Justin Hamilton, also known as Hammo, is an Australian comedian, writer, radio host, actor, and director.

Early life

Justin Hamilton grew up in

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, South Australia.

Career

Standup

Hamilton is a standup performer who started his comedy career in Adelaide in 1994 as part of a duo called The Bunta Boys with schoolmate Damien. They wrote and performed songs such as "Red Necked Boy" and "I Wanna Be Hip", the latter a tribute to

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. Hamilton has been involved in shows at the

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since 1994. He appeared in the 1995 Adelaide Fringe parade as the second half of "Buttman and Throbbin'": a comedy crime fighter, wearing red

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s and a yellow cape. He has performed at the Sit'n'Spin in

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and the Gershwin Room in New York. He has also been a regular at the

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and its Roadshow, and been a support act for

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's live stand-up shows. In 2014 he presented his show ''Johnny Loves Mary Forever 1994''.

Television

Hamilton has appeared on various TV programmes, including '' The Librarians'' in 2007. In 2019 he was a cast member of the short-lived ''Saturday Night Rove''. Hamilton was the head writer and regular guest on '' Whovians'', an ABC panel show hosted by

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that discussed the latest episodes of cult BBC show ''

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''. He was also the head writer on the inaugural season of Network 10's quiz show, '' Show me the Movie''.

Radio and podcast

Hamilton has been the regular movie reviewer for the Perth Mix FM Breakfast Show and was a regular guest on the

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radio program ''

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''. He had a twice weekly

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from 2010 to 2017 called ''Can You Take This Photo Please?'', in which he chats to other comedians including

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, Tony Martin and

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about their craft. The name comes from when Hamilton would be hanging out with his famous friends, and people would invariably ask him to take their photo.

Other activities

Hamilton has also directed comedy shows and written and acted in his own play. He has directed shows by

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, Nelly Thomas, and Halley Metcalfe, and directed

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in the 2014

(MICF). He has been a judge on the panel of the Moosehead Awards, which are given each year to an emerging comic at MICF.

Awards

*2003 MICF Piece of Wood Award for ''Justin Sane'' *2007 Moosehead Award for ''Three Colours Hammo'' *2007 MICF Directors' Award for ''Three Colours Hammo'' *2008 Adelaide Fringe Festival Advertiser Overall Fringe Award for ''Three Colours Hammo'' *2008 MICF Barry Award nomination for ''The Killing Joke'' *2011 Equity Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for '' The Librarians'' *2011

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"Comedian of the Decade" *2019

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Best Comedy for ''The Ballad of John Tilt Animus''

References

External links

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