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ROB
DELANEY

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Stand-up, collaboration and an unlikely hero

The comedian and writer behind Catastrophe and Peter in the Deadpool films.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Writing relationships with humour

Rob Delaney is an American comedian, actor and writer born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 19 January 1977. His work spans stand-up, television, film and books.

Delaney and Sharon Horgan co-created and starred in Catastrophe, a comedy about two people trying to build a relationship after an unexpected pregnancy. Their writing follows the couple through the ordinary pressures and awkward conversations of family life.

The pair won the 2016 BAFTA Television Craft Award for comedy writing and received an Emmy nomination for writing the series. Catastrophe ran for four series, with its final run airing in 2019.

On film, Delaney played Peter in Deadpool 2 (2018), an ordinary recruit among the would-be members of X-Force. He later returned to the role in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).

Alongside acting, he has continued performing stand-up and publishing books. The credits linked on FLM.RED come from its own catalogue and do not represent his complete work.

Selected work

2015

Catastrophe

Co-creates and stars with Sharon Horgan.

2016

BAFTA Television Craft Awards

Wins comedy writing with Horgan.

2018

Deadpool 2

Plays Peter.

2024

Deadpool & Wolverine

Returns as Peter.

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.