Justin Kennedy (born 17 May 1972) is an actor, writer, voice-over artist and comedian from

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, Australia. He started his performing career in 2002, after making his first stand-up appearance in the national Raw Comedy competition.

Career

In 2003, Kennedy teamed up with fellow comedians Gavin Baskerville and Dwight Bandy to write and perform the show ''Successful Losing: How to be a Spectacular Failure'' in both the WA Fringe Festival (winning 'Best Comedy') and the

Melbourne International Comedy Festival The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is the largest stand-alone comedy festival and the second-largest international comedy festival in the world. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks, typicall ...

. In 2004, Kennedy performed his first solo stand-up show in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, ''Simple Pleasures'', which he followed over the next four years with ''I'm With Stupid'', ''Beelzebuzz'' (nominated for a Golden Gibbo Award), ''Ladies...?'' and ''Passionista''. In 2009, Kennedy teamed up with Sarah Collins to write and perform, ''Donna and Damo: An Asexual Love Story'' for the Melbourne Fringe before performing it at the Arts Centre in the 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival. He proposed to Collins onstage during the curtain call of a performance in April 2010.Kennedy's proposal to Collins
theage.com.au; Retrieved 5 July 2017. In 2008, Kennedy wrote and performed as a cast member of Foxtel's '' The Mansion'' with Michael Chamberlin and

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. He appeared three times on Foxtel's ''

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''. He was a regular writer for '' Rove'' from 2007 until its final episode, appearing in numerous sketches during this time. Kennedy has appeared as an actor in numerous television shows including ''The Time of Our Lives'', '' The Secret'', '' It's a Date'' and ''

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'', as well as voiced characters for the animated series' ''Sumo Mouse, Flea-Bitten'' and '' SheZow''. Kennedy was formerly Head Writer at '' The Project'' and now writes for ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Select filmography

* '' Rove'' * '' The Mansion'' * ''

'' * '' The Secret'' * '' Neighbours'' * '' Stingers'' * '' Reverse Runner''

References

External links

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Official website
1972 births Living people Australian stand-up comedians {{Australia-comedian-stub