Mikey Mileos (born 6 December 1980) is a

stand up comedian 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 ...

and comedy writer from

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

, Australia who lives in Japan. In April 2009, Mileos was a national finalist in

Triple J Triple J is an Australian government-funded national radio station founded in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It aims to appeal to young listeners of alternative music, and plays far more Australian conten ...

radio's

Raw Comedy Raw Comedy, stylised as RAW Comedy, is an Australian annual competition for emerging stand-up comedians held by Melbourne International Comedy Festival. History and description The Raw Comedy competition was established at the Melbourne Inter ...

competition, a nationally televised event. Since then, he has played at almost every major comedy club in Australia. In 2010, he was selected to perform alongside a slew of international comedy veterans in the

Sydney Comedy Festival The Sydney Comedy Festival is held annually in Sydney, Australia. Launched in 2005 as The Cracker Sydney Comedy Festival at a number of inner city venues, the Festival has grown quickly and now attracts 111,000 patrons every year at venues all ...

's Cracker Night gala, a rare feat considering he did not actually have a show in the festival. His unique comedic style combines

observational comedy Observational comedy is a form of humor based on the commonplace aspects of everyday life. It is one of the main types of humor in stand-up comedy. In an observational comedy act, the comedian makes an observation about something which is common eno ...

in an almost one-liner fashion, incorporating political and philosophical ideas and mixing them with his own brand of silliness. As a comedy writer Mileos worked on the Australian hit television show ''

Good News Week ''Good News Week'' is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in ...

''. Mileos has also worked as a freelance comedy writer for Australian lads magazine ''

Zoo Weekly ''Zoo'' was a British softcore lad magazine published weekly by Bauer Media Group with periods of an Australian and South African editions. It was launched on 29 January 2004, and for a time was the UK's only men's weekly after the similar an ...

'', but insists that it was only for the money.

Festival Shows

*2011 ''Stupid People Will Be Offended'' - Edinburgh Fringe Festival (as Part of PBH's Free Fringe) *2011 ''They're Just Words'' - Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival *2010 ''These Are My Jokes'' - Melbourne International Comedy Festival *2010 ''Young Guns of Comedy (Sydney Comedy Showcase)'' - Adelaide Fringe Festival *2009 ''The Night Cap Featuring Jaymie Wilson, Mikey Mileos & Magesh'' - Melbourne International Comedy Festival

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mileos, Mikey 1980 births Australian male comedians Living people Comedians from Sydney