Gary Eck is an Australian comedian and actor.

Career

Gary Eck has starred in several Australian movies, including 2003's '' You Can't Stop The Murders'' (which he had written for as well) and '' The Night We Called It A Day'', and also in 2006's '' BoyTown''. Eck has also appeared in several short films. In 2007, Eck appeared as himself on a regular basis on ''

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'', a television show that aired on Channel Nine (alongside Mick Molloy as host). Eck has done comedy on several shows, including '' Good News Week'', ''

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'' and '' The Footy Show''. One of Eck's performances at Sydney's Comedy Store is the basis for his stand-up CD, ''Gary Eck Live!'' In 2010, Eck, alongside George Miller wrote a screenplay for '' Happy Feet Two''. The film was released on 18 November 2011. He also provided additional voices.

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The

ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

are a set of annual ceremonies presented by

Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival Records (Australia), Festival, Sony Music ...

(ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the

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. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

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, ''The Hollywood Motel'' (with Lee Perry) , Best Comedy Release , , , -

Early life

Eck was schooled in

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, attending Latham Primary School, Belconnen High School and

Hawker College Hawker College is a senior secondary college in Hawker, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra Canberra ( ; ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Aus ...

References

External links

* http://www.garyeck.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eck, Gary Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian male comedians Australian film directors People educated at Hawker College