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Adam Hills
Adam Hills is an Australian stand-up comedian and TV host born without a right foot; host of The Last Leg (Channel 4, since 2012) and Spicks and Specks, MBE 2022, PDRL rugby player.
Andy Lee (comedian)
Andy Lee (Andrew Thomas Lee, born 1981) is an Australian comedian, TV presenter, radio host and children's writer, one half of the duo Hamish & Andy with Hamish Blake, hosts The Hundred, and wrote the Do Not Open This Book series; distinct from the Irish OnlyFans creator of the same name.
Anisa Nandaula
Anisa Nandaula, Ugandan-born Australian stand-up comedian, poet, and author based in Brisbane; 2016 Queensland Poetry Slam champion, TikTok comedy star, Taskmaster Australia and Thank God You're Here contestant, touring You Can't Say That and No Small Talk.
Aunty Donna
Aunty Donna is a Melbourne absurdist sketch comedy trio (Broden Kelly, Mark Samual Bonanno, Zachary Ruane) formed in 2011, known for the Netflix series Big Ol' House of Fun, ABC's Coffee Café, the Grouse House platform, and the Drem world tour.
Brett Blake
Brett Blake (born 1987) is an Australian stand-up comedian from Perth, based in Melbourne, known for Bogan Genius, Little Turd, Taskmaster Australia season 5, and podcasts Work Hates and Flat Stick; distinct from the Annuity.com founder of the same name.
Celia Pacquola
Celia Pacquola, also known for Rosehaven and Utopia, is an Australian comedian, writer, and actor born 1983 in Yarra Glen, Victoria. Raw Comedy winner (2006), MICF Most Outstanding Show winner (2026, Gift Horse), AACTA, Helpmann, and Silver Logie winner.
Claudia O'Doherty
Claudia O'Doherty (born 1983, Sydney) is an Australian actress, writer, and comedian, daughter of Reg Mombassa. Known for Bertie in Netflix's Love, Mary in Our Flag Means Death, Jillian in Killing It, and her Edinburgh show The Telescope.
Dave Hughes
Dave 'Hughesy' Hughes (born 1970, Warrnambool) is an Australian stand-up comedian, radio host, and TV presenter; Perkins started in Perth in 1993, co-hosted The Project, Nova breakfast radio, and tours the 2026 show Cooked.
Emma Holland
Emma Holland (born 1994) is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, collage artist and photographer, known for visually elaborate shows like Don't Touch My Trinkets and The Dog Dies at the Start, and for Taskmaster Australia and panel TV appearances.
Frankie McNair
Frankie McNair (she/they) is an Australian comedian, actor and screenwriter based in Melbourne, winner of Best Newcomer at MICF 2022 for Relax Your Knees, creator of the Tabitha Booth character shows, and writer of Huge Ass Mindset, nominated for Most Outstanding Show at MICF 2026.
Glenn Robbins
Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian and actor born 1956 in Melbourne, known as Uncle Arthur on The Comedy Company, Russell Coight in All Aussie Adventures, and Kel Knight in Kath & Kim.
Hannah Gadsby
Hannah Gadsby, Tasmanian-born Australian comedian (Nanette, Douglas), whose 2018 Netflix special Nanette announced their retirement from comedy and critiqued self-deprecating humor; ANU art history graduate, Raw Comedy 2006 winner, Peabody recipient, memoirist of Ten Steps to Nanette.
Jack Ansett
Jack Ansett is a New Zealand comedian and writer based in Auckland, known for community-group prank comedy, television appearances, and the Sydney Comedy Festival’s 2025 Best Newcomer Award.
Jenny Tian
Jenny Tian is an Australian comedian and Taskmaster Australia season 2 cast member, born in Finland to Chinese parents and raised in Sydney. Her solo shows include Picture This, Chinese Australian, Supreme Mother, Jenny's Travels, and When Life Gives You Oranges.
Jim Jefferies
Jim Jefferies (born Geoff James Nugent, 1977, Sydney) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, and writer known for the viral Bare gun-control bit, Legit, The Jim Jefferies Show, and ten specials including Two Limb Policy.
John Clarke (satirist)
John Morrison Clarke (1948–2017), New Zealand-born satirist and comedian; creator of farmer Fred Dagg, half of Clarke and Dawe mock interviews, co-creator of The Games; moved to Australia in 1977.
Jordan Raskopoulos
Jordan Raskopoulos (born 1982) is an Australian comedian, musician and digital creator, lead singer of The Axis of Awesome ('4 Chords'), Ronnie Johns co-creator, transgender advocate, TikTok and Twitch creator.
Josh Thomas (comedian)
Josh Thomas is an Australian comedian and writer from Brisbane, creator and star of Please Like Me (2013–16) and Everything's Gonna Be Okay (2020), known for awkward self-deprecating stand-up, an ADHD diagnosis, and a 2020 autism diagnosis.
Julia Morris
Julia Morris is an Australian comedian, actor, and television presenter, a Full Frontal cast member, House Husbands lead, and host of I'm a Celebrity Australia from 2015, a five-time Gold Logie nominee now leading ABC's Class Clowns.
Kate McCartney
Kate McCartney is an Australian comedy writer, director, animator, and performer, co-creator with Kate McLennan of The Katering Show, Get Krack!n, Deadloch, and the podcast Slushy.
Kitty Flanagan
Kitty Flanagan is an Australian comedian, writer, and actress (Full Frontal, Utopia, Fisk, Have You Been Paying Attention?), star and co-creator of the ABC sitcom Fisk as Helen Tudor-Fisk, multiple AACTA and Silver Logie winner, and author of 488 Rules for Life.
Liz Kingsman
Liz Kingsman, Australian-born UK-based comedian and writer, creator and star of One Woman Show (also One-Woman Show), the Olivier-nominated Fleabag-genre parody featuring Wildfowl; formerly of sketch trio Massive Dad and the series Parlement.
Lou Wall
Lou Wall is an Australian comedian, composer, and content creator known for multimedia musical comedy. Their shows include Breaking the Fifth Wall (MICF 2025 Most Outstanding Show nominee), The Bisexual's Lament, and Where Are All the Tall Grandmas?
Nick Giannopoulos
Nick Giannopoulos (Νικ Γιαννόπουλος, born 1963) is a Greek Australian comedian and actor, creator of Wogs Out of Work, Acropolis Now, and the Wog Boy film franchise, who reclaimed the slur 'wog' as comedy.
Pax Assadi
Pax Assadi, New Zealand comedian, actor, and writer of Pakistani-Iranian refugee family background; Frickin Dangerous Bro trio member, creator-star of sitcom Raised by Refugees, Endangered Species Aotearoa co-host, and memoirist of Mortified.
Rose Matafeo
Rose Matafeo (born 1992) is a New Zealand comedian, actress, and writer of Samoan and Scottish-Croatian descent, winner of the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Horndog and creator-star of the sitcom Starstruck.
Sam Campbell (comedian)
Sam Campbell is an Australian absurdist comedian based partly in the UK, winner of the 2018 Barry Award and 2022 Edinburgh Comedy Award, Taskmaster series 16 champion, and creator of Channel 4's Make That Movie.
Sarah Kendall
Sarah Kendall (born 1976) is an Australian comedian and writer from Newcastle, NSW, based in London; Perrier 2004 and Edinburgh Comedy Award 2015 nominee, creator of Radio 4's Australian Trilogy and Sky/ABC's Frayed, and Taskmaster Series 11 champion.
Steph Tisdell
Steph Tisdell (Stephanie Tisdell) is a Yidinji Australian comedian, actor, writer, and author from Mount Isa, Brisbane-based; Deadly Funny 2014 winner, creator of Identity Steft and The Pyramid, star of Total Control and Class of '07, and author of the 2024 YA novel The Skin I'm In.
Takashi Wakasugi
Takashi Wakasugi (若杉昂志), nicknamed Waka, is a Japanese stand-up comedian performing in English in Australia and Japan; MICF Directors' Choice winner 2023 for Japanese Worry and Taskmaster Australia season 4 contestant.