Frankie Boyle Biography

Fast Facts

• His first job was working in a mental health hospital
• Then studied at a teacher training college in Edinburgh and undertook placements in schools, but was already performing as a stand-up comedian
• Appeared in 65 episodes of the BBC panel show Mock the Week from the first in 2005 until 2009
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• His autobiography, My Shit Life So Far, was published in 2009
• Sued the Daily Mirror in 2011 for describing him as a racist comedian and won £54,650 in damages which he donated to charity
• Was taken down from his secondary school's wall of fame in 2012 after offending a teacher from the school
• Went on hunger strike in 2013 in support of Shaker Aamer, the last UK resident being held in Guantanamo Bay
• Is now teetotal after struggling with alcoholism in his twenties
• Gave £5000 to a food-bank in Glasgow after it was damaged by thieves in February 2015