Paul McCarthy (born 13 January 1967 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian comedy actor. He is best known for sketch comedy television series ''

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Career

He began performing professionally while attending Melbourne University, touring Australia with revue show ''Laminex on the Rocks'' which also starred Mick Molloy, Jason Stephens and Andrew Maj. McCarthy appeared on stand-up comedy stages in Melbourne during the late eighties and through the nineties and was a regular participant in the annual Melbourne International Comedy Festival before finding his way onto television. He also starred in ''

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'', a late 1990s television sketch comedy show, as well as in the hit

Mick Molloy Michael Molloy (born 11 July 1966) is an Australian comedian, writer, producer, actor and television and radio presenter who has been active in radio, television, stand-up and film. He currently hosts '' The Front Bar'' on the Seven Network. ...

comedy '' Crackerjack''. He has received two Green Room Awards for his contributions to live cabaret and his (co-devised) work ''Cliff Hanger in Catch A Falling Star'' was awarded Best Cabaret Show at Melbourne Fringe 2002. He is best known for starring in the highly successful sketch comedy television series '' Comedy Inc.'' (or ''Comedy Inc – The Late Shift'' as it was known as between 2005 and 2007). He was, along with '' Comedy Inc.'' co-star

Genevieve Morris Genevieve Morris (born 1967) is an Australian comedian and actress, best known for being among the regular cast on the popular comedy series ''Comedy Inc'' and appearing in a popular advertising campaign for ANZ. She has also had recurring role ...

a 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards nominee for Best Performance in a Television Comedy. The show itself has received seven AFI nominations in all, together with one

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nomination in 2006 for Outstanding Television Comedy Series, and one 2006

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Award for Best International Comedy Series. At the

Logie Awards of 2007 The 49th Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Sunday 6 May 2007 at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network. The ceremony was hosted by Adam Hills, Dave Hughes and Fifi Box, while Hamish Blake and Andy Lee were the ...

he performed the opening section as

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, a role he frequently portrayed in ''Comedy Inc''. In 2009, he starred in '' Double Take''. He notably played as

Kevin Rudd Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian former politician and diplomat who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and again from June 2013 to September 2013, holding office as the leader of the ...

and

, as well as

Bert Newton Albert Watson Newton (23 July 1938 – 30 October 2021) was an Australian media personality. He was a Logie Hall of Fame inductee, quadruple Gold Logie award-winning entertainer and radio, theatre and television personality and presenter. Newt ...

Jerry Springer Gerald Norman Springer (born February 13, 1944) is a British-American broadcaster, journalist, actor, producer, former lawyer, and politician. He hosted the tabloid talk show '' Jerry Springer'' between September 30, 1991 and July 26, 2018, an ...

and

Rove McManus John Henry Michael McManus (born 21 January 1974), better known by the stage name Rove McManus, is an Australian triple Gold Logie award-winning comedian, television and radio presenter, producer and media personality. He was the host of the e ...

. In 2011, he acted in the short-lived live comedy television program '' Live From Planet Earth'', before rebounding with a starring role as former Prime Minister

in the ABC1 narrative comedy series '' At Home with Julia''.

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* 1967 births Living people Australian male comedians Australian male television actors Australian impressionists (entertainers) Male actors from Melbourne {{Australia-tv-actor-stub