables, D'Video, D'Telly, D'Mother and D'collection but the group stopped touring after Kenny was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Kenny is an accomplished singer and supporter of Munster Rugby. Kenny completed filming a lead role in an independent Europe feature film called Insatiable, directed by Jessie Kirby. [1] On his new DVD, Back to Front, Jon says he plays the nastiest man in Ireland in the film which is his first serious role. Kenny has many relatives from The Irish Midlands and the West of Ireland. His mother's maiden name is Dirraine and her grandparents came from Inis Mór in the Aran Islands.

Kenny returned to solo comedy and has performed throughout Ireland with his one-man show. In the spring of 2007, Kenny realised his first solo stand-up DVD 'Back to Front'.

Kenny created a brand new theatre show 'Mag Mell' with visual Artist Des Dillon and Musician/Composers Benny McCarthy & Conal Ó'Gráda in 2012-13.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Van	Gerry McCarthy
1996	Angela Mooney	Chaplin
1998	Les Misérables	Thénardier
1999	Angela's Ashes	Lavatory Man
2008	Dick Dickman P.I.
2008	Insatiable	Mr Harvey
2014	Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie	Cunningham
2014	Song of the Sea	Ferry Dan / The Great Seanachaí	Voice
2020	Wolfwalkers	Stringy Woodcutter	Voice
2022	The Banshees of Inisherin	Gerry

External links

• Jon Kenny in 'Actors' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland
• Jon Kenny in 'Musicians, Singers, Comedians, etc.' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland