Background
Born in Portsmouth in 1979, O'Neill grew up in the suburban town of Wallington. He did his first comedy performance at the age of ten (ripping off Harry Enfield sketches in assembly at school). He started doing stand-up on 16 January 2002, at the Laughing Horse, Camden. He since has gone on to perform in comedy clubs, theatres and music festivals throughout the UK, Australia, US and Europe.
He describes himself as a metalhead, an amateur occultist, a heterosexual transvestite, but "not a goth".
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