Rob Delaney (comedian) height, weight, age, body stats

Rob Delaney is an American comedian who is considered one of the first among his peers to build an online audience for his personal, sectarian, and profane comedic style. Initially based in Los Angeles, he moved to London to write and act in British television shows. His role as Peter W. in Deadpool 2 (2018) earned him starring roles in major films such as Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson in The Bustle (2019), and Lionsgate produced Roger Aile’s biopic starring Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman Fair and Balanced(2019). He has a huge social media following with more than 300,000 followers on Instagram and more than 2 million followers on Twitter.

Born name

Robert Archer Delaney

nickname

rob

Sun sign

Capricorn

Place of birth

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Residence

London, England, United Kingdom

nationality

training

Rob went to the North Shore Jewish Community Center (JCCNS) preschool. He graduated from Marblehead High School in 1995 and was an active participant in musical theater throughout his school years.

Rob is an alumnus of New York University’s Ist Tisch School of the Arts . In 1999 he received his bachelor’s degree in musical theater.

occupation

Comedian, Actor, Executive Producer, Author

family

• Father – Robert Gerard Delaney (active in insurance industry)
• Mother – Nancy Archer Delaney Gwin (Owner of Willard Martin Insurance Agency)
• Siblings – He has a sister who is a teacher.
• Others – Clement Charles Archer (maternal grandfather), Helen Margaret Cantwell (maternal grandmother). He also has a stepfather.

Manager

Rob is represented by Kara Baker, Avalon Management, California, USA.

To build

Athletic

Height

6 feet 3 inches or 190.5 cm

weight

90 kg or 198.5 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Rob dated –

1. Leah Delaney (2004 – Present) – Rob met Leah in 2004. They volunteered for disabled people at Camp Jabberwocky (Marthas Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp). The comedian shared in another interview that volunteering is a great way to meet new people because it’s a way for him to befriend those who have been able to practice selflessness. The couple later married and had 4 sons together. Two of her sons were born in the US, the younger two in the UK. Though the comedian is extremely reticent about the identity and facts of his family members, he publicly mourned the death of his third son, Henry, whom he lost to cancer (brain tumor) in January 2018. Rob shared his emotional struggle at length, while trying to rescue his third son in an attempt to comfort co-parents of sick children. He welcomed the birth of their fifth son in August 2018.

race/ethnicity

White

He is of Irish, English and Welsh descent.

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

hazel

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Large and bulky built
• Hairy body and face give him a rough appearance

shoe size

Rob’s shoe size is likely to be between 12-13 (US)11-12 (UK) or 45-46 (EU) because he complained about the lack of half sizes on Twitter beyond a certain size which made it difficult for him to get an accurate one Finding a fit for his big feet.

brand promotion

• He ran and hosted a joke contest on Twitter for Klondike ice cream bars in 2012.
• In 2013 , after posting more than 15,000 tweets , All Things Equal, Inc. approached the comedian about turning his Twitter jokes into a board game for 18+ people.

Religion

atheism

However, he was raised in a Catholic-Christian household.

Known for

• Starring and co-writing in the semi-autobiographical sitcom called Disaster which aired on British Channel 4 and Amazon Prime, for which Rob won the BAFTA TV Craft Award for Best Writer: Comedy in 2016 with co-star Sharon Horgan
• Being cast as a civilian named Peter W. for additional comic relief Deadpool 2 (2018)

first movie

He made his feature film debut as Whipped Cream A*s Man in a comedy film starring Amy Poehler Girls Gone Wild in 2007.

First TV show

He made his television debut as Dan Humford on Coma, Period. in 2009.

As a voice actor, he made his TV show debut as Night King in an episode of the British animated action-adventure series. Danger mouse in 2018.

Personal trainer

Delaney works out regularly at the gym, and his official Instagram account is full of post-workout selfies. He ran his first marathon in New York City in 2006 to impress his wife before he married her and has been running regularly ever since.

The actor shared that he tends to gain mass in his buttocks and thighs. He limits his lower body workouts to running or following a home workout DVD like mad . In Los Angeles, Rob likes to run on the beach or swim in the ocean even when it’s cold.

When it comes to diet, Delaney has frequently admitted to having little discipline. He claims he gets his “buzz” from junk food. Fatherhood and stubborn layers of fat on his neck and stomach prevent him from having a daily binge on food. The comedian added that his body weight could easily fluctuate by 20 pounds with no visible difference in his physical appearance. Delaney claims sobriety is his greatest achievement in life, which has enabled him to have a successful marriage.

Rob Delaney favorite things

• Hometown Spot – Driftwood
• Books – Rosy Crucifixion Trilogy (Sexus 1949, Plexus 1953, Nexus 1959) by Henry Miller, Mysteries (1892) and Panning (1894) by Knut Hamsun, Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) by Nathanael West, Gravity’s Rainbow (1973) by Thomas Pynchon, Lovers (1987) by Toni Morrison, The Endless Jest (1996) by David Foster Wallace
• Dessert – cheesecake
• Animals – cats, dogs
• Album – Dead Roots Stirring (2011) by Elder, … Clockwork (2013) by Queens of the Stone Age
• Music genre – heavy metal, desert rock, sludge metal
• Volume – The Queens of the Stone Age
• Movie – You Were Never Really Here (2017)
• Actor – Joaquin Phoenix
• TV Show – Forever
• Podcast – Dear Joan and Jericha
• Collection of short stories – Lucky Smiles (2015) by Adam Johnson
• Website – allmusic.com
• Author – Margaret E. Atwood
• Caricaturist / Illustrator – Phoebe Gloeckner
• Running shoe brand – Brooks
• Bett Design – California King Bett (Crate Barrel)
• Body Lotion – Cherry Almond Jergens Lotion
• Peanut Butter Texture – Crunchy
• Peanut Butter Brand – Extra Crunchy Skippy Super Chunk
• Sports Memorabilia – 2004 Mike Timlin T-Shirt as the Red Sox won the Baseball World Series
• Historical Period – London 1970s

Rob Delaney Facts

1. Delaney is fluent in French.
2. Rob started drinking alcohol at the age of 12, which is why he continued to wet his bed well into puberty and during his heavy drinking phase as an adult.
3. He attempted to bungee jump off the Manhattan Bridge in 1999 while intoxicated. When drunk, he often climbed telegraph poles, shoplifted, or took boat trips.
4. The comedian briefly worked as a bellboy at the Hudson Hotel in New York City while in college.
5. Rob’s comedic career picked up steam after he started posting his material on Twitter in 2009, which allowed him to amass more than 1.2 million followers by 2016. He often credits Irish comedian Graham Linehan with gaining online popularity for replying to his tweets.
6. In 2002, Rob crashed his car into the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power building while driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. He fractured his left wrist and right arm and cut both knees to the bone. He vowed to commit suicide if he killed another person and committed to sobriety when he realized his accident harmed no other human life.
7. Six months after quitting alcohol and drugs,Delaney experienced severe clinical depression. He maintained his sanity through therapy and antidepressants, which he continues to use to this day. After that, stand-up comedy became an immediate source of positive self-treatment for Rob’s depression.
8. He created a verified Twitter account of his Deadpool 2 (2018) character Peter W., who was followed by Ryan Reynolds and the official Deadpool page. Rob created a fictional personal life of Peter through a series of tweets as part of his online marketing campaign for the film.
9. Rob didn’t audition for Deadpool 2 (2018). Ryan Reynolds enjoyed his work in Disaster and asked him to be a part of his film, to which Delaney agreed, unaware of his role in the film.
10. Insert Magazine named Rob one of the “10 Funniest People on Twitter” in 2010.
11. In 2012 he won the Comedy Award in the category “Funniest Person on Twitter”.
12. Delaney even met his disaster co-writer Sharon Horgan via Twitter. Aside from bonding over a similar family life, Sharon made him laugh with her sense of humor and the two struck up a friendship over lunch in Los Angeles.
13. He often works as a guest writer for Vice Magazine and The Guardian .
14. As an alcoholic in remission, Delaney compiled a memoir entitled Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Person. Warrior. Falcon. Scale. Turban. Kohl and published it in 2013 to share his struggles with addiction and depression in a series of humorously curated essays.
15. The comedian’s political views are left progressive. In the 2016 presidential election, Rob endorsed Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary and Hillary Clinton in the general election. He continued to support Bernie Sanders for his 2nd presidential campaign in 2019. Rob supports political figures primarily focused on education and healthcare reform.
16. The comedian was a Labor Party supporter in the 2017 UK general election and strongly favored their campaign to thwart Theresa May’s government-arranged UK withdrawal deal.
17. He was the first presenter to tell a story about CBeebies bedtime stories in Makaton language program for people with learning disabilities. Rob used to communicate in this language with his now deceased son Henry.
18. To learn more about Rob Delaney, visit his official website at www.robdelaney.com.
19. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.