Peadar de Burca is an Irish actor, playwright, and comedian. Peadar de Burca is a native of Galway city, County GalwayHe rose to fame primarily as a theatre director until he began writing comedy shows that tour extensively around Ireland.His comedic style and writing has often been likened to being more 'American' than Irish and his TV appearances and radio broadcasts have often been antagonistic. RTÉ, Ireland's broadcaster received complaints when he described the Irish Prime Minister as 'Ireland's answer to Shrek'. He was once punched by a female audience member during a performance of his comedy show, . The show is based on real men's stories of infidelity and there was confusion over whether de Burca had cheated himself or not.