Brendan O'Carroll

Brendan O'Carroll is an Irish actor, comedian and writer best known for playing the matriarch Agnes Brown. Born in Finglas, Dublin, he became known through comedy appearances on The Late Late Show. In 1992 he performed a brief radio play called Mrs. Brown's Boys and later wrote four books, including The Mammy, which became the 1999 film Agnes Browne; he co-wrote its screenplay. He formed the theater company Mrs. Browne's Boys and took the role of Agnes himself when the actress he hired did not appear. Between 1999 and 2010 he wrote and appeared in five plays, and in 2011 these were adapted into a television sitcom, with 28 episodes aired. Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie (2014) was a significant success in the UK despite negative reviews, and he appeared as Agnes in A Madea Homecoming (2022). In 2015 he received an Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.