Patrick Salvado Idringi

Patrick Idringi (born 14 February 1985), known as Patrick Salvado, is a Ugandan comedian, actor, master of ceremonies, radio personality and engineer.

He is also known as "The Arrogant Man".

Salvado was born on 14 February 1985 in Kampala.

in a family of five boys and three girls.

His father, Lawrence Dawa who comes from Koboko District operated a retail shop and his mother Joyce Dawa who originates from Democratic Republic of the Congo owned a stall in Bugoloobi Market

Salvado began school in Our Lady of Africa Nursery and Primary School and later joined Kiswa Primary School where he sat for his Primary Leaving Examinations in 1997.

He joined St. Charles Lwanga College, Koboko for his 'O'Level, . In Secondary School, he used to make people laugh and because of this, he decided to join the school music, dance and drama club to practice comedy.

After sitting for UCE in 2001 he was admitted to St. Bishop Cipriano Kihangire Senior Secondary where he sat Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education in 2003, He was then admitted to Makerere University Kampala.

In 2007 in his third year in university, Salvado joined MTN Uganda working as a Tech Support.

In 2008, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Engineering.

In 2008 after completing his course in university,he was made permanent staff as a switch engineer at MTN Uganda.

While still working for MTN Uganda, he approached Philip Luswata the managing director of Theatre Factory so he could join the comedy outfit in order to further his comedy career but was turned down.

He acquired the Salvado name having cracked a joke on how a woman mistook him for Salvador, a character in a Telenovela called Second Chance

He was first runner up in the MultiChoice Africa organised comedy competition, Standup Uganda in 2009.

In 2009, Salvado participated in a comedy competition which was organised by Multichoice Africa, called Standup Uganda. He came second after Kenneth Pablo Kimuli.

In the wake of this competition, he co-founded a comedy group called The Crackers together with Alex Muhangi, Daniel Omara, Kenneth Pablo Kimuli and Mendo.

The Crackers staged their first show on 15 July 2009 at Effendy's Bar.

When the crowds at Effendy's Bar became too many, The Crackers relocated to Theatre Labonita where they changed from holding weekly shows to two shows a month

In 2010, he was juggling between comedy and his daytime job at MTN Uganda

In September 2011, Salvado quit his job at MTN Uganda.

In October 2011, he started work at 91.3 Capital Fm as a radio presenter in the Dream Breakfast Show and later on in the Overdrive Show.

In September, he entertained at the Miss Uganda 2011 Beauty Pageant, This brought him into the limelight and opened doors for more gigs for him.

In 2012 internal division caused The Crackers to disband.

In May, he performed in Night of 1000 Laughs in Nairobi.

Salvado was featured in the May–June Italian Edition of Vogue Magazine.

In June he performed in the Kampala edition of Night of 1000 Laughs.

Also in June, he performed at the Miss Uganda Contest In September, Salvado curtain raised for the James Ingram show in Nairobi.

and performed at the Uganda-UK convention.

In October, he performed in the Lagos edition of Night of 1000 Laughs. In December, Salvado hosted the P-Square show in Kampala.

In March 2013, Salvado headlined at the Stand-Up Africa show in South Africa.

In April, he performed at the Presidents of Laughrica together with Daliso Chaponda and Joshua Ncube in Malawi.

In June, he performed at Kings of Comedy Kigali.

In August, Salvado organised the First Africa Laughs comedy show in Kampala In November, he showcased in Night of a 1000 Laughs in Nairobi.

In November, and December, he was part of the Glo Laffta Fest Comedy Tour, Nigeria.

In December, he was a special guest comedian and co-mcee at Ugandan Diaspora Social Networking Gala.

and he also performed in the Night of 1017 Laughs in Ghana.

In January 2014, Salvado performed at the 2013 Glo-CAF Awards in Abuja. He quit Capital FM Radio in March  In May, he signed a deal to shoot an advert for DStv In June he performed both at Night of a 1000 Laughs in Kenya and Basketmouth Uncensored in Nigeria In July, he became the face of MTN's campaign Weekender Chacha Chat.  Salvado organised and performed in the second edition of Africa Laughs in October which was hosted by Basketmouth, Acts that performed included Mc Kapale, Ronnie McVex, Alex Muhangi, Anne Kansiime, Eddie Kadi, Daliso Chaponda and Eric Omondi

In February 2015, Salvado was profiled on CNN In the same month, he performed at the Basketmouth Manchester Show in Manchester. In June, Salvado performed his first one-man show called Man from Ombokolo at Kampala Serena Hotel In September, he performed in the Night of Magic at the Outrigger Beach Resort, Mauritius and in November and December, Salvador was in South Africa for the Johannesburg international Comedy festival and the Comedy Central international Comedy festival respectfully.

He reached the semi-finals of the World's Funniest Person competition in 2016 and was nominated in 2017 and 2018 in the Savannah Comic Choice Awards as the Pan African Comic of the Year.He is also quite known for his sheer arrogance and hypocrisy

In January 2016, Salvado extended his Man from Ombokolo show to Kigali, Rwanda at Hotel Portofino, as part of an East African Tour He was the closing act in Lord of the ribs at the Apollo Theatre, London.