Bruno Lucia (born 27 January 1960) is an

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stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...

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and

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. With his bald, clean-shaven head, and Italian descent, Lucia became popular in the early 1990s with his role as entertainment agent Wayne Lovett on television sitcom '' All Together Now'' (with

Jon English Jonathan James English (26 March 1949 – 9 March 2016) was an English-born Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He emigrated from England to Australia with his parents in 1961. He was an early vocalist and rhythm guitarist for S ...

and

Rebecca Gibney Rebecca Catherine Gibney (born 14 December 1964) is a New Zealand actress known for her roles on Australian television in ''The Flying Doctors'', ''Halifax f.p.'', ''Packed to the Rafters'', ''Winter (TV series), Winter'' and ''Wanted (2016 Aus ...

), memorable in part due to his character's

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"Chickybabe!" Hailing from

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, he is currently based in

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in the

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touring and performing comedy and musical comedy internationally.

Collection of works

Discography

*1997: ''Life After Chicki Babe'' *2012: ''Live - Australia's Most Wanted Comedy Rock N' Roller''

Filmography

Television

*''The Dunera Boys'' (1985) *''Ring of Scorpio'' (1990) *''

A Country Practice ''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,058 episodes were p ...

'' (as Mystery Patient, S10E04) (1990) *'' All Together Now'' (as Wayne Lovett) (1991–1993) *''

Under Melbourne Tonight ''Under Melbourne Tonight'' was a weekly live variety hour television program produced by RMITV that broadcast on C31 Melbourne. Reaching a weekly viewership of 55,000 people each week, the show was reviewed in ''The Age''s Green Guide by Jim Sch ...

(7 December 1995) *'' Stingers'' (as Mick Dooley, S05E05) (2002) *''Legacy of the Silver Shadow'' (as Mr. Vesuvius, S01E10) (2003)

References

External links

Official website
1960 births Living people Australian male comedians Australian people of Italian descent Male actors from Adelaide {{Australia-comedian-stub