Tom Annan Furniss (born 1988) is a New Zealand comedian.

Life and career

Tom grew up in

Mount Maunganui Mount Maunganui (, ) is a major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of the Tauranga metropolitan area, located on a peninsula to the north-east of Tauranga's city centre. It was an independent town from Tauranga until the completio ...

. He studied Screen and Media Studies at

The University of Waikato , mottoeng = For The People , established = 1964; years ago , endowment = (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $263.6 million (31 December 2020) , chancellor = Sir Anand Satyanand, GNZM, QSO, KStJ , vice_chancellor = Neil Quigley , cit ...

. In early 2010 he was selected as a finalist in Raw Comedy Quest. In the 2011 New Zealand International Comedy Festival Tom performed alongside John Carr in their debut show ‘Cold Duck and Tamogotchis’. In 2011 his team Grand Cheval Productions won the 48HOURS Filmmaking Competition with their

mockumentary A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on c ...

about chumping; guys who jump over children. Tom is currently preparing for the Christchurch Classic body building competition which is an annual event for up and coming athletes.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Furniss, Tom 1988 births Living people People from Mount Maunganui New Zealand male comedians New Zealand screenwriters Male screenwriters University of Waikato alumni