# Brett Blake
**Brett Blake** (born 1987) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, and podcast host from Perth, Western Australia, known for a high-energy storytelling style, a self-proclaimed bogan (Australian slang for an uncouth, working-class person) persona, and a signature mullet.[1](https://taskmaster.fandom.com/wiki/Brett_Blake) • [2](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/brett-blake-stand-up-comedy-youth-crime/105229194) He is based in Melbourne and has performed widely across Australia as well as at the [Edinburgh Festival Fringe](https://www.edgepedia.org/edinburgh-festival-fringe).[2](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/brett-blake-stand-up-comedy-youth-crime/105229194)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987[1](https://taskmaster.fandom.com/wiki/Brett_Blake) |
| Origin | Grew up in Forrestfield, a working-class suburb of Kalamunda, Perth; started comedy in Perth before moving to Melbourne[2](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/brett-blake-stand-up-comedy-youth-crime/105229194) • [3](https://xpressmag.com.au/bogan-genius-brett-blake-comes-to-fringe/) |
| Breakout show | *Bogan Genius* (2019), about struggling in school with ADHD and dyslexia; released as a Paramount+ special in 2022[3](https://xpressmag.com.au/bogan-genius-brett-blake-comes-to-fringe/) • [4](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BRE-Biography-4.pdf) |
| 2025 show | *Little Turd*, about facing up to 10 years in jail as a teenager; nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Best Comedy at Adelaide Fringe, and winner of the Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award 2025[5](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BRE-Biography-as-of-May-2025.pdf) |
| Television | *The Tourist* (Stan, role of Danny, 2021), *The Twelve* (Binge, 2025), season 5 of *Taskmaster Australia* (Network 10), plus guest spots on *Question Everything*, *Spicks and Specks*, *7 Days*, and *Patriot Brains*[4](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BRE-Biography-4.pdf) • [6](https://10.com.au/taskmaster) |
| Podcasts | *Work Hates* with Bron Lewis, *Flat Stick* with Nick Capper, and regular guest on *The Little Dum Dum Club*[4](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BRE-Biography-4.pdf) |
## Early life
Blake grew up in Forrestfield, a working-class suburb in the inland Perth town of Kalamunda, which he has described as a "rough area" with "a lot of fights" but also boring enough that "you had to find ways to entertain yourself."[2](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/brett-blake-stand-up-comedy-youth-crime/105229194) He has spoken openly about living with ADHD and dyslexia; in a 2018 interview he said he was written off as "dumb and stupid" in primary school, but an [IQ test](https://www.edgepedia.org/iq-test) in high school found him three points short of the genius threshold, the underdog story behind *Bogan Genius*.[3](https://xpressmag.com.au/bogan-genius-brett-blake-comes-to-fringe/) He has cited [Billy Connolly](https://www.edgepedia.org/billy-connolly) and Judith Lucy as comic influences and describes himself as a storyteller whose jokes come from things that actually happened to him.[3](https://xpressmag.com.au/bogan-genius-brett-blake-comes-to-fringe/)
Before comedy he worked behind the scenes, including as a lighting technician on the soap opera *Neighbours*, and has said he physically built some of the venues he later performed in.[7](https://shows.acast.com/bin-night-with-tak-and-matty/episodes/brett-blake-lights-camera-carnage-the-rise-of-a-loose-unit-1) • [8](https://www.brettblake.com.au/bio)
## The Kalamunda riot and *Little Turd*
As a teenager Blake was charged with inciting a riot, disorderly conduct, and assaulting a public officer after a party in the more affluent suburb of Kalamunda, and faced a maximum prison sentence of 10 years.[9](https://www.saxton.com.au/speakers/brett-blake) His booking materials and the show's promotion say he was 16 at the time, while the ABC's report places the party weekend when he was 17.[5](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BRE-Biography-as-of-May-2025.pdf) • [2](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/brett-blake-stand-up-comedy-youth-crime/105229194) The case resolved in a way that, in his words, surprised him, his parents, his lawyers, and the judge, and he frames the story as an argument for second chances: "kids are kids, and kids deserve second chances."[9](https://www.saxton.com.au/speakers/brett-blake) • [2](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/brett-blake-stand-up-comedy-youth-crime/105229194)
That story became his 2025 festival show *Little Turd*, named for his adolescent behavior. For its Edinburgh Fringe run the title was changed to *Little Scallywag*, which Blake attributed to "delicate sensibilities" in the United Kingdom.[2](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/brett-blake-stand-up-comedy-youth-crime/105229194) The show earned a nomination for Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, a Best Comedy nomination at the Adelaide Fringe, and the Weekly Award at Adelaide Fringe 2025.[5](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BRE-Biography-as-of-May-2025.pdf)
## Stand-up career
Blake started comedy in Perth, with early gigs at the Laugh Resort, before moving to Melbourne after a couple of years.[3](https://xpressmag.com.au/bogan-genius-brett-blake-comes-to-fringe/) His solo shows have toured the Australian festival circuit and beyond: *Reckless* (2018, including the Edinburgh Fringe), *Bogan Genius* (2019, Perth Fringe through Melbourne Comedy Festival and Paramount+), *Go Hard or Go Home* (2020 to 2021, later released free on YouTube), *Smoko King* (2022 to 23), and *Little Turd* (2025).[4](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BRE-Biography-4.pdf) • [5](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BRE-Biography-as-of-May-2025.pdf) He has also performed split bills with fellow comedian Lewis Garnham, including *Wreak Havoc* at Adelaide Fringe in 2022.[5](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BRE-Biography-as-of-May-2025.pdf)
Reviewers describe a rapid-fire, story-driven style. A 2021 review of *Go Hard or Go Home* noted his "larrikin attitude and genuinely rapid wit" and a delivery so fast that "the viewer hardly has time to react to one joke before they are hit with another."[10](https://www.theatretravels.org/post/review-brett-blake-go-hard-or-go-home-at-the-cooper-s-inn) Chortle's 2019 review of *Bogan Genius* observed that he "thwarts expectations by serving up an entertaining first-hand story of being written off as a tearaway at school, only to prove his teachers wrong."[11](https://www.chortle.com/review/2019/04/10/42759/brett_blake%3A_bogan_genius) A *Fest* review gave the same show four stars, calling him "an undeniably funny and talented storyteller."[12](https://archive.festmag.com/adelaide/comedy/review-brett-blake-bogan-genius)
Beyond solo shows, he co-hosted the [Nitro Circus](https://www.edgepedia.org/nitro-circus) "Off The Rails" tour nationally in 2025, has appeared regularly on the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, and hosted MICF Comedy Up Late in 2023.[13](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BRE-Biography-NOV-2025.pdf) • [4](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BRE-Biography-4.pdf) He also runs Melbourne's Comedy at Coopers Inn room.[8](https://www.brettblake.com.au/bio)
## Television and podcasts
Blake's screen credits include a cast role as Danny in the Stan thriller *The Tourist* (2021), a role in Binge's *The Twelve* (2025), a cast seat on Network 10's *Common Sense* (2017), and guest appearances on ABC TV's *Question Everything* and *Spicks and Specks*, TVNZ's *7 Days*, and the SBS/TVNZ2 quiz *Patriot Brains*.[4](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BRE-Biography-4.pdf) In 2025 he joined the cast of *Taskmaster Australia* for its fifth season alongside [Rove McManus](https://www.edgepedia.org/rove-mcmanus), Celia Pacquola, Anisa Nandaula, and Joel Creasey, with Pacquola and Creasey as his teammates.[6](https://10.com.au/taskmaster) • [1](https://taskmaster.fandom.com/wiki/Brett_Blake) He has also appeared in advertising campaigns, including a Bonds campaign with [Dustin Martin](https://www.edgepedia.org/dustin-martin) and a 2024 PointsBet campaign.[4](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BRE-Biography-4.pdf) • [5](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BRE-Biography-as-of-May-2025.pdf)
His podcast work includes co-hosting *Work Hates* with Bron Lewis and *Flat Stick* with Nick Capper, plus regular appearances on *The Little Dum Dum Club* and Australian radio.[4](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BRE-Biography-4.pdf)
## Other people named Brett Blake
The name is shared by several unrelated public figures, including the founder and CEO of the annuity marketplace Annuity.com, a Florida-based dermatologist, and the business author Brett A. Blake, whose books include *Systems Scale: Eight Systems That Ignite Growth*.[14](https://www.annuity.com/about/brett-blake) • [15](https://care.healthline.com/find-care/provider/dr-brett-blake-1376772707) • [16](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19422793.Brett_A_Blake)
## References
1. [Brett Blake, Taskmaster Wiki](https://taskmaster.fandom.com/wiki/Brett_Blake)
2. [Brett Blake was charged with inciting a riot as a teen. But he got a second chance, ABC News (30 April 2025)](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/brett-blake-stand-up-comedy-youth-crime/105229194)
3. [Bogan Genius: Brett Blake comes to Fringe, X-Press Magazine (28 December 2018)](https://xpressmag.com.au/bogan-genius-brett-blake-comes-to-fringe/)
4. [Brett Blake comedian biography, Token Artists](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BRE-Biography-4.pdf)
5. [Brett Blake biography as of May 2025, Token Artists](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BRE-Biography-as-of-May-2025.pdf)
6. [Taskmaster, Network Ten](https://10.com.au/taskmaster)
7. [Comedian Brett Blake, Bin Night with Tak & Matty (Acast)](https://shows.acast.com/bin-night-with-tak-and-matty/episodes/brett-blake-lights-camera-carnage-the-rise-of-a-loose-unit-1)
8. [About Brett Blake, brettblake.com.au](https://www.brettblake.com.au/bio)
9. [Book Brett Blake, Saxton Speakers](https://www.saxton.com.au/speakers/brett-blake)
10. [Review: Brett Blake 'Go Hard or Go Home' at the Cooper's Inn, Theatre Travels (18 April 2021)](https://www.theatretravels.org/post/review-brett-blake-go-hard-or-go-home-at-the-cooper-s-inn)
11. [Brett Blake: Bogan Genius review, Chortle (10 April 2019)](https://www.chortle.com/review/2019/04/10/42759/brett_blake%3A_bogan_genius)
12. [Review: Brett Blake: Bogan Genius, Fest (5 March 2019)](https://archive.festmag.com/adelaide/comedy/review-brett-blake-bogan-genius)
13. [Brett Blake biography, Token Artists (November 2025)](https://token.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BRE-Biography-NOV-2025.pdf)
14. [Brett Blake, Annuity.com](https://www.annuity.com/about/brett-blake)
15. [Dr. Brett Blake, MD, Healthline FindCare](https://care.healthline.com/find-care/provider/dr-brett-blake-1376772707)
16. [Brett A. Blake, Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19422793.Brett_A_Blake)
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