David Nicholas O'Doherty (/oʊˈdɒhərti/; born 18 December 1975)[3] is an Irish comedian, author, musician, actor and playwright and son of renowned jazz pianist Jim Doherty.

His latest book for children, Danger Is Everywhere, illustrated by Chris Judge has been selected for the UNESCO Dublin, City of Literature Citywide Reading Campaign.

[11] O'Doherty worked in a bicycle shop and in telemarketing and temping before he made his first stage appearance at Dublin's Comedy Cellar in 1998.

[12] His first full show was The Story of the Boy Who Saved Comedy which received a nomination for Perrier Best Newcomer when it was performed at Edinburgh Fringe.

O'Doherty has performed at festivals across the world in locations that include Adelaide, Melbourne, Montreal, New York City and Wellington NZ, Moscow and Iceland.

[13] In August 2008, O'Doherty won the If.comedy award at the Edinburgh Fringe for his show Let's Comedy, which featured "a relationship in text messages, tunes played on a 3ft electronic keyboard, and a badger attack".

[20] In June 2012 he became the first Irish comedian to have their own Comedy Central Presents episode on American television.

The six-part series was directed by John Carney, following the completion of his Academy Award-winning film Once.

This proves to be a difficult task with O'Doherty eventually buying an inflatable penguin on eBay for €35.

O'Doherty has written widely for newspapers and magazines and also has two plays, two books and a radio series to his name.

It was claimed as "the world's first theatrical production to feature live repair of audience members' bicycles".

In 2008, he and fellow Irish comedian Maeve Higgins performed I Can't Sleep, a play recommended for children aged 5–8.