With the return of Deadpool's Wade Wilson comes a whole new set of faces that will join
the hero in his fight against evil in Deadpool 2 and a new standout has taken the Internet
by storm.
Meet Peter, played by Rob Delaney.
On the surface, Peter is your average middleaged dude.
But it seems that what he lacks in super powers, he makes up for with enthusiasm.
Rob Delaney may be a new face in the comic book movies, but this isn't his first rodeo.
Let's take a closer look at why Peter from Deadpool 2 looks so darn familiar.
"You're in."
Funniest Person on Twitter
Back before Twitter expanded its character limit from 140 to 280, Delaney regularly used
the social media platform to workshop material, bringing witty quips and humorous observations
to the Internet before it was the fashionable thing to do.
In 2012, Delaney became the first person to be named "The Funniest Person on Twitter"
at Comedy Central's Comedy Awards.
Delaney explained his social media success to Mashable, saying,
"Don't work too hard on a tweet.
[...] When you see people trying to, for example, synthesize two current news stories into one
'clever' tweet, it can get pretty clunky and their labor is obvious, rendering their tweet
unfunny."
Published author
In 2013, Delaney released a memoir titled, Rob Delaney: Mother.
Wife.
Sister.
Human.
Warrior.
Falcon.
Yardstick.
Turban.
Cabbage.
While the book featured its fair share of dad humor and fart jokes, Delaney also used
the medium to explore his very real struggles with depression and alcohol addiction.
A decade before he honed his craft online, he was regularly bombing on stage, and he
made a habit of getting blackoutdrunk.
With his book, Delaney returns to the rock bottom moments that helped shape the man he's
become.
Delaney told The L.A. Times,
"[It] was a memoir that paid no attention to chronology and was just about memories
that surfaced in my own, sort of, psyche.
Because I figured those would be the ones that would be most interesting to people."
"Yeah, I drove into a building in LA, uhhuh.
And broke both my arms and was in jail, in a wheelchair."
Standup
According to an interview with Good Men Project, Delaney's life changed in 2009 after he was
arrested for driving under the influence.
He got sober, and about a year later, he began seriously pursuing standup comedy.
The comedian explained,
"Honesty is the main ingredient.
I mean, you must be funny, but certainly the funniest stuff will always be the most honest.
No secret there."
Delaney has since played shows all over the country, and eventually landed his own 2013
comedy special Rob Delaney: Live at the Bowery Ballroom.
"Now, if you see someone with a neck tattoo, you know that they got it at their local muffin
shop.
They got like a frappuccino neck tattoo special."
TV roles
Over the years, Delaney has continued racking up credits both behind and in front of the
camera.
For a short time, he had a project in the works at Comedy Central called "At Rob Delaney,"
which unfortunately never saw the light of day.
As he continued flexing his comedic muscles, Delaney found himself graduating from the
confines of the Internet and eventually landing in the posh arena of primetime network television,
appearing in shows like Cougar Town and Burning Love.
The funnyman also appeared in multiple sketches on Comedy Central's Key & Peele, with his
standout performance being the Campaign Advisor character.
Catastrophe
In 2014, Delaney relocated his family to the UK.
"I love it, I love living there, and their teeth are… a mess."
According to the Los Angeles Times, just one year after settling into his new home, the
hit series Catastrophe premiered on Britain's Channel 4 and, soon after, Amazon Prime's
streaming platform.
The Emmynominated, BAFTAwinning series is cocreated and cowritten by Delaney and Sharon
Horgan.
"Thank you Sharon Horgan for teaching me how to write comedy.
I could do standup, I could tell a joke but not make a show, thank you!"
Not only did the series disrupt the romcom formula with a pleasant amount of vulgarity
throughout the realistic subject matter came at audiences with a brutal sense of honesty
seldom seen on the small screen.
Variety reported back in 2016 that the streaming service renewed Catastrophe through its fourth
season.
UK star
One of the perks of being the Funniest Person on Twitter is the global audience that the
platform provides.
Once Delaney relocated to Britain, his star only continued to rise.
In between his time as a fulltime comedian, TV star, and writer, Delaney has made a habit
of appearing on a handful of British panel shows, a popular type of game show that throws
celebrities into the mix.
Throughout his experience doing standup comedy and pontificating on pop culture online, Delaney
has proven himself to be a worthy competitor.
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