{{Short description|Irish comedian and narrator}} {{for|the American football player|Andrew Maxwell (American football)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Andrew Maxwell | image = Andrew maxwell secret comedy podcast.jpg | alt = Head and shoulders portrait of Andrew Maxwell with a stubbly beard and wearing large red-rimmed sunglasses. | caption = Maxwell in 2013 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1974|12|3}} | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland<ref name="birth">{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/17/who-is-im-a-celebrity-andrew-maxwell-ex-on-the-beach-11171132/|title=Who is I'm A Celebrity comedian Andrew Maxwell, voice of Ex On The Beach?|last=Westbrook|first=Caroline|date=17 November 2019|website=Metro|language=en|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref> | occupation = Comedian | education = Mount Temple Comprehensive School<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Julian |title=Andrew Maxwell: A right royal jester |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/andrew-maxwell-a-right-royal-jester-303367.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/andrew-maxwell-a-right-royal-jester-303367.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=5 January 2019 |work=The Independent |date=3 August 2005}}{{cbignore}}</ref> | years_active = 1992–present | children = 4 | website = {{Official website|https://www.andrewmaxwellontour.com/}} }}
'''Andrew Maxwell''' (born 3 December 1974)<ref name="birth" /> is an Irish comedian and narrator, known for narrating the MTV reality series ''Ex on the Beach''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unitedvoices.tv/andrew-maxwell |title=Andrew Maxwell – United Voices}}</ref>
==Career== In 1992, Maxwell tried stand-up comedy for the first time at the Comedy Cellar at The International Bar in Dublin, and from 1995, he made regular appearances on BBC Two's ''Sunday Show''. Other credits for Maxwell include ''RI:SE'' as the United States correspondent, a regular guest slot on a weekly topical comedy-style chat show ''The Panel'' which ran on Irish channel RTÉ One from 2003 until 2011, and regular appearances on British TV shows ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' and ''Mock the Week''. He appeared on the ''Secret Policeman's Ball'' in 2006, while a ''Funny Cuts'' special for E4, called ''Andrew Maxwell – My Name Up In Lights'' aired that same year. In 2014, Maxwell appeared in Comedy Central's ''Drunk History'' and was the narrator of ''Ex on the Beach'', an MTV reality television series. Maxwell has narrated every series since the series launched. In October 2018, Maxwell appeared in the Irish episode of the History series ''Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate The English'' alongside host Al Murray. Maxwell was voted the "King of Comedy" on the Channel 4 reality TV show of the same name. In 2007 he was nominated for the if.comedy award for the best show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Maxwell also hosts his own weekly late-night comedy gig ''Fullmooners'', which mainly takes place in London but also tours around comedy festivals such as Edinburgh. It has featured comics like Russell Brand, Simon Pegg, Tommy Tiernan and Ed Byrne. It also always features break-dancers, singers and Tim FitzHigham.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/maxwells-fullmooners-the-remoonion|title=Maxwell's Fullmooners - The Remoonion|website=TimeOut|access-date=1 December 2019|archive-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103161046/https://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/maxwells-fullmooners-the-remoonion|url-status=dead}}</ref> Maxwell has also presented a BBC Radio 4 series called ''Welcome to Wherever You Are'', featuring comics from all over the world. In November 2019, it was announced that Maxwell would be participating in the nineteenth series of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', which he finished in eleventh place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/g29763909/im-a-celebrity-2019-cast-gallery/|title=I'm a Celebrity cast confirmed as Caitlyn Jenner, Ian Wright and more join|last=Harp|first=Justin|date=11 November 2019|website=Digital Spy|language=en|access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> He appeared on BBC Radio 4's ''The Museum of Curiosity'' in October 2019. His hypothetical donation to this imaginary museum was "A scale model old gipsy caravan".<ref>{{cite web |title=Gallery 14 - Room Five |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0009r6d |access-date=4 March 2023 |website=qi.com}}</ref>
== Personal life == Maxwell has been married to his Egyptian wife Suraya since 2015; the couple have three children as of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/2019120781470/im-a-celebrity-2019-campmates-children-family/|title=I'm a Celebrity: see all the campmates' children, from Kate Garraway to Jacqueline Jossa|date=2019-12-07|website=HELLO!|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> He is a supporter of Liverpool Football Club.
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{Official website|https://www.andrewmaxwellontour.com/}} *{{IMDb name|1745336}} *{{British Comedy Guide|people|andrew_maxwell}}
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