Ardal is an Irish comedian who was cast as Father Dougal McGuire in the TV series Father Ted, which ran from 1995, until lead actor Dermot Morgan's untimely death in 1998. During the show's 25 episode run it was nominated for numerous BAFTA awards. Here is Australia we can watch re-runs on channel 7TWO.
Ardal landed his next big role in 2000 as lead character George Sunday (aka Thermoman) in the TV series My Hero. In the show, Thermoman was a famous superhero from the planet Ultron who came to Earth, got married to Janet and had a kid. Much of the show's premise was about how George and Janet could keep his alter-ego a secret from her family. Ardal remained on the show until 2005, when his character was replaced by Dr George Monday (played by James Dreyfus).
However, many people would consider Ardal's biggest role (to-date) would be his cameo appearance in the 2007 Doctor Who episode Gridlock, as the feline alien character Thomas Kincade Brannigan. The character was so popular he even had his own action figure. The episode starred David Tennant as The Doctor, and Freema Ageyman as his companion Martha Jones. It's a great episode, I suggest you watch it at least 15 times.
Since then, Ardal has appeared in numerous productions and has also returned to the stage in a comedic fashion.
Now, onto the autograph! During his time on My Hero, I wrote to Ardal and not long after received this delightfully inscribed 3x5 card:
Score!!!
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