Simon Palomares is a German-born Australian comedian and actor of Spanish descent. He is best known for his character as cafe manager Ricardo "Ricky" Martinez in ''

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''.

Biography

Simon Palomares was born in Dusseldorf, Germany. His father almost emigrated with his young family to Canada, however while waiting at the Spanish emigration office, he bumped into a friend who advised him how cold the weather was in Canada and he then switched his decision and chose Australia as the place to emigrate to. Palomares studied drama and psychology at

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(Rusden) and studied acting at the renowned

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School in

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. Recently he completed a post-graduate degree in arts and entertainment management at Deakin University.

Stand-up comedy and theatre

Palomares was one of the creators and stars of the ''

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'' comedy stage show, which later evolved into the ''

'' TV series.http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9448243 Acropolis now summary He has performed comedy shows in the United States, Canada, Spain and Argentina where he performs stand-up in Spanish. More recently, Palomares has toured Australia in a combination cooking program and stand-up comedy show called ''Palomares Cooks Calamares''. Palomares has worked as a writer in

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, for ''Lo Mas Plus'', a nightly review program on

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, and directed a flamenco version of Lorca's ''

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'' at the

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in Melbourne. He performed 2007-2011 with fellow comedians

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, Joe Avati and

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in a national tour of their show ''Il Dago''. In July 2011 Palomares was invited to the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal by

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to record a Spanish comedy TV special for Canadian OMNI Channel. In 2011 he also produced a 13 episode series for C31 in Melbourne called '' Passion to Profession''.

Television and film

Most recently he has performed for the program ''Nuevos Comicos'' on

and completed a documentary called ''KO HO NAS (Cojones)'' for

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(SBS) shown in Australia on 11 November 2009. He wrote and directed a short film, ''The Usual'', which was acclaimed at the

St Kilda Film Festival St Kilda is an inner seaside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km (4 miles) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. St Kilda recorded a population of ...

. In 2006, he created, co-hosted and commentated on ''The Foosy Show'', a program where contestants play table football (foosball), with

on Channel 31 in Melbourne. In addition to his acting credits, he appeared as himself in an episode of the

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series '' Smallest Room in the House'', a series in which stand-up comedians told true stories of their upbringing. Palomares has directed episodes of '' Neighbours'' and was second unit director on ''

Totally Full Frontal ''Full Frontal'' was an Australian sketch comedy series which ran on the Seven Network from 1993 to 1997. It launched the television careers of Eric Bana, Shaun Micallef, Kitty Flanagan, Julia Morris and Denise Scott. In 1998 a spin-off of t ...

''. He has also provided voices in the video games '' Rome: Total War'' (

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

) and '' Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion'' (

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris (dwarf planet), Er ...

). He recently completed work on the series Romper Stomper Next Gen for Stan Television and the series Australian Gangster to be aired in 2021. Latigo (Whip) An award winning documentary about Cuban comedians was produced and directed by Simon and will be featured in the 2021 Spanish Film Festival around Australia.

Filmography

* '' The Lighthorsemen'' (

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airpor ...

film) as a Turkish officer * ''

'' (

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker ru ...

TV series) as Ricardo "Ricky" Martinez * '' Mission: Impossible'' (US TV series) as a sailor in

episode "The Greek" * '' Shooting Elizabeth'' (

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engines ...

film) as Carlos * ''Snowy'' (

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

TV series) as Manolo * ''

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'' (TV series) as Angelo in

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...

episode "The Gravity of It All" * '' Snowy River: The McGregor Saga'' (TV series) as Prince Alfredo Perez in

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on b ...

episode "Prince of Hearts" * ''

Blue Heelers ''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for 12 years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted the e ...

'' (TV series) as Jeremy Phillips in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

episode "When Love Isn't Enough" * ''

Driven Crazy ''Driven Crazy'' is an Australian children's television series, based on the short stories by author Paul Jennings. It first aired in 1998 on Network Ten, and was the second television series based on his works. Plot Driven Crazy follows the ...

'' (TV series) as Pierre in

episodes "The Cat with No Name" and "The Moonies" * '' The Games'' (TV series) as Simon in

episodes "Rural and Environment" and "Millennium Bug" * '' La Spagnola'' (

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

film) as Ricardo * '' Stingers'' (TV series) as Terry Joseph in

episode "Innocents Abroad" and as Gino Londoni in

episode "Closure" * '' Signs of Life'' (

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ...

film) * '' Stiff'' (

TV film) as Sam Rossi * ''Il Dago'' * ''Il Dago 2: Now With Noodles'' * ''Big Mamma's Boy'' (2011) as Dr. Ricky Martinez * '' Romper Stomper Next Gen'' (TV series) 2017 * ''

Australian Gangster ''Australian Gangster'' is an Australian television miniseries, produced by the Seven Network, which premiered on 13 September 2021. The miniseries is directed by Gregor Jordan and Fadia Abboud and produced by Dan Edwards, John Edwards and Grego ...

'' (TV series) 2021

References

External links

www.simonpalomares.com
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Simon Palomares' MySpace page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Palomares, Simon Year of birth missing (living people) Australian people of Spanish descent German emigrants to Australia Living people Australian male television actors Australian male comedians