List of Australian comedians explained

This is a list of comedians who were born in Australia, or have spent part of their careers performing in Australia. Some of these are known by stage names; these alter egos are listed in brackets.

A B C

• Steve Abbott
• Anthony Ackroyd
• Craig Anderson
• Wil Anderson
• Pam Ann
• Anyone For Tennis?
• David Argue
• Aunty Donna
• Joe Avati
• Axis of Awesome
• Tom Ballard
• Eric Bana
• Carl Barron
• Tracy Bartram
• The Bedroom Philosopher
• Dick Bentley
• Rachel Berger
• Peter Berner
• Carrie Bickmore
• Big Al
• Jonathan Biggins
• Tahir Bilgiç
• Mark Bin Bakar
• Billy Birmingham
• Hamish Blake
• Dave Bloustien
• Grahame Bond (Aunty Jack)
• Shane Bourne
• Fifi Box
• Paul Brasch
• Scott Brennan
• Noeline Brown
• Brendon Burns
• Dave Callan
• David Callan
• Damian Callinan
• Michael Chamberlin
• Doug Chappel
• The Chaser
  • Charles Firth
  • Andrew Hansen
  • Dominic Knight
  • Chas Licciardello
  • Julian Morrow
  • Craig Reucassel
  • Chris Taylor
• Santo Cilauro
• John Clarke
• The Cloud Girls
• Club Veg
• Gerry Connolly
• Jan Cornall
• Mary Coustas
• Joel Creasey
• Raymond Crowe
• Andrew Curry
• Stephen Curry
• Lance Curtis

D E F

• Ross Daniels
• Darren & Brose
• Tommy Dassalo
• Christina Davis
• Bryan Dawe
• Andrew Denton
• Catherine Deveny
• Anh Do
• George Dodd
• Scott Dooley
• Doug Anthony All Stars
• Jon Doust
• Des Dowling
• Marg Downey
• John Doyle
• Denise Drysdale
• Jamie Dunn
• Matthew Dyktynski
• Gary Eck
• Craig Egan
• Joff Ellen
• Col Elliott
• Ben Elton
• Jon English
• Mary-Anne Fahey
• The Fantastic Leslie
• Randy Feltface
• Tim Ferguson
• Noel Ferrier
• Richard Fidler
• Marty Fields
• Maurie Fields
• Kitty Flanagan
• Greg Fleet
• Drew Forsythe
• Chris Franklin
• Heath Franklin
• Alice Fraser
• Ron Frazer
• Gen Fricker

G H I

• Hannah Gadsby
• Sandy Gandhi
• Jim Gerald
• Nick Giannopoulos
• Andrea Gibbs
• Russell Gilbert
• Amos Gill
• Max Gillies
• Tom Gleeson
• Tom Gleisner
• Elliot Goblet
• Reg Gorman
• Libbi Gorr
• The Gorskys
• Corinne Grant
• Ugly Dave Gray
• Leo Grills
• GUD
• Kym Gyngell
• Imaan Hadchiti
• Jane Hall
• Justin Hamilton
• Hamish & Andy
  • Hamish Blake
  • Andy Lee
• Happy Hammond
• Tommy Hanlon, Jr.
• Andrew Hansen
• Mary Hardy
• Wendy Harmer
• Tracy Harvey
• Guido Hatzis
• Peter Helliar
• Geraldine Hickey
• Tegan Higginbotham
• Adam Hills
• Paul Hogan
• Claire Hooper
• Dave Hughes
• Steve Hughes
• Barry Humphries
• Simon Hunt
• Nazeem Hussain
• Dan Ilic

J K L

• Sammy J
• Hugh Jackman
• Steven Jacobs
• Cameron James
• Clive James
• Jim Jefferies
• Jimeoin
• Matthew Johns
• Pommy Johnson
• Ed Kavalee
• Peter Kelamis
• Sarah Kendall
• Graham Kennedy
• Jane Kennedy
• Justin Kennedy
• Simon Kennedy
• Gretel Killeen
• King Billy Cokebottle
• Jean Kittson
• Cameron Knight
• Dominic Knight
• The Kransky Sisters
• Tania Lacy
• Dawn Lake
• Colin Lane
• Don Lane
• Lano and Woodley
• Meshel Laurie
• Dave Lawson
• Josh Lawson
• Andy Lee
• Lehmo
• Jack Levi (Elliot Goblet)
• Lawrence Leung
• Chas Licciardello
• Chris Lilley
• Mark Little
• Paul Livingston (Flacco)
• Los Trios Ringbarkus
• Bruno Lucia
• Judith Lucy
• Ciaran Lyons

M N O

• Trevor Marmalade
• Richard Marsland
• Tony Martin
• Paul McCarthy
• Lulu McClatchy
• Campbell McComas
• Julie McCrossin
• Paul McDermott
• Garry McDonald (Norman Gunston)
• Kate McLennan
• Rove McManus
• Garth Meade
• Merrick and Rosso
• Shaun Micallef
• Mikey Mileos
• Gabby Millgate
• Tim Minchin
• Tony Moclair
• Mick Molloy
• Peter Moon
• Anthony Morgan
• Julia Morris
• Julian Morrow
• Mr. Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam
• Andy Muirhead
• Maureen Murphy
• Paul Nakad
• Brian Nankervis (Raymond J. Bartholomeuz)
• Glynn Nicholas
• Joy Nichols
• Ross Noble
• Fiona O'Loughlin
• Dave O'Neil
• Ben Oxenbould
• Joel Ozborn

P Q R

• Celia Pacquola
• Simon Palomares
• Sam Pang
• Matt Parkinson
• Eddie Perfect
• Charlie Pickering
• Greig Pickhaver
• Sue-Ann Post
• Terri Psiakis
• Puppetry of the Penis
• Rod Quantock
• Geraldine Quinn
• David Quirk
• Jordan Raskopoulos
• Carol Raye
• Roy Rene ("Mo")
• Craig Reucassel
• Harry Rickards
• Gina Riley
• Glenn Robbins
• Victoria Roberts
• Mikey Robins
• Drew Rokos
• Alex Romano
• Gabriel Rossi
• Peter Rowsthorn
• Roy and HG
• Rodney Rude
• Jim Russell

S T U

• John Safran
• Akmal Saleh
• Terry Scanlon
• Scared Weird Little Guys
• Denise Scott
• Phillip Scott
• Nish Selvadurai
• Yahoo Serious
• Jordan Shanks
• Max Sharam
• Marty Sheargold
• Ryan Shelton
• Sam Simmons
• Sketchmen
• George Smilovici
• Reuben Solo^[1]
• Vince Sorrenti
• Adam Spencer
• Andrew Startin
• Steady Eddy
• Jason Stephens
• Gregor Stronach
• Richard Stubbs
• Nick Sun
• Magda Szubanski
• Jenny Talia
• Chris Taylor
• Austen Tayshus
• Josh Thomas
• Dave Thornton
• Kai Tier
• Matt Tilley
• Emma Tom
• Mark Trenwith
• Mark Trevorrow (Bob Downe)
• Tripod
• Jane Turner
• The Twelfth Man
• The Umbilical Brothers

V W X Y Z

• Michael Veitch
• Steve Vizard
• Stuart Wagstaff
• John Walker
• George Wallace
• George Wallace Jnr
• Felicity Ward
• Angela Webber
• Lindsay Webb
• Garry Who
• Kevin Bloody Wilson
• Rebel Wilson
• Andrew Wolfe
• Frank Woodley
• Working Dog
  • Santo Cilauro
  • Tom Gleisner
  • Jane Kennedy
  • Rob Sitch
• John Xintavelonis
• Julia Zemiro

See also

• List of Australian stand-up comedians
• List of comedians

Notes and References

1. News: Ryan . Fynn . Fringe Review: 'Reuben Solo: Please Clap' Earns Its Applause . 6 May 2024 . Isolated Nation . 18 February 2024.