Andrew John Hansen (born 18 September 1974) is an Australian comedian, musician and author, best known for being a member of satirical team

The Chaser The Chaser are an Australian satirical comedy group, best known for their television programmes and satirical news masthead. The group take their name from their satirical newspaper, a publication known to challenge conventions of taste. The ...

. As a member of The Chaser, Hansen's television work includes co-writing and starring in

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shows ''

CNNNN ''CNNNN'' (''Chaser NoN-stop News Network'') is a Logie Award winning Australian television program, satirising American news channels CNN and Fox News. It was produced and hosted by comedy team The Chaser. ''CNNNNs slogan was "We Report, You ...

'' (2002–2003), ''

The Chaser Decides ''The Chaser election specials'' are a number of Australian political satire based comedy programs produced by The Chaser. The shows, which have run under various titles, provide commentary on Australian federal election and has been produced s ...

'' (2004, 2007), ''

Chaser News Alert ''Chaser News Alert'' was an Australian satirical news program which ran in the form of ten 4-minute episodes produced by satire group The Chaser. It aired on ABC2 from 22 September 2005 to 24 November and was also available via the Australian ...

'' (2005), '' The Chaser's War On Everything'' (2006–07, 2009), ''

Yes We Canberra! ''The Chaser election specials'' are a number of Australian political satire based comedy programs produced by The Chaser. The shows, which have run under various titles, provide commentary on Australian federal election and has been produced s ...

'' (2010), ''

The Hamster Wheel ''The Hamster Wheel'' is an Australian television satirical comedy series broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television station ABC1. It is created and presented by the satirical group The Chaser. Production In July 20 ...

'' (2011–12), '' The Hamster Decides'' (2013) and '' The Chaser's Media Circus'' (2014–2015). He was a producer and regular panellist on '' The Unbelievable Truth'' (2012). He has also co-written and performed in The Chaser's stage shows, '' Cirque du Chaser'' (2005) and ''

The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour ''The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour'' was a touring stage show by Australian comedian team The Chaser. It was produced by Laughing Stock and was the second stage show the Chaser team have produced. Production The Chaser were originally ...

'' (2008). With Chaser colleague Chris Taylor, Hansen starred in a scripted radio comedy series on

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titled ''

The Blow Parade ''The Blow Parade'' is a scripted radio program made and voiced by Australian comedians Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen, and radio producer Craig Schuftan. The program is a 25-minute music mockumentary in five episodes. It premiered on the Au ...

'', which was released on CD and the iTunes Store.

Early life

Hansen was School Captain of

The Hills Grammar School The Hills Grammar School (commonly referred to as Hills Grammar) is an independent nonsectarian co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, located in Kenthurst, a suburb in the Hills district of Sydney, New South Wales ...

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, and is a graduate of the

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, with

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Australian literature Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, ...

and

Australian history The history of Australia is the story of the land and peoples of the continent of Australia. People first arrived on the Australian mainland by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 50,000 and 65,000 years ago, and penetrated to all parts ...

. In 1996, he appeared as a subject in

Simon Target Simon Target (; born 22 January 1962) is a British-Australian filmmaker. He is best known for a series of television documentaries he made for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation which include ''King's School'' (on The King's School, Sydney) ...

's documentary ''Uni'' about three students studying at the University of Sydney (Hansen later satirised Target in ''

'', where he played the network's British correspondent who was also called Simon Target). Soon-to-be fellow Chaser member Charles Firth was one of the other two students featured, with

Craig Reucassel Craig Bruce Reucassel is an Australian television and radio comedian. He is best known for being a member of satirical team The Chaser. He hosted the Australian version of ''Balls of Steel'', which premiered in April 2011. Since 2013, Reucassel ...

and

Chas Licciardello Charles John "Chas" Licciardello (born 10 May 1977) is an Australian comedian and member of satirical team The Chaser. He's currently the co-host, with John Barron, of ''Planet America'' on ABC (Australian TV channel), ABC TV. Licciardello has a ...

also making occasional background appearances. During the documentary it was revealed that Hansen suffered from clinical depression while attending the university.

The Chaser

CNNNN

Hansen starred in

's satirical American news show ''

'' as the leader of the "newsband". He was also characters Rudi J Blass, director of "Newstainment", and Simon Target, an English reporter. Hansen's performance in the first season of ''CNNNN'' earned him the Australian Comedy Award for Outstanding Television Newcomer.

The Chaser's War on Everything

Hansen has been a regular writer and performer on '' The Chaser's War on Everything'' since the pilot episode. He is particularly known for composing and performing songs on the program. He is also known for his character pieces, which include ''Scenes from the Life of the Crazy Warehouse Guy'', ''The Surprise Spruiker'', ''Clive the Slightly Too-Loud Commuter'', and ''Mr. Ten Questions''. In the second part of the first season and the whole of the second and third, Andrew sported a different hairstyle every week. He has said that he likes to look entertaining with his clothes and his hair. Hansen is a pianist and guitarist and in addition to his songwriting, Hansen composed the show's

theme music Theme music is a musical composition that is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at so ...

, which received the APRA-AGSC Screen Music Award for Best Television Theme (2006). In ''The Chaser's War on Everything'' DVD Volume 2's commentary, Hansen revealed that he is a fan of computer games and ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

''. This may have sparked the inspiration for one of his songs sung on ''The Chaser's War on Everything'' Season 1, about ''Doctor Who''. It is also stated on the commentary that about 3/4 of the ''Doctor Who'' props in the video clip were supplied by Andrew himself. On the Season 2 Volume 1 commentary, it was revealed jokingly that Hansen is a huge fan of U2, which is why he chose not to imitate lead singer

Bono Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and philanthropist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2. Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...

during a sketch. This allegation was possibly tongue-in-cheek, as Hansen did make fun of Bono by playing a Bono-like character in his radio show ''The Blow Parade''. For Season 1 of the program, he received the

Australian Film Institute Award The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the film and television industry ...

for Best Performance in Television Comedy (2006).

The Eulogy Song

The most controversial song that Hansen has performed was '' The Eulogy Song'', which was originally written for Chris Taylor's play '' Dead Caesar'', with music by Hansen and lyrics by Taylor. On 17 October 2007 episode of ''The War'', Hansen performed the song which satirised the lives of several deceased celebrities, including

Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock (26 February 1945 – 8 September 2006), known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain", or simply "Brocky", was an Australian motor racing driver. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, al ...

, Stan Zemanek,

Princess Diana Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her ac ...

Donald Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has bee ...

Steve Irwin Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 19624 September 2006), known as "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife educator, and environmentalist. Irwin grew up around crocodiles and ot ...

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...

Jeff Buckley Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by ...

and

Kerry Packer Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer (17 December 1937 – 26 December 2005) was an Australian media tycoon, and was considered one of Australia's most powerful media proprietors of the twentieth century. The Packer family company owned a controlling ...

, expressing the view that people with flaws during life are often disproportionately hailed as "top blokes" after death. The song became the target of significant media attention, with several radio and television personalities saying the song was in "bad taste", and both the then

Prime Minister of Australia The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister heads the executive branch of the Australian Government, federal government of Australia and is also accountable to Parliament of A ...

John Howard John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the s ...

and then

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expressing negative views. Hansen performed an updated version of ''The Eulogy Song'' in his 2020 tour. From 10 April 2021, performances of the song included a reference to the passing of

Prince Philip Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from E ...

, who had died the night prior.

Radio and audio

Hansen composed the music for and starred in ''

'', a scripted radio comedy series he made with Chris Taylor. It premiered on triple j on 28 April 2010. The series was released on CD and through the

iTunes Store The iTunes Store is a digital media store operated by Apple Inc. It opened on April 28, 2003, as a result of Steve Jobs' push to open a digital marketplace for music. As of April 2020, iTunes offered 60 million songs, 2.2 million apps, 25,00 ...

with bonus tracks. This album won the 2010 ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release. Hansen co-presented ''Radio Chaser'', a daily comedy show on

Triple M Triple M is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 40 radio stations broadcasting a mainstream rock music format and 5 digital radio stations. The network dates back to th ...

, throughout 2017–19. The show spawned an album of 100 sketches, released in 2020. He currently co-presents the comedy podcast ''The Chaser Report'', produced by

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. Hansen has occasionally hosted programs on

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, including the summer and Easter seasons of its ''Breakfast'' show in 2019–20.

Stage shows

Hansen co-wrote and appeared in the live show '' Cirque du Chaser'', which toured Australia in 2005. Hansen composed and performed the music for the

Sydney Theatre Company Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Australian theatre company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company performs in The Wharf Theatre at Dawes Point in The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Thea ...

's 2007

musical comedy Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...

'' Dead Caesar'', which was written by Chaser colleague Chris Taylor. He also played the roles of

Marc Antony Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autoc ...

and

Lucius Lucius ( el, Λούκιος ''Loukios''; ett, Luvcie) is a male given name derived from ''Lucius'' (abbreviated ''L.''), one of the small group of common Latin forenames (''praenomina'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius derives from L ...

. ''The Eulogy Song'' was originally written for and performed during this play. In 2008, Hansen toured Australia with The Chaser's second stage show, ''

''. In October 2009, Hansen hosted ''The Goodies: Before, During and After'', a live show by British comedy trio

The Goodies The Goodies were a trio of British comedians: Tim Brooke-Taylor (17 July 1940–12 April 2020), Graeme Garden (b. 18 February 1943) and Bill Oddie (b. 7 July 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their eponymous television comed ...

at Sydney's Riverside Theatre (Parramatta) and at the

World's Funniest Island World's Funniest Island was an Australian comedy event held on the third weekend in October on Cockatoo Island, in Sydney Harbour. The first World's Funniest Island event took place 17–18 October 2009. It consisted of approximately 200 shows a ...

comedy festival. The show involved Hansen interviewing

Tim Brooke-Taylor Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor Order of the British Empire, OBE (17 July 194012 April 2020) was an English actor and comedian best known as a member of The Goodies. He became active in performing in comedy sketches while at the University of Cam ...

and

Graeme Garden David Graeme Garden OBE (born 18 February 1943) is a Scottish comedian, actor, author, artist and television presenter, best known as a member of The Goodies and a regular panellist on ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''. Early life and education ...

, as well as performing a Goodies song with them. In 2011, Hansen joined various combinations of The Chaser team's members for a series of live shows in Sydney entitled ''The Chaser's Empty Vessel''. In 2014, Hansen and Chris Taylor toured Australia with a revue show of new songs and sketches entitled ''One Man Show''. In 2015, they toured ''In Conversation with Lionel Corn'', a parody of writers festival sessions. In 2017, Hansen co-starred in a production of the play ''Neville's Island'' by

Tim Firth Tim Firth (born 13 October 1964) is an English dramatist, screenwriter and songwriter. Life and career Firth was born in Frodsham, England. He spent much of his time at school writing songs and it was only a few weeks before going to Cambrid ...

at Sydney's

Ensemble Theatre The Ensemble Theatre is an Australian theatre company and theatre, situated in the Sydney suburb of Kirribilli, New South Wales. History It is Australia's longest continuously running professional theatre group, having given its first performa ...

, playing 'Roy'. In 2020, Hansen began touring ''Solo Show'', a set of sketches and songs about people going it alone, performed on guitar, piano and iPad. He presented the show in Adelaide and Brisbane before postponing the remaining dates due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...

. Hansen has appeared in multiple versions of the live quiz show, ''Good Game Live'' at the EB Games Expo.

Other productions

Hansen was the guitarist and one of the vocalists for independent Sydney band

The Fantastic Leslie The Fantastic Leslie was a four-piece band from Sydney, Australia and was the starting point for three of Australia's popular and successful comedians and musicians. Biography The group formed in 1999, with Cameron Bruce, Andrew Hansen, Tom Gl ...

. The Fantastic Leslie was composed of Cameron Bruce,

Tom Gleeson Thomas Francis Gleeson (born 2 June 1974) is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, television and radio presenter. Gleeson formerly co-hosted ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'' alongside Judith Lucy and currently hosts ''Hard Quiz'', both ...

, James Fletcher and Hansen. In July 1999 the band released their 6-track EP ''A Tiny Mark'' which was distributed through

MGM Distribution MGM Distribution (Metropolitan Groove Merchants) is the largest independent distributor of Australian music and music related merchandise and was established in April 1998 by Sebastian Chase. MGM Distribution was specifically set up as a dis ...

. He was also a member of independent alternative band Mending. Hansen co-wrote the short film ''Garbage Man'' with Charles Firth and British comedian

Henry Naylor Henry James Naylor (born 19 January 1966) is a British comedy writer, director and performer. He is also a playwright. Early life Naylor read history and history of art at Downing College, Cambridge. Career Naylor was head writer for ''Spitt ...

. It was a

Tropfest Tropfest is the world's largest short film film festival, festival. It has also become known as the world's first global film festival. Founded by actor/director John Polson, Tropfest began in 1993 as a screening for 200 people at the 'Tropic ...

finalist in 2005 and a prizewinner at Germany's Ohne Kohle festival. Hansen has also been known to feature on the

circuit, including a recorded performance of one of his more famous songs, 'I Wish I Was A Scottish Stand-Up Comedian', for the ''Laugh-A-Poolooza'' 2006 DVD release. Hansen has had writer/performer contributions to the

Nine Network The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...

's '' Comedy Inc.'' and the

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's ''

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''. He has performed occasional voice-overs for ABC programs including ''

First Tuesday Book Club ''The Book Club'' (formerly ''First Tuesday Book Club'') was an Australian television show that discussed books, ostensibly in the style of a domestic book club. Hosted by journalist Jennifer Byrne, it used a panel format with two regular mem ...

'' and ''Media Watch''. He composed the music for

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's ''

Sarvo ''Sarvo'' was an after-school show for kids on Nickelodeon (New Zealand), it was hosted by Maude Garrett and Kyle Linahan, until it was cancelled in 2008. It acted as a wrapper program (a show which features other shows within it) to the most p ...

'' and ''Napman'', and songs for the ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) a ...

'' character Ollie. Hansen appeared and presented at the 2007 MTV Australia Awards and the 2007 and 2011

ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

. In 2007, he made a guest appearance on Nine's ''

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''. In 2008, he appeared in a sketch on SBS's ''

Newstopia ''Newstopia'' (stylised as ''NEWStopiä'') was an Australian half-hour satirical comedy programme hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first series premiered at on SBS TV on 10 October 2007 and concluded on 3 December 2007. A second season began on ...

'', as well as an episode of the Australian gaming TV show '' Good Game'' on the ABC, challenging the hosts to a 'Roffle Cup'. He also made an appearance as a guest host on the program in 2010, filling in for host Steven O'Donnell, again in 2011 filling in for host Stephanie Bendixsen and 2012 filling in for O'Donnell. He also made an appearance as a special guest in ''Good Game'' 10th year birthday special in 2016. In 2009, he made guest appearances on

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's ''

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'' and ''

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''. He appeared again on ''Good News Week'' in 2010, this time with Chris Taylor, in the guise of characters from their radio show ''The Blow Parade''. The same year, he was a guest on ''

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'', where he drove deliberately slowly around the celebrity track for humorous effect. With Chris Taylor, he co-hosted the

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four times (2016-2019). In 2020 he was a guest on '' Whovians''. Hansen was the host of '' Strictly Speaking'', a speechmaking competition series, which aired on ABC1 in 2010. He was a producer and regular panellist on the comedy show '' The Unbelievable Truth'', a TV version of the

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

program of the same name. It aired on Australia's

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in 2012. He played the character 'Dex' in the 3D movie '' Sanctum'', produced by Andrew Wight and released in 2011. Hansen played 'Mr Mudwasp' and the Australian version of 'Alex the Stinkbug' in the Netflix animated series ''

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''. Hansen was a guest star in the Australian science fiction audio drama ''

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'', playing the role of Horatio Gray in the second season, following a brief cameo appearance in the first season. Originally available only as a digital download, the series was later broadcast on

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as part of their "7th Dimension" programme. Hansen has worked with

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twice, once on stage in 2016's Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Live and again in 2017 as a supporting role in the

audio drama Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine t ...

adaptation of

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Discography

Albums

Awards and notification

ARIA Music Awards

The

are a set of annual ceremonies presented by

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(ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the

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. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

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, , ''The Blow Parade'' (with Chris Taylor and Craig Shuftan) , ,

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CNNNN

The Chaser's War on Everything

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