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Gina Riley was born on 6 May 1961 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for Kath & Kim (2002), Kath & Kim (2008) and Da Kath & Kim Code (2005).- Actor
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Shane Jacobson is one of Australia's most loved, award-winning actors, presenters and entertainers. His incredible and varied career spans over 40 years both here at home and internationally.
The successful film Kenny (2006) brought Shane world-wide recognition as well as an AFI Award for best lead actor. Shane's subsequent credits include: Cactus (2008) with Bryan Brown, Charlie & Boots (2009) with Paul Hogan, the animated Santa's Apprentice (2010) with Delta Goodrem, Surviving Georgia (2011) with Holly Valance and Pia Miranda, Hollywood blockbuster The Bourne Legacy (2012) with Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton and Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz, the hugely popular Oddball (2015) with Sarah Snook and Deborah Mailman, The Dressmaker (2015) with Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving, The BBQ (2018) with Magda Szubanski, That's Not My Dog! (2018), 7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018) with Kelsey Grammer, Brothers' Nest (2018) with his brother Clayton Jacobson and in Bruce Beresford's Ladies in Black (2018). Shane is soon to be seen in the films: The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee (2020) with Paul Hogan, Chevy Chase and John Cleese and Never Too Late (2020) with James Cromwell, Jacki Weaver and Jack Thompson.
As a TV Host, presenter and actor, Shane's appearances have been numerous and varied. Some of his shows have included hosting and presenting at the Australian Film Institute Awards (2010), Top Gear Australia (2008), The Great Australian Bake Off (2013), The Logies (2015, 2018) and Little Big Shots (2017) as well as telemovies Beaconsfield (2012), The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (2012) and Jack Irish (2012, 2013, 2016 & 2018) with Guy Pearce, to roles in TV series like Kenny's World (2008), The Time of Our Lives (2013), Fat Tony & Co (2014), Open Slather (2015) and appearing in reality TV shows: The Real Full Monty (2018), The All New Monty (2019) and Australia's Got Talent (2007). Shane will soon appear in the Seven TV show: Mates on a Mission.
Shane's stage career has been just as successful. On stage, he has received a Helpmann Award for Best Male in a Supporting Role for 'Nicely Nicely' in the 2008 revival of the musical Guys and Dolls. Some of Shane's other on-stage roles include: The Drowsy Chaperone (2010) with Geoffrey Rush, QI Live (2011) with Stephen Fry, 8 The Play (2012), Shane Warne - The Musical (2013) and Mother & Son (2014) with Noeline Brown and The Rocky Horror Show (2018) with Todd McKenney.
As an author, Shane has penned his best-selling bio The Long Road to Overnight Success and most recently his exploration of his life as a motoring tragic in his second book, Rev Head.- Actor
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Stephen Curry is an Australian comedian and actor who has appeared in many television drama and comedy series, and feature films. Curry was born in Melbourne in 1976. The youngest of five children, he grew up in Deepdene in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Curry was raised Catholic and attended Our Lady of Good Counsel Primary School and Marcellin College. Curry gained early drama experience at Track Youth Theatre.- Actress
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Attended college in Melbourne, Australia. With friends from college, launched an early-80s comedy show on Australian TV called The D Generation (1986). In late 80s/early 90s, appeared in comedy show on Australian TV called Fast Forward (1989).- Actress
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Marg Downey was born in 1961 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for The Newsreader (2021), Queen of the Damned (2002) and Something Stupid (1998).- Producer
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Glenn Robbins was born on 30 December 1956 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a producer and actor, known for Kath & Kim (2002), Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001) and Da Kath & Kim Code (2005). He is married to Selina.- Actress
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Jane Turner was born on 1 December 1960 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for Kath & Kim (2002), Kath & Kim (2008) and Da Kath & Kim Code (2005). She is married to John Denton. They have three children.- Actor
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Hamish Blake was born on 11 December 1981 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a writer and actor, known for Hamish & Andy's 'Perfect' Holiday (2019), True Story Avec (2020) and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018). He has been married to Zoë Foster Blake since 11 December 2012. They have two children.- Actor
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Paul Hogan became a worldwide success with his irresistible comic performance in Crocodile Dundee (1986), which he created and co-wrote. This earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor as well as an Academy Award nomination (for Best Screenplay). The versatile actor got his start in Australian television in a recurring role as comic relief on A Current Affair (1971). An expanded version entitled The Paul Hogan Show (1973) premiered on Australia's Nine Network and quickly propelled him to the top of the ratings chart. His dramatic role on the critically acclaimed television series Anzacs (1985) and his work in promoting Australia worldwide invested him into the Order of Australia and led to his appointment as "Australian of the Year".
Hogan was the executive producer/writer/star of the feature films Almost an Angel (1990) and Lightning Jack (1994) and starred in Flipper (1996) and Floating Away (1998). American audiences also remember Hogan from his now legendary commercials for the Australian Tourist Commission in which he invited us to say "g'day" and come "down under" so he could "slip another shrimp on the barbie". In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared in commercials for Subaru Outback automobiles. He reprised his famous role as the outback adventurer in the long awaited sequel Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001).- Actress
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Actor and writer Hannah Bath has appeared in film and TV; wrote and directed original web series "Cooking with Julie" (which was licensed for Virgin Australia in-flight entertainment); and produced and co-directed Tropfest finalist animated comedy short "Going Vego".
Hannah has also performed sketch comedy at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, created and starred in various short films, produced and starred in theatre, performed stand-up in Sydney and London, and studied and performed improvisation in Sydney and LA. She was the on-set drama coach and dramaturg on Netflix/ABC co-production "The Inbestigators".- Additional Crew
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Dave Eastgate is an actor, stand-up comedian, writer and musician from Sydney, Australia.
He starred in the ABC/BBC/Comedy Central smash hit Ronny Chieng: International Student (2017) and received a Logie Award nomination for his portrayal of cancer patient Joey in Channel 9's critically acclaimed drama series Doctor Doctor (2016).
Dave also starred alongside his idols Glenn Robbins, Magda Szubanski, Gina Riley, and Jane Turner in The Comedy Channel's flagship sketch comedy series Open Slather (2015). Other credits include the multi-award-winning ABC comedy series The Moodys (2012) and its sequel The Moodys (2014).
Dave can also be seen in Maximum Choppage (2015), Soul Mates (2014), and Channel 9's hugely successful comedy series Here Come the Habibs! (2016). He completed over 300 shows with the inaugural Australian tour of 'Muriel's Wedding: the Musical' and is featured on the original cast album in the principal role of Coach Ken Blundell.
Dave has featured in numerous commercials for brands such as Westpac, Canadian Club, XXXX Gold, and KitKat. His voice has been featured on countless radio commercials, ABC iView's animated series Bin Chickens (2017) and as the narrator on Channel 9's light entertainment show "Accidental Heroes".
However, it is Dave's unique brand of stand-up comedy and rock'n'roll cabaret that has brought him the most national and international acclaim, with sold-out shows at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, tours in the UK and US, and television appearances in New Zealand and Japan (in fluent Japanese).
Dave has been a regular headliner in comedy clubs and festivals all over Australia since 2007 and has appeared on the ABC's Tonightly with Tom Ballard (2017), The Comedy Channel's Stand Up Australia (2006), and Just For Laughs at the Sydney Opera House. In 2016 Dave recorded his first one-hour televised comedy special at Sydney's Enmore Theatre for the ABC's Comedy Next Gen (2016), which aired a further three times on commercial TV. None of that beats sharing the stage with Robin Williams at a small comedy club in Kings Cross in 2010 -- but that's another story.
Dave's side hustle throughout his career has been as Live Studio Audience Warm-Up Guy. Beginning with the original Big Brother (2001), Dave has kept crowds entertained between filming on Australian Idol (2003), So You Think You Can Dance Australia (2008), The X Factor (2005), The Voice (2012), Australia's Got Talent (2007), and almost everything in-between -- including the infamously never-aired "Larry Emdur Show".
Dave's corporate clients have included The Australia Day Council, Nestlé and McDonald's. He has also donated his talents to shows for charities such as the St Vincent de Paul Society, The Sebastian Foundation and White Ribbon.
Dave's comedy-heavy-metal album 'Bad Specimen', recorded with his band Dave Eastgate & Boner Contention, is available on iTunes, Spotify and YouTube.- Actress
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Laura Hughes is known for The Big Day (2018), You Wanna Order Pizza? (2014) and Compulsory Entertainment (2023).- Actor
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Peter Rowsthorn was born in 1963 in Australia. He is an actor and writer, known for Kath & Kim (2002), Let the Blood Run Free (1990) and Da Kath & Kim Code (2005).- Jean Kittson was born in 1955 in Lilydale, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for Tuesday Night Live: The Big Gig (1989), Seriously Red (2022) and Hating Alison Ashley (2005). She is married to Patrick Cook. They have two children.
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Brian Nankervis is known for RocKwiz (2005), Let the Blood Run Free (1990) and Hessie's Shed (1998).- Actress
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Lynda Gibson was born on 21 March 1956 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress and writer, known for The Castle (1997), Let the Blood Run Free (1990) and Blue Heelers (1994). She died on 2 January 2004 in West Preston, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.- Writer
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New Zealand-born comedian, writer and director, whose career in Australia began with TV comedies The D Generation (1986) and The Late Show (1992), and radio's 'Martin/Molloy' (1995-98). He created the cult radio comedy 'Get This' (2006-07), hosted A Quiet Word with... (2010), wrote and directed episodes of Upper Middle Bogan (2013), and co-created the award-winning podcasts Childproof (2017) and Tony Martin's SIZZLETOWN (2018). He is the author of 'Lolly Scramble' (2005), 'A Nest of Occasionals' (2009), 'Scarcely Relevant' (2012) and 'Deadly Kerfuffle' (2017).- Actor
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William McInnes was born on 10 September 1961 in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. He is an actor and writer, known for Blue Heelers (1994), Unfinished Sky (2007) and SeaChange (1998). He was previously married to Sarah Watt.- Actor
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Mick Molloy was born on 11 July 1966 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. He is an actor and writer, known for Crackerjack (2002), Bad Eggs (2003) and The Jesters (2009).- Actor
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Eric Bana was born Eric Banadinovic on August 9, 1968, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is the younger of two brothers. His father, named Ivan Banadinovic, came from Zagreb, Croatia, and worked as a manager for Caterpillar Inc. His mother, named Eleanor Banadinovic, came from a German family and was a hairdresser.
Young Bana grew up in suburban Melbourne. He was popular among his schoolmates for his talent of making comic impressions of his teachers. At that time, he was fond of Mel Gibson in Mad Max (1979) and also decided to become an actor. He moved to Sydney and worked odd jobs to support himself. In 1991, he began a career as a stand-up comedian, while working as a barman at Melbourne's Castle Hotel. In 1993, Bana made his television debut on Steve Vizard's Tonight Live with Steve Vizard (1990) talk show, then joined the Full Frontal (1993) TV-series. He gained popularity for making impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruse and "Columbo". In 1996, he started his own show titled Eric (1997), then launched a comedy series titled The Eric Bana Show Live (1997). The show was canceled for the lack of substantial audience. However, in 1997, Bana received the Logie Award for "Most Popular Comedian" for his work on The Eric Bana Show Live (1997).
He made his film debut in The Castle (1997), in a supporting comic role. That same year, he was cast to portray Mark "Chopper" Read, the notorious Australian underworld figure. For the role, Bana gained 30 pounds, by eating junk food; he also spent a few days with Read in prison, in order to perfect his mimicry. Bana completely transformed himself into a bald, plump, disturbed criminal. He would arrive on the film set at four in the morning, spending several hours in makeup, being tattooed exactly like Read. Chopper (2000) became an international success and won three Australian Film Institute Awards. Bana won the Best Actor at the 2000 Stockholm Film Festival and also the AFI 2000 Best Actor Award. Then he co-starred in Black Hawk Down (2001), then starred in Hulk (2003). In 2002, he was cast as the Trojan Prince Hector in the historical epic Troy (2004), after being recommended by Brad Pitt, who admired Bana for his work in Chopper (2000). In 2005, Bana co-starred with Daniel Craig and Geoffrey Rush in the political drama Munich (2005) directed by Steven Spielberg.
In 1995, he began dating Rebecca Gleeson, a publicist and daughter of Australian High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. The following year, he was named "Bachelor of the Year" by Cleo magazine, and won a trip for two to the United States. He invited Gleeson, and proposed to her during that romantic trip. In 1997, the two were married; their son, Klaus, was born in 1999, their daughter, Sophia, was born in 2002. He currently resides in Melbourne with his wife and their two children. Bana is a passionate supporter of Australian football. He was appointed Member of the Order of Australia at the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to the performing arts and to charitable organisations.- Mandy McElhinney was born on 1 September 1970 in Perth, Australia. She is an actress, known for Ned Kelly (2003), Love Child (2014) and House of Hancock (2015).
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Judith Lucy was born on 25 March 1968 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. She is a writer and actress, known for Bad Eggs (2003), Crackerjack (2002) and The Late Show (1992).- Actor
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John Clarke was born on 29 July 1948 in Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand. He was an actor and writer, known for The Games (1998), Dagg Day Afternoon (1977) and Lonely Hearts (1982). He was married to Helen. He died on 9 April 2017 in Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia.- Actress
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Her mother, Anna Griffiths, is an art consultant. Her uncle is a Jesuit priest. Has two older brothers. One brother, Ben, is a ski instructor. Lived on the Gold Coast, Queensland until age five, then moved to Melbourne. Attended Star of the Sea Catholic Girls' College, did well at school and learned ballet. When she was 11, her father left home with an 18 year old woman. She hasn't seen him for years. Her mother was an art teacher at the time and raised the children alone. Has an Education Degree in dance and drama. Worked for the theatre company The Woolly Jumpers, in Geelong. Made famous by Muriel's Wedding (1994).- Music Artist
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Kylie Ann Minogue was born on 28 May, 1968. The eldest of three children, Kylie's acting career began early, but it was her role as "Charlene" in the Australian soap, Neighbours (1985), which established Kylie as an international star. Her singing career began, purely by accident, when a record company executive heard Kylie's rendition of Little Eva's 1962 hit, "The Loco-Motion". She signed with PWL Records and hit-makers Stock/Aitken/Waterman in 1987. Five albums and a greatest hits compilation followed, and she made history by having more than 20 consecutive top ten hits in the UK. Her motion picture debut came with the starring role of "Lola" in The Delinquents (1989). She left PWL Records in 1992 to head in a decidedly more mature musical direction, and her self-titled debut on deconstruction records was released in 1994, spawning chart hits like "Confide In Me" and "Put Yourself In My Place". Kylie's doings were always a favorite subject of the press, but she really made waves with her controversial 1995 duet with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, "Where the Wild Roses Grow". 1997 saw the release of Kylie's first single in more than 3 years, "Some Kind of Bliss", co-written and produced by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore of The Manic Street Preachers.- Producer
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Robert 'Rob' Sitch is an Australian actor, director, producer, screenwriter and comedian. Rob was born in Melbourne, Victoria Australia. Rob is best known for his roles in The D Generation (1986), The Late Show (1992), Breaking News (1994), The Hollowmen (2008), Utopia (2014) and many more. Rob before acting would for a short time work in medicine as a doctor.
Sitch alongside the production company Working Dog Productions helped produce and write shows including The Dish (2000), Thank God You're Here (2006), Uptopia, The Hollowmen, Have You Been Paying Attention?, and many more, which would also be nominated and take home awards from the Logies and AACTA awards.
Sitch is also married to Jane Kennedy, they have five children together.- Actor
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Vince Colosimo is one of Australia's most recognised actors with an extensive and successful career in theatre, television and film. With an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2002 for his performance in the highly-successful feature film Lantana and a featured role in the internationally acclaimed Chopper, he naturally attracted attention from the US earning guest-starring roles in the top rating US series Without A Trace and the final series of The Practice.
Vince most recently starred in the SBS series Sunshine and will next be seen in a lead role in Mairi Cameron's debut feature film The Second opposite Rachael Blake, and the Nine Network's telemovie Underbelly Files: Chopper where he will reprise his role as Alphonse Gangitano.
Vince first came to the public's attention in the feature films Street Hero and Moving Out which earned him an AFI Award nomination for Best Actor and a Sydney Film Critics Circle Award for Best New Talent. He won the Empire Award for Best Australian Actor for his role in Walking on Water in 2003 and has also appeared in the features The Hard Word, The Nugget, Take Away, Opal Dream and the 2006 Project Greenlight feature, Solo.
Vince's other feature film credits include Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, Ridley Scott's Body Of Lies alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and in 2010 he appeared opposite Willem Dafoe, Ethan Hawke, and Claudia Karvan in the Spierig Brothers' Daybreakers and reunited with Nick Giannopoulos in the sequel to The Wogboy - The Kings of Mykonos, Swerve directed by Craig Lahiff and Face to Face, directed by Michael Rymer. Both films screened at the 2011 Melbourne International Film Festival. Vince's role in Face to Face earned him a nomination for Best Actor at Tulsa International Film Festival and the Jury Award for Best Actor at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
Vince has also worked extensively in television including the ABC's The Warriors, series 2 of The Ex-PM, Janet King, the telemovie Jack Irish: Dead Point, Nine Network's telemovie Schapelle and mini-series Fat Tony & Co., Spartacus: War of the Damned on the Starz Network, A Country Practice and the extremely popular The Secret Life of Us. His guest roles include; Offspring, Mr & Mrs Murder, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, City Homicide, Cops LAC, Blue Heelers, MDA, The Falls, Good Guys - Bad Guys, Halifax f.p, Stingers, Kath & Kim, Chris Lilley's debut ABC series We Can Be Heroes, Bryan Brown's Two Twisted, Carla Cametti PD, and in the second series of ABC's The Librarians. His unforgettable performance as Alphonse Gangitano in Underbelly earned him nominations for an AFI Award and a Logie award and he went on to star in Nine's telemovies Scorched, Wicked Love alongside Rebecca Gibney and Panic at Rock Island.
Vince has also enjoyed a vibrant and successful theatre career, starring in productions of The Wogboys which toured nationally in sold-out venues and was later adapted to a feature film in which he co-starred. He has also performed in productions of The Club, Othello and Piaf for Melbourne Theatre Company and Rose Tattoo and Twelfth Night for the State Theatre Company of South Australia.- Writer
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Frank Woodley is known for The Adventures of Lano & Woodley (1997), Woodley (2012) and Lano & Woodley: Goodbye (2006).- Actor
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Colin Lane is known for The Adventures of Lano & Woodley (1997), Lano & Woodley: Goodbye (2006) and Lano & Woodley: The Island (2005).