Paul Tylak is an Irish writer, actor and comedian.
Personal life
Paul Tylak was born to an Irish mother and Sri Lankan father, and grew up between Ireland and England. He attended the now closed De Burgh School in Tadworth, Surrey. He has lived in Tallaght since 2002, and has two children Reuben and Calvin
Writing career
Television
Like many Irish comedians of his generation, Paul Tylak got his first TV break on the RTÉ show Nighthawks in the late 1980s. Tylak has since contributed to the writing of the RTÉ sketch comedy series Stew, which won Best Entertainment Series at the Irish Film and Television Awards in 2005 and at the Celtic Film & Television Festival in 2006, and to This Is Ireland, a comedy sketch series about Ireland made for the BBC in 2004.
Radio
Tylak wrote and co-starred in two radio shows, Hi, We're the Nualas on RTÉ, and The O'Show on BBC.
Tylak has appeared in a number of Irish and British TV productions. In 1997, he appeared with Joe Rooney in MessersTylak and Rooney, a twelve-episode TV3 comedy travel series. In 2001, he appeared in the RTÉ soap operaFair City, playing Ashti, a Kurdish refugee. As Tylak's father is Sri Lankan and his mother is Irish, he saw the role as an opportunity to challenge racial prejudices in Ireland. In 2004–2005, Tylak played various characters in Stew, the RTÉ comedy sketch series which he wrote with Paul Woodfull. Tylak has also appeared as Dr. Rashid in the children's showRoy set in Ballyfermot with an animated central character. Tylak is also a voice actor, having voiced Panda and Rabbit in Skunk Fu!, Lovely Carrot, a security blanket in Chloe's Closet ; GIL on Planet Cosmo ; and Pek on Zig and Zag. In 2009, Tylak joined the cast of Ballybraddan, an animated children's television programme on RTÉ which focuses on hurling. Tylak voices 'The Bantor', who is manager of the local hurling team.
Stage
Tylak is a stand-up comedian, and appears with the Dublin Comedy Improv Group. In 2003 he appeared in the play Hurl, written by Charlie O'Neill.
