caption active birth_place citizenship birth_date genre image article_title name medium
linehan in 2013 1991 -- present dublin , ireland british 22 may 1968 observational comedy , surreal humour file jpg : graham linehan 2013 -lrb- 8735745502 -rrb- . graham linehan
 graham linehan television , film
graham linehan

graham linehan -lrb- ; born 22 may 1968 -rrb- is an irish television comedy writer and director who , often in partnership with arthur mathews , has written or co-written a number of popular television comedies .
he is most noted for the sitcoms `` father ted '' , `` black books '' and `` the it crowd '' .
