Jason Stephens is an Australian actor and comedian. He was educated at

Wesley College, Melbourne Wesley College is a co-educational, open-entry private school in Melbourne, Australia. Established in 1866, the college is the only school in Victoria to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) from early childhood to Year 12. The college ...

and signed up as a writer on the second season of the ABC comedy ''

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'' (1987), before graduating to the role of writer/performer on the latter years of D-Gen's Triple M radio show (1990–1992). Stephens also performed with Tony Martin,

Mick Molloy Michael Molloy (born 11 July 1966) is an Australian comedian, writer, producer, actor and television and radio presenter who has been active in radio, television, stand-up and film. He currently hosts '' The Front Bar'' on the Seven Network. ...

and John Harrison on the 1991 radio show ''Bulltwang'' and was a writer/performer on the D-Gen's subsequent TV venture, ''

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'' (1992–1993). Along with Mick Molloy, Stephens hosted the ''Late Show'' segment ''Muckrakers''. After ''The Late Show'' ended, Stephens became involved in other TV comedy programmes, including a stint as director on the

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comedy ''Totally Full Frontal'' (1998). From 2004 - 2014 Stephens worked as the creative director for

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, one of Australia's leading independent television production companies. Stephens was the creator behind '' The Choir of Hard Knocks''; he was also involved in chronicling the choir for the documentary series of the same name. He also produced '' The King'', a telemovie based on the life of

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. ''The King'' won 3

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including Best Telefeature, Best Direction in a television drama and Best Actor in a television drama. Stephens also developed the satirical news show '' Newstopia'', starring

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, which premiered in October 2007. In 2011, Stephens executive produced the TV series '' Killing Time'', a ten-part crime drama which aired on TV1. ''Killing Time'' was nominated for Most Outstanding Drama and

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was nominated for Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Female at the 2012

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won Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Male. Both Glenn and Wenham were also nominated for a Silver Logie at the

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in 2012. More recently, Stephens has executive produced the AACTA 2013 nominated mini series ''

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'' based on the life story of Asbestos campaigner Bernie Banton and aired on the

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. Devil's Dust was nominated for Best Telefeature or Mini Series at the 2013

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with Anthony Hayes nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama. In addition to this, Stephens is the executive producer for '' Better Man'' the 4-hour drama based on a true story, which was set to air in 2013 on

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. In February 2013, Stephens' prime time murder mystery, ''

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'', starring

and

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, aired on

. In 2023, he co-developed and co-executive produced the six-part

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comedy series '' Queen of Oz'', starring English comedian

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as the scandalous Princess Georgiana, a disgraced member of a fictional

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sent to rule Australia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, Jason Australian male comedians Australian film producers Australian television producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)