- Dylan was personally recommended to Simon Pegg for the role of "David" in Shaun of the Dead (2004) by producer Nira Park (who also produced Dylan's show, Black Books (2000) and Simon's show, Spaced (1999)). Pegg claimed he wasn't sure Moran was right for the part at first, but he saw Dylan's audition tape and he "nailed it". (Dylan, himself, wasn't intially sure he was right for the part, either, and actually suggested they cast comedian David Walliams, instead).
- Got married in London on the day of Princess Diana's funeral, in a church just around the corner.
- Called the Perrier Award (which he won in 1996) "a load of media rubbish". He thought fellow comedian (and future Black Books (2000) co-star) Bill Bailey should have won it.
- The Second youngest person to win the Perrier Comedy Award in 1996 at the Edinburgh Festival at age 24.
- Met his future Black Books (2000) co-star, Bill Bailey, many years earlier, on the UK comedy circuit.
- Made his US television debut, on June 25 2004, on Late Show with David Letterman (1993).
- After leaving school, it has been said that Moran spent four years unemployed "drinking and writing bad poetry".
- Once worked as a florist but quit after a week because he hated the job.
- As of 2005 he and fellow Navan man Tommy Tiernan are the only So you Think Your Funny Winners to go on to win The Perrier award during its entire 25 year run at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. As of 2006 they will be the only ones to do so under the name of the Perrier. It will now become known as the If.Comeddie Awards.
- Met his future wife, Elaine, at The Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh (where she was working at the time, and where he was performing.) The venue was sadly destroyed in the Old Town fire of December 2002.
- Has written numerous articles for The Irish Times newspaper.
- Is a fan of the British musician, PJ Harvey, and often uses her song, "50ft Queenie", as intro music at his shows.
- Made his acting debut in the 1998 BBC series, How Do You Want Me? (1998), opposite Charlotte Coleman.
- Started life as a stand-up comic in 1992 after a visit to the Comedy Cellar in Dublin. Won the prestigious 'So You Think You're Funny?' award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1993, aged just 21. Won the festivals top prize (The Perrier Award) three years later.
- Father of a girl named Siobhan and a boy named Simon.
- He was inspired by Ardal O'Hanlon to start in comedy, when he saw him at Comedy Cellar in Dublin in the early 1990s.
- Perrier Award for Comedy Winner, Edinburgh Festival Fringe (1996)
- Went to school with fellow Irish comic (and Perrier Award-winner) Tommy Tiernan.
- In the cast commentary for Shaun of the Dead, during the intro showing all the main characters, he said: "This is one of those films where the girls are conspicuously good looking, and the blokes look like blokes.".
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