Peter Moon (born 18 January 1953) is an
Australian comedian, best known for writing and performing in the sketch comedy ''
Fast Forward''.
Biography
Moon was born in
Yarram,
Victoria.
On ''Fast Forward'', his characters were often oafish
sidekicks to more dominant characters played by
Steve Vizard, including Barry the advertising executive and Abdul the
Persian carpet salesman. Moon appeared in one of the show's best-known parodies, of the ''
Kung Fu'' television series (also opposite Vizard), and as the "very unattractive" Soviet newsreader Victor with
Jane Turner as Svetta.
After ''Fast Forward'', Moon worked as a writer and occasional guest performer on its successor, ''
Full Frontal'', and various other comedy series, usually alongside other ''Fast Forward'' alumni. In 1995 Moon joined the
2Day FM ''Morning Crew'' breakfast radio show, co-hosting alongside
Wendy Harmer. For 8 years this was consistently the highest rating FM Breakfast show in Sydney, until animosity between the two hosts, together with Moon increasingly delivering his content for the show from a studio in Melbourne, led to him being axed in 2002.
The new duo of
Greg Fleet
Gregory Fleet is an Australian comedian and actor.
History
Early life
Fleet was born in Michigan, in the United States. His father moved the family to Australia when Greg was four. He grew up in Geelong, and as a teenager boarded at Geelong Gra ...
and Harmer rated poorly and ''Morning Crew'' was taken off air at the end of the following year.
Moon also played
Samuel Marsden in the historical sit-com ''
Bligh'', and appeared in Bill Bennett's Film ''
The Nugget''. Since then Moon has been developing film and television projects and making occasional appearances in shows such as ''
20 to 1'' and ''
Let Loose Live
''Let Loose Live'', premiering on Sunday 29 May 2005, was an hour-long Australian live sketch comedy television programme loosely based on ''Saturday Night Live''. At least two-thirds of each episode's content was broadcast live, requiring a lar ...
''. He recently wrote, produced and appeared in
The Comedy Channel's sitcom ''
Whatever Happened To That Guy?'', which is loosely based on his post-fame life. He is also the treasurer of the
Australian Writers Guild.
He has three children.
In 2010, Moon joined the cast of ''
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...
'' on a recurring basis as theatre producer
Terry Kearney.
Select credits
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Snow: The Movie'' (1982)
References
External links
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Living people
Australian male comedians
Australian comedy writers
Australian male television actors
1953 births
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