Dave Lawson (born 25 September 1978) is an Australian comedian, actor, and TV and radio personality. He is a regular performer on the

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circuit, and at one time participated in a talk back radio segment on the commercial radio station

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Early life

Lawson grew up in the Bayside area of

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and completed his secondary education at

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. He performed in the band Born Backwards.

Career

Lawson is known for his long involvement in hosting the

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shows '' Saturday Nick Television'', ''

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'', '' Nick Takes Over Your School'' and ''

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''. He also co-hosted with fellow ''Sarvo'' host James Kerley and

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for the 2006

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. On 16 February 2007, he announced his intention to leave Nickelodeon Australia, although several remarks by Kerley hinted that Lawson might return at a later stage. Lawson returned to television work in April 2008, co-hosting '' The Dave & Kerley Show'' with James Kerley on

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at 10am on Sunday mornings. He was also a host and participant in the

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's ''

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'', in which, because of his experience, he was hired primarily "to spin lines to the councils ttempting to stop the showwhen they turned up". He also appeared in the

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series of television commercials, depicting great moments in the history of

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with fellow comedian

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. Curry plays the straight man, while an over-enthusiastic Lawson annoys, and is usually hurt by, the players as they recreate the scenes. Lawson also appeared in the music videos for

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's "Green",

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's "Speed of Life", and

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's "Dust Me Selecta". Lawson is a great-grandson of the Australian poet and author

Henry Lawson Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial perio ...

, and is reputed to have fashioned his laconic persona from several of his great-grandfather's ideas as expressed in such works as "The Cant and Dirt of Labour Literature" (1894), "The Advanced Idealist" (1895), "Diogenes" (1900), and "The Casual Australian" (1922). Lawson has been awarded the coveted Comedy Custodians Award for Best New Talent for his comedy show entitled "Life as Henry Lawson's Grandson and other funny things about me". Lawson appeared on the 2013 ABC comedy series ''

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'', along with Poh Ling Yeow, and in the 2014 ABC comedy ''

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''.

Personal life

In 2021, Lawson married ''Succession'' actor Sarah Snook in a private wedding in

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. The pair have been together since 2020.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lawson, Dave 1978 births Australian stand-up comedians Living people Comedians from Melbourne Australian VJs (media personalities) People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College