Finlay Christie is a British comedian. Christie is best known for posting comedy skits on YouTube and TikTok. He has since appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Have I Got News For You and Live at the Apollo, and in 2024 hosted his own show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Christie's love for comedy started as a child, and he has noted Phil Kay and John Hegley as influences. Christie started performing comedy at age six. When he was fourteen he appeared on Blue Peter.
Christie attended Forest School, Walthamstow, a private school in Greater London. He received a first class degree in BA Language and Culture from University College London.
In 2011, Christie, aged twelve, played Victor Secret-Past on the BBC2 show, The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff.
In 2019, Christie won the So You Think You're Funny competition, one of the youngest ever winners. He started uploading comedy skits to YouTube and TikTok during lockdown in 2020.
As a member of Generation Z, his humour often plays on generational resentment, and his first tour, "OK Zoomer", was also released digitally as a YouTube special. He also plays off his privileged background.
He was among the first wave of comedians that arrived at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from TikTok. His 2024 Fringe show, I Deserve This, received four out of five stars from The Guardian. Christie described his Fringe show as: "about being a young person, privilege, drugs, religiously forbidden relationships and an emotional encounter with a tiger. There are one-liners, stories, routines, impressions. ItâÂÂs very honest and personal but the gag rate is high."
Christie also works in marketing, writing scripts for companies to use in TikTok videos.
He is fluent in French and spent six months performing stand up comedy in French in Lyon.