Keith Duffy’s career began in one of Ireland’s most successful pop acts, Boyzone, whom he rejoined in 2008, after nearly a decade apart, for what was to be a spectacular comeback. After an initial sell-out 29-date tour, a Top 5 comeback single and a Number 1 Greatest Hits album, Boyzone re-affirmed their place in the pop charts and have since been back on the road for sell-out tours across Ireland, the U.K. and beyond in 2009.
Aside from his work with Boyzone, Keith has presented a number of television shows, including the VH1 Fashion Awards in New York and TV3’s The Box as well as multiple appearances on shows like You’re A Star and The X Factor. In 2001, he took part in and finished in the final three of Comic Relief’s Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 4. He has also appeared on shows like The Justin Lee Collins Show, The Graham Norton Show, Ant and Dec’s Saturday Takeaway, Podge and Rodge, Tubridy Tonight, The Late Late Show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and he won All Star Mr and Mrs with his wife Lisa in aid of Irish Autism Action of which he is a patron.
As an actor Keith is still perhaps best known for his role as Ciaran McCarthy in Coronation Street, but since he left the show in 2004 he has appeared as series regular Paul in three seasons of RTE’s prime-time drama, The Clinic, in the BBC comedy Be More Ethnic and as recurring character Ringo in RTE”s Fair City. Keith made his Irish theatre debut in Fiona Looney’s play Dandelions opposite Pauline McLynn and Deirdre O’Kane in two sell-out runs at the Olympia Theatre and on tour. Keith is currently appearing again as the much loved character Ciaran in Coronation Street on ITV.
Keith is represented in the UK by Rose Parkinson at Lisa Richards, London, telephone 0044 207 922 5799.