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List Of Australian Stand-up Comedians
This is a list of notable stand-up comedians from Australia. See also * List of Australian comedians * List of stand-up comedians {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian stand-up comedians Stand-up comedians Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts. These performances are typically composed of rehea ... Australian stand-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand-up Comedy
Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage (theatre), stage and delivers humour, humorous and satire, satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical comedy, physical acts. These performances are typically composed of Rehearsal, rehearsed screenplay, scripts but often include varying degrees of interactive theatre, live crowd interaction (crowdwork). Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke, one-liners, stories, observations, or shticks that can employ Theatrical property, props, comedy music, music, impressions, Magic (illusion), magic tricks, or ventriloquism. Performances can take place in various venues, including comedy clubs, comedy festivals, bars, nightclubs, colleges, or theaters. History Stand-up comedy originated in various traditions of popular entertainment in the late 19th century. These include vaudeville, the Stump speech (minstrelsy), stump-speech monologues of minstrel shows, dime museums, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Daniels (actor)
Ross Daniels is an Australian actor and comedian. Career Daniels has guest starred in various Australian TV dramas including '' City Homicide'', '' Stingers'', ''Blue Heelers'', '' Something in the Air'' and ''Janus''. He played alongside Bud Tingwell in the award-winning episode of the children's show ''Round the Twist'' titled ''The Tears of Innocence''. In feature films he played Dave in '' The Hard Word'' (2002) and Ferret in ''Guru Wayne'' (2002). In the 1990s he was a high-profile standup comic, frequently headlining at iconic Melbourne venue '' The Last Laugh'' and ''The Comedy Store, Sydney''. During this same period Daniels was a regular guest on television shows such as ''Tonight Live with Steve Vizard'' as well as resident comedian on ''Midday with Ray Martin''. He co-created and co-hosted ''Home and Hosed'' with Shane Bourne for The Comedy Channel in 1999. The series was a unique variety/sketch show filmed entirely at Daniels' home. He has performed in several Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celia Pacquola
Celia Pacquola (born 12 February 1983) is an Australian comedian, writer, presenter and actor who performs predominantly in Australia and the United Kingdom. Early life Pacquola is a third child, and her parents separated when she was eighteen. She is a descendant of John Rae. Career She began doing stand-up comedy in 2006. Radio Pacquola has written and appeared on Australian and British radio, presenting ''Red Hot Go'' and ''Fox Summer Breakfast'' on Fox FM and ''The Comedy Hour'' on ABC Radio. She has written for and appeared on BBC Radio 4 shows, including ''Shappi Talk'', ''What's So Funny?'', '' It's Your Round'', ''The Headset'', '' The Unbelievable Truth'', and ''Britain Versus the World''. Television Pacquola has written for and performed in '' Good News Week'' and '' Laid''. She appeared in and co-wrote the first episode of the second season of '' It's a Date''. She has made acting appearances in ABC TV series ''Utopia'' as well as '' The Beautiful Lie'', winnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gleeson
Thomas Francis Gleeson (born 2 June 1974) is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, television and radio presenter. Gleeson currently hosts '' Hard Quiz'' and '' Taskmaster Australia'' and previously co-hosted ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'' alongside Judith Lucy. In 2019, Gleeson won the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Television. Early life Gleeson was born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, and lived at nearby Tambar Springs before boarding at St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, in Sydney. He graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and physics. During his degree, Gleeson played the drums and occasionally sang vocals in an Australian band, The Fantastic Leslie, before leaving for a career in comedy. Career Comedy Gleeson's first stage appearance was as the character "Malcolm" (for two years) dressed in a flannelette shirt, tracksuit pants and a wig. He later went on to perform at major comedy events includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Gilbert
Russell Gilbert (born 17 October 1959) is an Australian comedian from Footscray, Victoria, best known for his television appearances on programs such as ''The Comedy Company'', ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' and ''The Russell Gilbert Show''; he was also a radio presenter and a live stage and film actor. In 2015, Gilbert suffered a stroke during surgery to treat a Intracranial aneurysm, brain aneurysm. Since then he has mostly receded from public life. Career Television Gilbert has appeared in several Australian TV comedies, first attracting notice as "Russ the Postie" on Network 10's ''The Comedy Company'' (1988–89). This role led him to a nine-year stint on the Nine Network's ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' (1990–1999). Gilbert also played Kev the tow-truck driver in the sitcom ''Bingles'' (1992). In the late 1990s, he began starring in his own shows made at Nine, all of which were short-lived—even though they all rated well: ''The Russell Gilbert Show'' (1998), a sketch comedy sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Gadsby
Hannah Gadsby (born 12 January 1978) is an Australian comedian, writer, author and actor. They began their career in Australia after winning the national final of the Raw Comedy competition for new comedians in 2006. In 2018, their show '' Nanette'' on Netflix won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Peabody Award. Starting in 2019, Gadsby toured internationally with their show ''Douglas'' and the recorded special was released on Netflix in 2020. In 2021, they were awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Tasmania. In March 2022, their self-penned book ''Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation'' was published. They appeared as a recurring cast member in season four of Netflix's ''Sex Education'' as Celia, a radio show host. Early life Gadsby was born on January 12, 1978, at North West Regional Hospital in Burnie, Tasmania. They grew up in Smithton, a small town on the remote north-west coast of Tasmania, as the youngest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Fraser
Alice Fraser is an Australian comedian, writer, podcaster, and actor. Early life and education Fraser studied law at the University of Sydney before going on to earn a master's degree in English literature (Rhetoric) in Cambridge, England. Fraser returned to Australia and in 2013, she was nominated as best newcomer at the Sydney Comedy Festival. Career Fraser made her film debut in the movie ''Never Hesitate'' as Emily in 2014. Also in 2014, Fraser spoke at a TEDx event at Macquarie University. Trilogy In 2015 Fraser began touring ''Savage'', the first part of what she describes as an "unorthodox art-comedy/morality tale trilogy" which focuses on her upbringing and its impact on her life. The trilogy was completed by ''The Resistance'' in 2016 and ''Empire'' in 2017. Each installment of the trilogy was toured nationally and performed at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival and The Edinburgh Fringe. Reviewing ''Empire'', The ''Herald Sun'' called it a "beaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Franklin
Christopher Franklin (born 16 September 1964) is an Australian stand-up comedian and former sailor for the Royal Australian Navy. He is most famous for performing the song "Bloke" (a bogan-style parody of Meredith Brooks' song "Bitch"), which was certified platinum, reached No. 1 on the ARIA Charts, and was the twelfth-biggest-selling single in Australia in 2000.ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2000 He lives in . Early life Franklin was born in Sydney, and he lived from age 3 to 5 on |
Greg Fleet
Gregory Fleet (born 1962) is an Australian comedian and actor. Early life Fleet was born in Michigan, in the United States. His father moved the family to Australia when Greg was four. He grew up in Geelong, and as a teenager boarded at Geelong Grammar School. Fleet briefly attended Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), but he was kicked out after a year for poor performance. Career Fleet began his acting career in the early 1980s with several performances in Australian television series and telemovies. He appeared in '' Matthew and Son'' alongside Nicole Kidman in 1984, and then played the role of "Delivery Man 2" in an episode of ''Prisoner'' a role that he discussed on Tony Martin's ''Get This'' radio show in 2010, resulting in him gaining an underground fame and following as "Delivery Man 2". Fleet went on to star as Lt Scott Harris in the Australian mini-series ''A Thousand Skies''. He also appeared in the ABC TV police dramas '' Phoenix'' and ''Janus'' as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitty Flanagan
Kitty Flanagan (born July 18th 1970) is an Australian comedian, writer and actress. She is known for portraying Helen Tudor-Fisk in the television comedy program '' Fisk'', which she also co-created, co-wrote and co-directed. She spent eight years based in the UK and performing around the world (2001–2009) and has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Just For Laughs in Montreal, Canada. Flanagan won the AACTA Award for Best Comedy Performer in 2021 and the Silver Logie Award for Most Popular Actress in 2022 for her performance in ''Fisk''. Early life and education Flanagan was born in Manly, a suburb in Sydney's north, in 1970. She became drawn to comedy in Grade 5 when she appeared in a school musical production of ''Alice in Wonderland'', in which she dressed as a bunny and pretended to fall asleep during the performance. She attended high school at Monte Sant'Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney. She recalls that, as a teenager, she and her younger sister P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Fields
Marty Fields (born 18 December 1961) is an Australian comedian, host/mc, actor, writer, musician, singer, and radio presenter from Melbourne. Early life The son of Australian actors Maurie Fields and Val Jellay, Fields trained for fifteen years at the Melba Conservatorium in piano, voice and theory. Career Screen Fields began his acting career at the age of seven in the ABC television series '' Bellbird'', which lead to further roles as a child actor, including in ''Homicide'', ''Division 4'', ''Matlock Police'', ''The Sullivans'' and the 1973 miniseries '' A Taste for Blue Ribbons''. He also had a lead role as Neil 'Stinker' Carter in drama series ''Marion'' in 1974. He continued appearing in television series throughout his late teens and into adulthood including ''Skyways'', ''Cop Shop'', ''Carson's Law'', ''The Flying Doctors'', '' SeaChange'', '' City Homicide'' and 1986 miniseries '' The Great Bookie Robbery''. He made several appearances in ''Blue Heelers'' includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Col Elliott
Col Elliott (born 1949) is an English-born Australian stand-up comedian who has been active since the early 1970s, based mainly on character-based comedy. He has released more than 20 albums, 6 DVDs and many performances in thousands of live shows. Charting discography Albums Singles Awards Mo Awards The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known as the Mo Awards) were an annual Australian entertainment industry award, established in 1975, to recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia. They were last awarded in 2016. ...), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Col Elliott won two awards in that time. (wins only) , - , 1995 , Col Elliott , Variety Comedy Performer of the Year , , - , 1996 , Col Elliott , Variety Comedy Performer of the Year , , - References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
