| Bruno Lucia | |
| Birth Date: | 27 January 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Medium: | television, stage |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Active: | 1970s-present |
| Genre: | stand-up |
| Website: | http://www.brunolucia.com/ |
Bruno Lucia is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor and performer.
Hailing from Adelaide, Lucia was born on 27 January 1960 and is of Italian descent.
Bruno began his comedy career at the Sydney Comedy Store in 1986 with the character Dino Valentino. He has since performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, and Sydney Comedy Festival, as well as touring solo around Australia. He was notably part of the successful Great Australian Comedy Show with Eric Bana, Russell Gilbert, Vince Sorrenti, Elliot Goblet and Scared Weird Little Guys in the late 1990s.[1]
He moved to London in 1998 where he regularly performed the live stand-up circuit, and toured Ireland, Holland, Scotland, Hong Kong, and Bangkok. In Los Angeles he was a regular at a number of venues and also performed in New York and Las Vegas. He has also played in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Notable international appearances include Rascals Comedy Hour on HBO (USA), Catch a Rising Star (New York), the Comedy Store (Los Angeles), Live at Jongleurs (on UK Gold), and the Comedy Store (London). [2]
Lucia is currently based in Los Angeles, touring and performing comedy and musical comedy internationally.[3]
Lucia rose to popularity in the early 1990s with his role as sleazy entertainment agent Wayne Lovett on the Channel 9 television sitcom All Together Now (with Jon English and Rebecca Gibney), memorable in part due to his character's iconic catchphrase "Chickybabe!"[4]
Lucia has also featured in many dramatic roles, acting in television series such as Stingers, A Country Practice and Ring of Scorpio. Film appearances include Sweet Talker, The Time Guardian and Love's Brother.
Lucia is also a musician and songwriter, having performed professionally in Australia for a ten year period, supporting artists such as George Benson, Madness, The B-52s, Joan Armatrading, José Feliciano, Midnight Oil, Cold Chisel and Crowded House.[5]
| Year | Title | Role | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Lighthorsemen | Abdul | Feature film | |
| 1987 | The Time Guardian | Commando Dion Zees | Feature film | |
| 1991 | Sweet Talker | Mr John Thomas | Feature film | |
| 2004 | Love's Brother | Paolo | Feature film | |
| 2013 | The Claw 2 | Special Agent 199 | Short film | |
| The Big | Dino Valentino | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson's Law | Guest role | TV series | ||
| 1984 | Special Squad | Guest role | TV series | |
| The Fast Lane | Guest role | TV series | ||
| 1985 | The Dunera Boys | Abe Joelstein (uncredited) | TV miniseries | |
| 1989 | Rafferty's Rules | Franco Scali | TV series, season 5, episode 14: "Whistling in the Dark" | |
| 1990 | A Country Practice | Mystery Patient | TV series, season 10, episode 4: "Anna and the King: Part 2" | |
| 1991 | Ring of Scorpio | Bruno Torres | TV miniseries, 4 episodes | |
| 1991–93 | All Together Now | Wayne Lovett | TV series, 101 episodes | |
| 1992 | The Late Show | Rob after Plastic Surgery | TV series, season 1, episode 10 | |
| 1995 | Under Melbourne Tonight | TV series, episode airing 7 December 1995[6] | ||
| 2002 | Stingers | Mick Dooley | TV series, season 5, episode 5: "A Little Crush" | |
| 2003 | Legacy of the Silver Shadow | Mr. Vesuvius | TV series, season 1, episode 10: "Kings of the World" | |
| 1996 | Melbourne International Comedy Festival | Self / comedian | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1997 | Live at Jongleurs | Self / comedian | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2007 | The World Stands Up | Self / comedian | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2010 | Man Up, Stand-Up | Self / comedian | TV series, 2 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Dino Valentino and Sandra Lee in Club Italiano | Dino Valentino | Sydney Comedy Store (also director) | |
| Six O’Clock Rock | ||||
| The Ghost of Jerry Bundler | ||||
| In the Zone | ||||
| 2013 | Antony and Cleopatra | Various characters |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Bald and the Beautiful | Comedian | Circus-Gurus for Melbourne International Comedy Festival | |
| Great Australian Comedy Show | Comedian | |||
| 2004 | Show Us your Roots | Comedian | Crown Melbourne for Melbourne International Comedy Festival | |
| 2004 | Show Us your Roots II | Comedian | Canberra Theatre | |
| 2004 | Stars of Stand Up | Comedian | ||
| 2016 | Comedy in the Basement | Comedian | Arts Centre Gold Coast | |
| 2019 | In Conversation with the Sopranos | Comedian / Opening Act |
| Year | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Life After Chicki Babe[9] | |
| 2012 | Live - Australia's Most Wanted Comedy Rock N' Roller |