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Peter Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an England|English
comedian from Bolton.

Inspired by Chris Morris, and contemporary with
Ricky Gervais, his television comedy is
characterised by a social realist documentary
style, with an influence from music hall, and the
surrealism of Vic and Bob. After a fluke entry
into the So You Think You're Funny contest which
he won in 1997, he took his hour long show to the
Edinburgh Fringe where he was nominated for the
Perrier Award.

His TV series include a one-off episode of The
Comedy Lab called The Services, the
spoof-documentary series That Peter Kay Thing and
two series of Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights|Phoenix
Nights (co-written with Dave Spikey and Neil
Fitzmaurice), which was born out of one of the
episodes of That Peter Kay Thing). He appears as
three characters in the show, a wheelchair-bound
club owner Brian Potter, a bouncer Max and as a
fire officer Keith Lard. He also appeared with
Alan Partridge (played by Steve Coogan) on BBC's
Comic Relief.

In 2002, Kay featured in television advertisements
for John Smith's beer, through which his
catchphrase - 'Ave it! or Just 'ave it! - gained
popular notoriety.

In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of
the Observer's 50 funniest|50 funniest acts in
British comedy. In a 2005 poll to find The
Comedian's Comedian, he was voted amongst the top
50 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians
and comedy insiders. In March 2005 he also came
top in a survey of 10,000 people by the Jongleurs
comedy club to find Britain's favourite comedian.

He had a cameo role in Coronation Street in
January 2004. November 2004 saw the launch of the
spin-off series Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere in
which Kay reprised his role as Phoenix Nights'
bouncer Max.

He has also released several live DVDs including
Live at The Top of the Tower and Live At The
Bolton Albert Halls. 

Kay's film appearances have included roles in 24
Hour Party People (2002) and The League of
Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005).

Kay promoted the re-release of Tony Christie's
1971 hit Is This the Way to Amarillo on 14 March
2005, for the charity Comic Relief. The song was
made famous after Max and Paddy did a sing-along
in a scene in Phoenix Nights. They made
appearances in a new promotional video, along with
Brian Potter and Kay himself. On Sunday, 20 March
2005, the single reached number one in the UK
Singles Charts, and stayed there for 7 consecutive
weeks.

At the British Academy of Film and Television
tribute to comedian and actor Ronnie Barker in
December 2004, Kay spoke of the influence he had
drawn from Barker in his own work.

Kay's childhood ambition was to be a bin man. He
married Susan in 2001 and has one son, Charlie,
who was born in 2004.

Peter Kay also supports Bolton Wanderers
F.C.(Football), and recently performed at Bolton's
Reebok Stadium to open for Elton John.

He appeared at the London Live 8 concert in Hyde
Park on 2 July 2005.