Ross Daniels is an

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actor and comedian.

Career

Daniels has guest starred in various Australian TV dramas including '' City Homicide'', '' Stingers'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Janus''. He played alongside

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in the award-winning episode of the children's show ''

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'' titled ''The Tears of Innocence''. In feature films he played Dave in ''

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'' (2002) and Ferret in ''Guru Wayne'' (2002). In the 1990s he was a high-profile standup comic, frequently headlining at iconic Melbourne venue '' The Last Laugh'' and ''The Comedy Store, Sydney''. During this same period Daniels was a regular guest on television shows such as ''

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'' as well as resident comedian on ''

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with Ray Martin''. He co-created and co-hosted ''Home and Hosed'' with

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for

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in 1999. The series was a unique variety/sketch show filmed entirely at Daniels' home. He has performed in several

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shows including ''Control Freaks'', ''The Scared Weird Little Guys 30 Minute Variety Hour'', ''Cops on Heat 1&2'' and ''The

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Witch Project''. Although Daniels’ standup comedy appearances are rare, he is a notable comic improviser and was an original, core cast member of the musical stage show ''

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'' for over ten years. Recently he returned to solo performing, including the one person show ''The Transposed Man'', which was nominated for Best Comedy at

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2011.Adelaide Fringe
Adelaide Fringe Awards 2011 He also works as a freelance writer and TV producer.

References

External links

Ross Daniels Official website

Ross Daniels Official Facebook Place

TheTransposedMan's Channel
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