Sam Simmons (born 19 March 1976) is an Australian comedian and radio and TV presenter.

Career

Simmons has appeared on '' Conan'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Adam DeVine's House Party'' and is currently developing his own sitcom in the UK. Network appearances include

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, BBC,

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, ABC, and all other Australian networks. Previously, he was a regular host on

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as well as jtv interviewing bands, he developed his style of non-sequitur and surrealist non-humour. This led to his first television show, ''

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'', in 2009. In 2012, Simmons followed up with a sketch-style TV series ''

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'', with a tone more similar to that of his surrealist stand-up shows. He performed at TEDxSydney in 2014 and is now on a new a US pilot filmed in

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with David Quirk. Simmons described it as "a reality show about animals". Simmons regularly appears on the comedy quiz show ''

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''. In 2015, he won the Edinburgh Fringe Comedy award having been nominated three times previously, and the 2015 Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In 2017, he provided the voice of Mr Wallaby in ''

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''. In 2019, Simmons performed a new show "26 Things You're Doing Wrong with Sam Simmons" about unconventional life hacks. in 2020 he appeared in the Australian comedy series '' LOL: Last one Laughing''.

Awards and nominations

Awards

*2003 Participation Award for ''The Steve Promise Story'' *2003 Moosehead Award for ''The Steve Promise Story'' *2006 Adelaide Fringe Festival Best Emerging Comedy Award for ''Tales from the Erotic Cat'' *2006 The Groggy Squirrel Critics' Award for ''Tales from the Erotic Cat'' *2008 MICF Directors' Choice Award for ''Where can I win a bear around here?'' *2010 MICF Golden Gibbo Award for ''The Incident'' with David Quirk *2010 MICF Piece of Wood Award for ''Fail'' *2011 Adelaide Fringe Festival Best Comedy Award for ''Sam Simmons and the Precise History of Things'' *2014 Sydney Comedy Festival Director's Choice Award for ''Death of a Sails-Man'' *2015 MICF Barry Award for ''Spaghetti for Breakfast'' *2015 Fosters Edinburgh Comedy award, best show for ''Spaghetti for Breakfast''

Nominations

*2003 Triple J

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Competition (finalist) *2006 MICF Barry Award for ''Tales from the Erotic Cat'' *2011 MICF Barry Award for ''Precise History of Things'' (''Meanwhile'' -UK) *2011 Edinburgh Best Comedy Award for ''Meanwhile'' *2014 Edinburgh Best Comedy Award for ''Death of a Sails-man'' *2015 MICF Barry Award for ''Spaghetti for Breakfast'' *2015 Edinburgh Best Comedy Award for ''Spaghetti for Breakfast''

References

External links

Triple J Sam Simmons page
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