Worked as a market researcher for 8 years after university.
In 2013, was encouraged to take part in a comedy workshop by his then-girlfriend; within 18 months of finishing the course he had already won multiple talent competitions.
In 2005, was nominated for a Perrier Award for his Edinburgh Fringe show 1984.
Has presented the BBC Radio Wales show Rhod Gilbert on Saturday since 2007.
Hosted the 6-part series Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs on BBC Radio 2 with comedians Greg Davies and Lloyd Langford in 2010.
Is a patron of the Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff; led the Velindre's Trek of a Lifetime up Kilimanjaro in 2013.
Rhod Gilbert
October 18, 1968 (age 55)
Carmarthen, Wales, UK
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Worked as a market researcher for 8 years after university.
In 2013, was encouraged to take part in a comedy workshop by his then-girlfriend; within 18 months of finishing the course he had already won multiple talent competitions.
In 2005, was nominated for a Perrier Award for his Edinburgh Fringe show 1984.
Has presented the BBC Radio Wales show Rhod Gilbert on Saturday since 2007.
Hosted the 6-part series Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs on BBC Radio 2 with comedians Greg Davies and Lloyd Langford in 2010.
Is a patron of the Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff; led the Velindre's Trek of a Lifetime up Kilimanjaro in 2013.