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Sam Simmons
Sam Simmons at Crap Comedy Festival, Oslo
Born (1977-03-19) 19 March 1977 (age 46)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Years active2003–present
Spouse
Roslyn Durnford
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(m. 2013)​
Children1

Sam Simmons (born 19 March 1977) is an Australian comedian and radio and TV presenter.[1]

Career

Sam Simmons's Spaghetti for Breakfast in Oslo

Simmons has appeared on Conan, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Room 101, and Adam DeVine's House Party. Network appearances include NBC, BBC, Channel 4, ABC, and all other Australian networks.[citation needed]

Previously, he was a regular host on Triple J as well as jtv interviewing bands, he developed his style of non-sequitur and surrealist non-humour. This led to his first television show, The Urban Monkey with Murray Foote, in 2009.[citation needed]

In 2012, Simmons followed up with a sketch-style TV series Problems, with a tone more similar to that of his surrealist stand-up shows. He performed at TEDxSydney in 2014[2] and filmed a US pilot in Albuquerque with David Quirk described by Simmons as "a reality show about animals".[3] Simmons regularly appears on the comedy quiz show Dirty Laundry Live.[citation needed]

In 2015, he won the Edinburgh Fringe Comedy award having been nominated three times previously, and the 2015 Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[citation needed] In 2017, he provided the voice of Mr Wallaby in Peppa Pig.[citation needed]

In 2019, Simmons performed a new show "26 Things You're Doing Wrong with Sam Simmons" about unconventional life hacks.[4] in 2020 he appeared in the Australian comedy series LOL: Last one Laughing.[5]

Filmography

Television/Film
Year Title Role Notes
2022 The Strange Chores Bad Tony (voice) 14 episodes
2021 Bluey (2018 TV series) Bob (voice) 1 episode
2021 Stand up for Mental Health Self TV Specials
2021 Wakefield (TV series) Pete Seamen 8 episodes
2020 Drunk History Australia Tanky 1 episode
2018-20 Hughesy, We Have a Problem Self 5 episodes
2018-19 Squinters[6] Lukas 12 episodes
2019 Mr Black Barry Donato 1 epiosde
2017 Get Krack!n Creepy Dude 3 episodes
2017 Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience Mr Wallaby
2016 Peppa Pig Mr Wallaby (voice) 1 episode
2015-16 Drunk History (British TV series) Various 2 episodes
2015 Sky Comedy Christmas Shorts Joke Writer 1 episode
2015 No Activity[7] Glen 2 episodes
2015 Rotters Ears TV Movie
2015 Sam Simmons:Wallstud Sam 3 episodes
2015 Alt Tab Time of Death Man
2014 It's A Date Ray 1 episode
2014 Ad Nauseam Hamish
2012 Problems Sam / Uncle Warrick 4 episodes
2009 The Urban Monkey Murray Foote 11 episodes

Awards and nominations

Awards

Nominations

References

  1. ^ "Conan O'Brien was so impressed by Sam Simmons' stand-up that he's invited him to perform on his talk show for a second time", news.com.au, 27 October 2013
  2. ^ ""Being silly: Sam Simmons at TEDxSydney"". YouTube. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Sam Simmons Begins Filming US TV Pilot". 28 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Token Profile page". Excellence Through Guesswork. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. ^ Steve Bennett: LOL: Last One Laughing, in: Chortle.co.uk, 19 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Sam Simmons off-script | TV Tonight". 9 July 2019.
  7. ^ "No Activity announces comedy guest stars | TV Tonight". 13 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Comedy". Comedy.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
  9. ^ "The Groggy Squirrel". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009. (The Groggy Squirrel Critics' Award is open to Australian acts only.)
  10. ^ a b c d "Awards". comedyfestival.com.au. Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Retrieved 19 July 2015. The Directors' Choice is awarded by the Comedy Festival Director, in consultation with other visiting Festival Directors, to a fabulous show that somehow missed out on any other prize.
  11. ^ "Sydney Comedy". www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au.

External links

Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer
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