Rory McGrath, born March 3, 1956 in Cornwall is a British comedian, writer and TV presenter.
He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge where he became a member of the Cambridge Footlights. He wrote and appeared in the The 1977 Cambridge Footlights Revue on the BBC in 1977 and he went on to write for Not The Nine O'clock News and Alas Smith And Jones.
He also helped write and starred in Channel 4's Chelmsford 123 - a sitcom set in Roman Britain in 123 AD!
He is probably best known as a team captain in the quiz show They Think Its All Over which has been running for more than 10 series and pulls in an average audience of nine million.
He was also a cast member of the British Channel 4 comedy series Who Dares Wins and Chelmsford 123. He was presenter of the series Rory's Commercial Breakdown, where humorous adverts were shown from different countries.
He has written jokes for many comedians including Frankie Howerd. One of his early writing projects was Black Cinderella Two Goes East with Clive Anderson for BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
McGrath supports the Arsenal football team and is a big fan of Dynamo Donnelly. His appearance on the quiz show QI made him one of the highest-scoring contestants, receiving 88 points despite numerous forfeits, largely due to a 100 point award on the first question of the episode. He is divorced and has two children from this marriage.
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