Ian Cognito
English stand-up comedian (1958–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paul John Barbieri (21 November 1958 – 11 April 2019), known professionally as Ian Cognito, was an English stand-up comedian.[1][2] He won the Time Out Award for Stand-up Comedy in 1999.
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Ian Cognito | |
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Birth name | Paul John Barbieri |
Born | (1958-11-21)21 November 1958 London, England |
Died | 11 April 2019(2019-04-11) (aged 60) Bicester, Oxfordshire, England |
Alma mater | University of Bath |
Years active | 1985–2019 |
Children | 2 |
Website | iancognito.org |
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Cognito had an aggressive stage persona and a reputation as Britain’s "most banned" comic.[3] 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.[4]
A posthumous film about his life won Best Feature Documentary at the LA Indies in 2021.[5]