Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 21, 1958
Place of Birth:
London, United Kingdom
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Ian Cognito
Biography
Ian Cognito (real name Paul John Barbieri) was a British alternative comedian of Italian Irish descent. He won the Time Out Award for Stand-up Comedy in 1999 but famously never appeared on TV, nor did he ever want to. Cognito had an aggressive stage persona and a reputation as Britain’s "most banned" comic, again another reason for never appearing on TV. Nevertheless, he was widely rated as a masterful performer with an innate grasp of stagecraft, inviting comparisons to iconoclasts like Lenny Bruce, Bill Hicks, and Jerry Sadowitz. He died on stage of a heart attack on 11 April 2019 at the Lone Wolf comedy club in Bicester, aged just 60.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage | Self (archive) |
| 1994 | Filth! | Ian Cognito (Paul Barbieri) |
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