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Andrew Dugald Daddo (born 18 February 1967) is an Australian actor, author and television and radio personality.


Early life

Daddo was born in
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on 18 February 1967. He began his education at Mt Eliza Primary School and in year seven moved to
Peninsula Grammar , motto_translation = Hold fast that which is good , established = 1961 , type = Independent, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school , denomination = Anglican , slogan ...
. After a short stint at the grammar school, the Daddo family moved away and continued his education at Millburn Junior High in New Jersey, USA. Returning to Australia, Daddo spent the last two and a half years of his schooling at
Melbourne Grammar School (Pray and Work) , established = 1849 (on present site since 1858 - the celebrated date of foundation) , type = Independent, co-educational primary, single-sex boys secondary, day and boarding , denominatio ...
. Daddo holds an Arts degree from
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.


Career

Andrew Daddo was a co-host of
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with Alex Papps, broadcast on ABC TV on Saturday mornings, from 1987 to 1989. He also hosted Countdown Revolution in 1989. From 1989 to 1991, Daddo was a VJ on the American
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network. Daddo played characters in the children's series ''
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'' and ''
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'', both in 1992. Daddo hosted the ''World's Greatest Commercials'', which ran from 1995 to 1996, as well as ''Kidspeak'', the
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adaptation of ''
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''. Daddo was a presenter on Seven's '' The Great Outdoors'' in 1994 and from 2002 to 2008. He was one of the travellers on the '' Globe Trekker'' series (also known as Lonely Planet) in 1994. During the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Daddo and co-presenter
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presented Olympic Sunrise. Daddo was the host of the television series '' The One'' which premiered on the
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in July 2008. During the
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, Daddo hosted an Olympics-oriented morning talk show, ''Yum Cha''. Andrew was appointed as presenter of
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's evening program in February 2008. In May 2009, Daddo resigned from the ABC to co-host '' This Afternoon'' on the
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which was axed after two and a half weeks on air due to poor ratings. In 2009, Daddo was the narrator of the first series of '' The Apprentice Australia'' and has been the narrator of '' RBT: Random Breath Testing'' since 2010. In 2015, Daddo was a contestant on the TV show: I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.


Author

Daddo has written books including ''Flushed'', ''Good Night Me'', ''Youse Two'', ''It's All Good'', ''Muffin Top'', ''Sprung Again'', ''You're Dropped'', ''Dacked'' and ''Stuff Happens: Ned''.


Personal life

Daddo currently resides in the
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of Sydney where he is married to Jacquie and has three children. Daddo also has three brothers Lochie,
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and his identical twin brother, Jamie, who is an artist. He also has an older sister, Belinda.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daddo, Andrew 1967 births Living people Australian male television actors Australian television presenters Australian people of Cornish descent Australian people of Italian descent I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series) participants Male actors from Melbourne People educated at Melbourne Grammar School Monash University alumni Australian twins Twin male actors