---
name: "Paddy Houlihan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paddy-houlihan"
fi1m_id: "paddy-houlihan"
imdb_id: "nm4753357"
tmdb_id: 1253169
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 October 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T15:36:55.472542+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paddy Houlihan

## Identity

Paddy Houlihan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paddy-houlihan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paddy-houlihan
- **IMDb ID:** nm4753357
- **TMDB ID:** 1253169
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4753357/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1253169

Actor. Born 16 October 1983 in Finglas, Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 October 1983, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4753357/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1253169

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Mrs Brown's Boys*](https://film.one/tv/mrs-browns-boys.md) (45)

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## Biography

Paddy Houlihan is an Irish actor and writer. He plays Dermot Brown in the BBC sitcom *Mrs Brown's Boys* (2011–), having previously appeared as Trevor Brown in the original stage and early television versions of the show from 2002.

Houlihan has also featured in *Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie* (2014) and, from 2023, has co-written episodes of the series alongside Brendan O'Carroll. He created and starred in the 2025 series *Shedites*.

He is married to actress Emily Regan, who plays Barbara in the show.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, mrsbrownsboys.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mrs Brown's Boys* (2011), Fi1m 45, as Dermot Brown — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-browns-boys.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shedites* (2026), as Paddy the Liar · Writer
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys New Year Special – New Year, New Mammy* (2023), Writer
- *Mrs Brown's Boys Live Episode: Mammy Sutra* (2016), as Dermot Brown · Writer
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie* (2014), as Dermot Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys Live Tour: Mrs. Brown Rides Again* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys Live Tour: Good Mourning Mrs. Brown* (2012), as Dermot Brown
- *Mrs Brown's Boys* (2011), series, as Dermot Brown — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-browns-boys.md)
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys - The Original Series* (2006), series, as Trevor Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: The Last Wedding - Part 2* (2003), as Trevor Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: The Last Wedding - Part 1* (2002), as Trevor Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: Crackin' Christmas*, as Dermot Brown

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