David Correos ( ; born 8 December 1992) is a New Zealand comedian. He was the winner of the

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in 2016.

Early life

Correos's parents immigrated to

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in the 1980s from the

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; he grew up in Woolston. During his teens, Correos trained as a weightlifter and represented New Zealand at several international events, and won his weight division at the 2012 Junior Oceania Championships. He narrowly missed out for qualification for the

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, where a broken ankle ended his sporting career. Wishing to perform in musical theatre, Correos attended a two-year drama course at

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, after which he applied to a broadcasting school but was denied entry. He became interested in comedy and started performing arts at Hagley Theatre Company. His friend created a variety show called Monday Night Magic for artists who had no space to perform after the

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. Correos started performing stand-up alongside musicians and street performers, and began learning how to write comedy. He moved to Auckland in 2014 where he pursued a comedy career.

Career

Correos won the

in 2016, and the Comic Originality award at the 2015 Comedy Guild Awards. He first performed at the

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in 2017 with Matt Stellingwerf, their show entitled ''Chaos & Order''. He returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2018 with a new show titled ''The Correos Effect'', and at a later date also performed it at the Fringe Festivals in Dunedin, Auckland and Adelaide. In 2019, he performed his show ''Better Than I Was The Last Time'' at Fringe. Correos' television credits include appearances as a panelist on ''7 Days'' (on which he was also a writer), ''The Project'' and ''Taskmaster NZ'' season two and since then, David has also become a writer for Taskmaster NZ. Correos also appears in videos by sketch comedy group

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References

Living people New Zealand male comedians 1992 births New Zealand people of Filipino descent New Zealand male weightlifters Entertainers from Christchurch 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen 21st-century New Zealand comedians People educated at St Thomas of Canterbury College {{NewZealand-comedian-stub