Tahir Bilgiç (born 12 December 1968) is an Australian comedian, film and television actor of Turkish descent. He is primarily an actor and comedian. He has written, directed and starred in live shows including "Lord of The Kebabs", "From Lebanon With Love" and "Straight Outta Compo" to name a few. He has appeared in 5 different Australian sit-coms and 3 feature films. He co-created and starred in "StreetSmart" (ch10) as well as coming with the initial idea and then co-creating "Here Come The Habibs" (ch9).

Career

Tahir features as the Lebanese character Habib in the hit series ''

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'' and the motion pictures ''

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'' and ''

Fat Pizza vs. Housos ''Fat Pizza vs. Housos'' is an Australian comedy film based on the combination of the stories and characters of the SBS Australia, SBS series ''Pizza (TV series), Pizza'' and the comedy series ''Housos'', both created by Paul Fenech. The film be ...

''. Habib became of Australia's most popular and loved TV- sitcom characters. In 2011, he appeared in '' Swift and Shift Couriers''. Bilgiç has appeared on ''

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'', '' The NRL Footy Show'', Laughing Stock, Recovery,

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, Comedy Channel, the SBS documentary series - Aussie Jokers and the Australian improvisational comedy series, '' Thank God You're Here'' and as a celebrity judge on '' Bogan Hunters''.

Filmography

* Sydney Comedy Store (1995) * Voted Comedian ''of the Year'' (1996) * The NRL Footy Show (1997 - 2018) Most appearances by a Comedian * '' Pizza TV series'' (2000–2007) * ''

'' (2003) * ''Lord of the Kebabs: The Fellowship of the Hommous'' (2003) * ''Show us your Roots'' (2004) * ''Hollywood Kebabs'' (2004) * Thank God You're Here (2006–7) * '' Swift and Shift Couriers'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' Bogan Hunters'' (2014) * ''

'' (2014) * The Good The Bad The Ethnic (2015) * Comicus Erectus (2016) * 2 and a Half Lebs (2017) * '' Here Come the Habibs'' (2016) * Straight Outta Compo (2019) * '' Street Smart'' (2018) * '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' (2018) * Crazy Rich Ethnics (2021–22)

References

External links

"Tahir Online" Tahir Bilgiç Official Website
1970 births Living people Male actors from Istanbul Turkish male film actors Turkish emigrants to Australia Australian stand-up comedians Australian male comedians {{australia-actor-stub