Tahir Bilgiç (born 12 December 1968) is an Australian comedian, film and television actor, of

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descent. He is primarily an actor and comedian. He has written, directed and starred in some of the most successful live stage shows Australia has ever seen, including "Lord of The Kebabs", "From Lebanon With Love" and "Straight Outta Compo" to name a few. He has appeared in 5 different Australian sit-coms and 3 feature films. He co-created and starred in "StreetSmart" (ch10) as well as coming with the initial idea and then co-creating "Here Come The Habibs" (ch9).

Career

Tahir has a huge body of work and is enjoying a highly successful career as a comedian / writer / director and actor. He features as the Lebanese character Habib in the hit series ''

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'' and the motion pictures ''

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'' and ''

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''. Habib became of Australia's most popular and loved tv- sitcom characters. In 2011, he appeared in ''

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''. Bilgiç has appeared on ''

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'', ''

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'', Laughing Stock, Recovery,

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, Comedy Channel, the SBS documentary series - Aussie Jokers and the Australian improvisational comedy series, ''

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'' and as a celebrity judge on ''

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''.

Filmography

* Sydney Comedy Store (1995) * Voted Comedian ''of the Year'' (1996) * The NRL Footy Show (1997 - 2018) Most appearances by a Comedian * '' Pizza TV series'' (2000–2007) * ''

'' (2003) * ''Lord of the Kebabs: The Fellowship of the Hommous'' (2003) * ''Show us your Roots'' (2004) * ''Hollywood Kebabs'' (2004) * Thank God You're Here" (2006-7) * ''

'' (2011) * ''

Housos '' Housos '' is a Logie Award-winning Australian comedy television series created by Paul Fenech for SBS, that screened on SBS One. The series is a satirical parody of low income Australian residents of fictional suburb Sunnyvale, New South Wal ...

'' (2011) * ''

'' (2014) * ''

'' (2014) * The Good The Bad The Ethnic (2015) * Comicus Erectus (2016) * 2 and a Half Lebs (2017) * ''

Here Come the Habibs ''Here Come the Habibs'' is an Australian television comedy series produced by Jungle Entertainment. A sitcom featuring a Lebanese Australian family who win the lottery and move to the posh eastern suburbs of Sydney, the show premiered on th ...

'' (2016) * Straight Outta Compo (2019) * '' Street Smart'' (2018) * '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' (2018) * Crazy Rich Ethnics (2021 - 22)

References

External links

"Tahir Online" Tahir Bilgiç Official Website
Living people Turkish male film actors Turkish emigrants to Australia Australian stand-up comedians Male actors from Sydney Australian male comedians I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series) participants 1970 births {{australia-actor-stub