The Gold Logie Award

The Gold Logie Award has been awarded annually to the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the TV Week Logie Awards since 1960. Even though it is determined by popular vote, it is considered by some the most prestigious award in the Australian television industry.

This article does not include:

• special Gold Logies or
• the "TV Week Awards' Star of the Year" award at the inaugural presentation in 1959. This was won by Graham Kennedy, who coined the name "Logie Award" the following year, and it is sometimes counted as a Gold Logie equivalent.
• Gold Logies awarded to inductees into the TV Week Logies' Hall of Fame (since 1984)

Although there have been 54 awards nights, a total of 60 Gold Logies have been won as two Gold Logies, for male and female, were awarded in 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977.

Of the 60 Gold Logies, the winner has come from:

• Nine Network on 30 occasions (50%). Nine's last winner was Hamish Blake won in 2012.
• Seven Network on 18 occasions (30%). Seven's last winner was Ray Meagher in 2010.
• Network Ten on 9 occasions (15%). Ten's last winner was Rove McManus in 2005.
• ABC TV on 3 occasions (5%). The ABC's last winner was Norman Gunston in 1976. (The award was made to the character played by Garry McDonald, who accepted it in character.)
• SBS and Channel 31 have never won a Logie (0%).

Multiple winners and nominees[link]

Multiple winners[link]

Multiple winners of the Gold Logie are:

• 5 Gold Logies:
  • Graham Kennedy (1960, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1978; he also won the "TV Week Awards' Star of the Year" award at the inaugural presentation in 1959, and this is sometimes counted as his first Gold Logie, which would give him 6 in total)
  • Ray Martin (1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)
• 4 Gold Logies:
  • Lisa McCune (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
  • Bert Newton (1979, 1981, 1982, 1984)
• 3 Gold Logies:
  • Daryl Somers (1983, 1986, 1989)
  • Rove McManus (2003, 2004, 2005)
• 2 Gold Logies:
  • Maggie Tabberer (1970, 1971)
  • Gerard Kennedy (1971, 1972)
  • Denise Drysdale (1975, 1976)
  • Georgie Parker (2001, 2002)
  • Kate Ritchie (2007, 2008).

Winners in consecutive years[link]

Winner in consecutive years were:

• 1970 and 1971: Maggie Tabberer
• 1971 and 1972: Gerard Kennedy
• 1975 and 1976: Denise Drysdale
• 1981 and 1982: Bert Newton (he also won in 1979 and 1984)
• 1993 to 1996: Ray Martin (4 consecutive awards; he also won in 1987)
• 1997 to 2000: Lisa McCune (4 consecutive awards)
• 2001 and 2002: Georgie Parker
• 2003 to 2005: Rove McManus (3 consecutive awards)
• 2007 and 2008: Kate Ritchie

Although Graham Kennedy won a total of 5 Gold Logies, none were in consecutive years, whereas 4 of Ray Martin's 5 awards were in consecutive years. By the time Kennedy had won his final Gold Logie (1978), nobody else had won any more than 2, and none of the people who came closest to his tally had won any awards at all.

Multiple nominees[link]

The following people had 6 or more nominations:

14 nominations:

• In addition to his 3 wins, Daryl Somers was nominated unsuccessfully in 11 other years.

11 nominations:

• John Wood was nominated for 11 consecutive years 1997-2007, but only won once, on his tenth attempt in 2006.

9 nominations:

• In addition to his 5 wins, Ray Martin was nominated unsuccessfully in 4 other years.
• In addition to his 3 wins, Rove McManus was nominated unsuccessfully in 6 other years

7 nominations:

• In addition to her 4 wins, Lisa McCune was nominated unsuccessfully in 3 other years
• In addition to her 2 wins, Georgie Parker was nominated unsuccessfully in 5 other years.

6 nominations:

• In addition to his 4 wins, Bert Newton was nominated unsuccessfully in 2 other years.

Year-by-year winners and nominees[link]

Below are listed the winners (complete) and nominees (incomplete) of the Gold Logie.

2010s[link]

54th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2012

Winner:

Hamish Blake, Hamish and Andy's Gap Year, Nine Network

Nominated:

Esther Anderson, Home and Away, Seven Network

Carrie Bickmore, The Project, Network Ten

Adam Hills, Spicks and Specks and Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight, ABC1

Asher Keddie, Offspring, Network Ten and Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, ABC1

Karl Stefanovic, Today, Nine Network

53rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2011

Winner:

Karl Stefanovic, Today, Nine Network

Nominated:

Rebecca Gibney, Packed to the Rafters, Seven Network

Adam Hills, Spicks and Specks, ABC1

Asher Keddie, Offspring, Network Ten

Jessica Marais, Packed to the Rafters, Seven Network

Chrissie Swan, The Circle, Network Ten

52nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2010

Winner:

Ray Meagher, Home and Away, Seven Network

Nominated:

Esther Anderson, Home and Away, Seven Network

Wil Anderson, The Gruen Transfer, ABC1

Rebecca Gibney, Packed to the Rafters, Seven Network

Adam Hills, Spicks and Specks, ABC1

Paul McDermott, Good News Week, Network Ten

Rove McManus, Rove, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Network Ten

Shaun Micallef, Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation, Network Ten

2000s[link]

51st Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2009

Winner:

Rebecca Gibney, Packed to the Rafters, Seven Network

Nominated:

Natalie Bassingthwaighte, So You Think You Can Dance Australia, Network Ten

Andrew Denton, Enough Rope, ABC1

Adam Hills, Spicks and Specks, ABC1

Simmone Jade Mackinnon, McLeod's Daughters, Nine Network

Rove McManus, Rove, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Network Ten

Kate Ritchie, Home and Away, Seven Network

Ian Smith, Neighbours, Network Ten

50th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2008

Winner:

Kate Ritchie, Home and Away, Seven Network

Nominated:

Natalie Blair, Neighbours, Network Ten

Andrew Denton, Enough Rope, ABC1

Adam Hills, Spicks and Specks, ABC1

John Howard, All Saints, Seven Network

Chris Lilley, Summer Heights High, ABC1

Lisa McCune, Sea Patrol, Nine Network

Rove McManus, Rove, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Network Ten

49th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2007

Winner:

Kate Ritchie, Home and Away, Seven Network

Nominated:

Natalie Blair, Neighbours, Network Ten

Rachael Carpani, McLeod's Daughters, Nine Network

John Howard, All Saints and The Real Seachange, Seven Network

Simmone Jade Mackinnon, McLeod's Daughters, Nine Network

Rove McManus, Rove Live, Network Ten

Bert Newton, Bert's Family Feud and 20 to 1, Nine Network

John Wood, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

48th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2006

Winner:

John Wood, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

Nominated:

Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Neighbours, Network Ten

Bridie Carter, McLeod's Daughters, Nine Network

Bec Cartwright, Home and Away, Seven Network

Rove McManus, Rove Live, Network Ten

Bert Newton, Good Morning Australia, Network Ten

Ada Nicodemou, Home and Away, Seven Network

Kate Ritchie, Home and Away, Seven Network

47th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2005

Winner:

Rove McManus, Rove (Live), Network Ten

Nominated:

Bridie Carter, McLeod's Daughters, Nine Network

Bec Cartwright, Home and Away, Seven Network

Georgie Parker, All Saints, Seven Network

John Wood, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

46th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2004

Winner:

Rove McManus, Rove (Live), Network Ten

Nominated:

Lisa Chappell, McLeod's Daughters, Nine Network

Delta Goodrem, Neighbours, Network Ten

Georgie Parker, All Saints, Seven Network

John Wood, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

45th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2003

Winner:

Rove McManus, Rove (Live), Network Ten

Nominated:

Lisa Chappell, McLeod's Daughters, Nine Network

Georgie Parker, All Saints, Seven Network

Libby Tanner, All Saints, Seven Network

John Wood, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

44th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2002

Winner:

Georgie Parker, All Saints, Seven Network

Nominated:

Rove McManus, Rove (Live), Network Ten

Ada Nicodemou, Home and Away, Seven Network

Libby Tanner, All Saints, Seven Network

John Wood, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

43rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2001

Winner:

Georgie Parker, All Saints, Seven Network

Nominated:

Lisa McCune, Blue Heelers and The Potato Factory, Seven Network

Ada Nicodemou, Home and Away, Seven Network

Sigrid Thornton, SeaChange, ABC TV

John Wood, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

42nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 2000

Winner:

Lisa McCune, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

Nominated:

Don Burke, Burke's Backyard, Nine Network

Georgie Parker, All Saints, Seven Network

Sigrid Thornton, SeaChange, ABC TV

John Wood, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

1990s[link]

41st Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1999

Winner:

Lisa McCune, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

Nominated:

Belinda Emmett, Home and Away, Seven Network

Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Midday with Kerri-Anne, Nine Network

Georgie Parker, All Saints, Seven Network

John Wood, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

40th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1998

Winner:

Lisa McCune, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

Nominated:

Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Midday With Kerri-Anne, Nine Network

Ray Martin, A Current Affair, Nine Network

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

John Wood, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

39th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1997

Winner:

Lisa McCune, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

Nominated:

Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Midday With Kerri-Anne, Nine Network

Ray Martin, A Current Affair, Nine Network

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

John Wood, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

38th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1996

Winner:

Ray Martin, A Current Affair, Nine Network

Nominated:

Dieter Brummer, Home and Away, Seven Network

Melissa George, Home and Away, Seven Network

Lisa McCune, Blue Heelers, Seven Network

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

37th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1995

Winner:

Ray Martin, A Current Affair, Nine Network

Nominated:

Melissa George, Home and Away, Seven Network

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

Gary Sweet, Police Rescue, ABC TV

36th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1994

Winner:

Ray Martin, Midday, Nine Network

Nominated:

Dieter Brummer, Home and Away, Seven Network

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

Gary Sweet, Police Rescue, ABC TV

35th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1993

Winner:

Ray Martin, Midday, Nine Network

Nominated:

Georgie Parker, A Country Practice, Seven Network

Bruce Samazan, Neighbours, Network Ten

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

34th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1992

Winner:

Jana Wendt, A Current Affair, Nine Network

Nominated:

Ray Martin, Midday, Nine Network

Georgie Parker, A Country Practice, Seven Network

Steve Vizard, Tonight Live with Steve Vizard and Fast Forward, Seven Network

33rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1991

Winner:

Steve Vizard, Tonight Live with Steve Vizard and Fast Forward, Seven Network

Nominated:

Ray Martin, Midday, Nine Network

Jana Wendt, A Current Affair, Nine Network

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

32nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1990

Winner:

Craig McLachlan, Neighbours, Network Ten

Nominated:

Ray Martin, Midday, Nine Network

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

Jana Wendt, A Current Affair, Nine Network

1980s[link]

31st Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1989

Winner:

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

Nominated:

Jason Donovan, Neighbours, Channel Ten

Craig McLachlan, Neighbours, Channel Ten

Kylie Minogue, Neighbours, Channel Ten

30th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1988

Winner:

Kylie Minogue, Neighbours, Network Ten

Nominated:

Jason Donovan, Neighbours, Network Ten

Peter O'Brien, Flying Doctors, Nine Network

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

29th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1987

Winner:

Ray Martin, Midday, Nine Network

Nominated:

Greg Evans, Perfect Match, Network Ten

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

28th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1986

Winner:

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday and Blankety Blanks, Nine Network

Nominated:

Greg Evans, Perfect Match and Star Search, Network Ten

Ray Martin, Midday, Nine Network

Anne Tenney, A Country Practice, Seven Network

27th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1985

Winner:

Rowena Wallace, Sons and Daughters, Seven Network

Nominated:

Greg Evans, Perfect Match, Network Ten

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

Mike Walsh, The Mike Walsh Show, Nine Network

26th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1984

Winner:

Bert Newton, The Don Lane Show and New Faces, Nine Network

Nominated:

Tony Barber, Sale of the Century, Nine Network

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network

Rowena Wallace, Sons and Daughters, Seven Network

Mike Walsh, The Mike Walsh Show, Nine Network

25th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1983

Winner:

Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday and Family Feud, Nine Network

Nominated:

Tony Barber, Sale of the Century, Nine Network

Don Lane, The Don Lane Show, Nine Network

Bert Newton, The Don Lane Show and New Faces, Nine Network

Rowena Wallace, Sons and Daughters, Seven Network

Mike Walsh, The Mike Walsh Show, Nine Network

24th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1982

Winner:

Bert Newton, The Don Lane Show and New Faces, Nine Network

Nominated:

Tony Barber, Sale of the Century, Nine Network

Don Lane, The Don Lane Show, Nine Network

Mike Walsh, The Mike Walsh Show, Nine Network

23rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1981

Winner:

Bert Newton, The Don Lane Show and New Faces, Nine Network

Nominated:

Val Lehman, Prisoner Cell Block H Ten Network

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22nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1980

Winner:

Mike Walsh, The Mike Walsh Show, Nine Network

Nominated:

Val Lehman, Prisoner Cell Block H Ten Network

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1970s[link]

21st Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1979

Winner:

Bert Newton, The Don Lane Show and New Faces, Nine Network

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20th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1978

Winner:

Graham Kennedy, Blankety Blanks, 0-10 Network

Nominated:

Lorraine Bayly, The Sullivans, Nine Network

Don Lane, The Don Lane Show, Nine Network

Bert Newton, The Don Lane Show and New Faces, Nine Network

Mike Walsh, The Mike Walsh Show, Nine Network

19th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1977

Winners:

Don Lane, The Don Lane Show, Nine Network

Jeanne Little, The Mike Walsh Show, 0-10 Network

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18th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1976

Winners:

Norman Gunston, The Norman Gunston Show, ABC TV

Denise Drysdale, The Ernie Sigley Show, Nine Network

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17th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1975

Winners:

Ernie Sigley, The Ernie Sigley Show, Nine Network

Denise Drysdale, The Ernie Sigley Show, Nine Network

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16th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1974

Winners:

Graham Kennedy, The Graham Kennedy Show, Nine Network

Pat McDonald, Number 96, 0-10 Network

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15th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1973

Winner:

Tony Barber, Great Temptation, Seven Network

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14th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1972

Winner:

Gerard Kennedy, Division 4, Nine Network

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13th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1971

Winners:

Gerard Kennedy, Division 4, Nine Network

Maggie Tabberer, Maggie, Seven Network

Nominated:

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12th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1970

Winners:

Barry Crocker, Barry Crocker's Sound Of Music, Nine Network

Maggie Tabberer, Maggie, Seven Network

Nominated:

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Note: Special Gold Logies were also awarded to the Apollo 11 crew in 1970.

1960s[link]

11th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1969

Winner:

Graham Kennedy, In Melbourne Tonight, Nine Network

Nominated:

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10th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1968

Winner:

Brian Henderson, Bandstand, Nine Network

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9th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1967

Winners:

Graham Kennedy, In Melbourne Tonight, Nine Network

Hazel Phillips, Girl Talk, 0-10 Network

Nominated:

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8th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1966

Winner:

Gordon Chater, The Mavis Bramston Show, Seven Network

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7th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1965

Winner:

Jimmy Hannan, Saturday Date, Nine Network

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6th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1964

Winner:

Bobby Limb, The Mobil Limb Show, Nine Network

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5th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1963

Winner:

Michael Charlton, Four Corners, ABC TV

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4th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1962

Winner:

Lorrae Desmond, The Lorrae Desmond Show, ABC TV

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3rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1961

Winner:

Bob Dyer, Pick a Box, ATN7

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2nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1960

Winner:

Graham Kennedy, In Melbourne Tonight, GTV9

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1950s[link]

1st Annual TV Week Logie Awards, 1959

The Logies as such did not commence until 1960, and thus no Gold Logie was given at the inaugural awards presentation in 1959. However Graham Kennedy won the "TV Week Awards' Star Of The Year" in 1959, and this is sometimes considered to be equivalent to a Gold Logie.

External links[link]

• Gold Logie winners — official list

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Asher Keddie
Asher Keddie in January 2012
Born	1974 (38) Melbourne

Asher Keddie (born 1974) is an Australian actress . She is known for her theatre work and leading roles in the television series Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, Offspring, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and Love My Way.

Entertainment career[link]

Television and film career[link]

Keddie had guest roles early in her career in various television dramas, including her first role Five Mile Creek (in 1985), Janus (1994) and Good Guys Bad Guys (1997). From 1997 to 1998, she came to the attention of senior network television producers, starring in State Coroner. Following this, she had a recurring role in Stingers from 2000 until 2004.

Her big break came in 2004, where she had a leading role in Love My Way, a drama series airing on Foxtel. The series ended in late 2007. This role led to Keddie being nominated for various awards for playing the part of Julia Jackson, a woman who struggles to cope with her own identity in the midst of family tragedy. Keddie's award win came at the end of Love My Way's third series in 2006.

In 2009, Keddie appeared in three different roles. She portrayed police officer Liz Cruickshank in the television drama Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and journalist Jacinta Burns, in the TV series Rush, as well as Dr. Carol Frost in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

In 2010, she depicted author Blanche d'Alpuget in Hawke, a telemovie about the premiership of Bob Hawke (the Prime Minister of Australia 1983-91). Also, she became the star of the drama series Offspring, which began airing in August 2010. In April 2011, she had the leading role of Ita Buttrose in ABC1's tele-movie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, the story of Buttrose’s rise to success as the editor of Cleo magazine.

Stage[link]

Making her theatre debut for the Melbourne Theatre Company in 1998 in Patrick Marber’s Closer, Asher went on to appear in Cyrano de Bergerac, Les Liaisons dangereuses, Birthrights, Great Expectations, The Seagull and Hannie Rayson’s Life After George. Her performances in the 2005 Melbourne Theatre Company production of Les Liaisons dangereuses, and the Playbox’s The Ishmael Club, both earned her highly respected Green Room Award nominations.^[1]

In 2007 Keddie starred alongside Jay Bowen in the Melbourne Theatre Company's play The Glass Soldier written by Hannie Rayson.^[2]

Personal[link]

Keddie attended high school at St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda.

She is married to actor and musician Jay Bowen.^[3]

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Asher Keddie at the Internet Movie Database

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Ray Meagher
Born	(1944-07-04) 4 July 1944 (age 67) Roma, Queensland, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1972–present
Spouse	Gilly Meagher (2010–present)

Ray Meagher (born 4 July 1944) surname pronouned "Marr", is a veteran Australian character actor. He has appeared regularly in Australian film and television since the mid 1970s, and is notable as the longest continuing performer in an Australian television role, as Alf Stewart on Home and Away, having played the role since the first episode in 1988. He is the only original actor still with the series as of 2012. Meagher won the Gold Logie Award for his role in Home and Away in 2010

Early life[link]

Meagher was born and raised on a sheep and cattle station in Queensland, before attending a boarding school on the Gold Coast from the age of nine. He became a keen sportsman at high school, Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane, representing the school at a number of sports including rugby union, a sport which he ultimately played at state level.^[1]

Career[link]

Film[link]

His early film roles included appearances Breaker Morant, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Newsfront, My Brilliant Career and The Shiralee ^[1] He also had a cameo in the 1979 war comedy The Odd Angry Shot.

Television[link]

He first appeared on television as host of the folk music programme Around Folk. His first regular acting work on television was in the soap opera Number 96, briefly appearing as the character Fred Shrimpton in 1977.^[2] Subsequent television acting roles included three different roles as various villains including Geoff Butler in Prisoner between 1979 and 1980, Kurt Renner in 1984 and Ernest Craven in 1986. He also had two different guest starring roles in A Country Practice. He also had substantial roles in several 1980s miniseries, including A Fortunate Life.^[1]

Meagher joined the cast of soap opera Home and Away in 1988 and as of 2012, he remains in the role of Alf Stewart. Meagher holds a Guinness World Record as the longest-serving actor in an Australian serial for his role of Alf.^[3]

In September 2009, Meagher was the third-highest paid personality on Australian television, behind Eddie McGuire and Rove McManus.^[4]

Meagher won the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the 2010 Logie Awards. He was also nominated for "Most Popular Actor".^[5]

Stage[link]

In 2007, Meagher took over the role of Bob the mechanic in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, taking over from Bill Hunter.^[6] From 30 September 2010, he took over the role of Bob in the West End production of Priscilla until March 2011.^[7] In June 2011, it was announced that Meagher would be returning to the West End production from October.^[8]

Meagher regularly travels to the United Kingdom to take part in the traditional Christmas pantomimes. In December 2008, he played Abanazar in a production of Aladdin at the Anvil Theatre in Basingstoke and in 2009 he performed as Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the Assembly Hall Theatre in Tunbridge Wells.^[9][10]

Facebook incident[link]

The misappropriation of the name, Alf Stewart, in an Australian Facebook page was condemned as an insult to sexual assault victims as well as a smear on Ray Meagher's name. It led to calls for the social networking site to be more closely monitored.^[11][12]

Filmography[link]

• Home and Away: Hearts Divided (2003) (V) .... Alf Stewart
• Home and Away: Secrets and the City (2002) (V) .... Alf Stewart
• Luigi's Ladies (1989) .... Lance
• Home and Away (1988) TV Series .... Alf Stewart (1988-)
• True Believers (1988) (mini) TV Series .... Tom Burke
• Spit MacPhee (1988) (mini) TV Series .... Frank Arbuckle
• Vietnam (1988) small role as army sergeant
• The Shiralee (1987) (mini) TV Series .... Polkadot
• The Place at the Coast (1987) .... Uncle Doug
• Dark Age (1987) .... Rex Garret
• The Great Bookie Robbery (1986) (mini) TV Series .... Bob Temple
• Short Changed (1986) .... Marshall
• Land of Hope (1986) TV Series
• The Blue Lightning (1986) (TV) .... Hale
• Five Times Dizzy (1986) TV Series
• Prisoner (1986) TV Series .... Ernest Craven
• Bootleg (1985) .... Lawker
• A Fortunate Life (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Bad Bob (part I: 'Starting Out' (1897–1905))
• Relatives (1985) .... Herb Taylor
• The Fire in the Stone (1984) .... Dosh
• Kingswood Country (1984) 2 episodes .... Character unknown
• Mail Order Bride (1984) (TV) .... Kevin
• Mother and Son (1984) .... Small appearance as house guest in episode titled 'The Card Game'
• Prisoner (1984) TV Series .... Kurt Renner
• On the Loose (1984) .... Russell Leech
• On the Run (1983) .... Joe Thompson
• Who Killed Baby Azaria? (1983) (TV) .... Mr. Lowe
• The Mystery at Castle House (1982) .... Stakovich
• Prisoner (1982) TV Series .... Geoff Butler
• Holiday Island (1981) TV Series
• Sporting Chance (1981) TV Series
• Hoodwink (1981) .... Shaw
• Breaker Morant (1980) .... Sgt. Maj. Drummond (witness for the prosecution)
• Mystery Island (Australian TV series) (1980) .... Policeman
• A Piece of Cake (1980) (TV) .... Duty Sarglant
• Prisoner (1979) TV Series .... Geoff Butler (1979–1980)/Kurt Renner (1984)/Ernest Craven (1986)
• My Brilliant Career (1979) .... Mailman
• The Odd Angry Shot (1979) .... Range corporal
• The Journalist (1979) .... Senior Investigator
• Top Mates (1979) TV Series
• Newsfront (1978) .... Len's Second Brother
• The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) .... Dud Edmonds
• Because He's My Friend (1978) (TV) .... Kevin
• Run From the Morning (1978) TV Series
• Number 96 (1972) TV Series .... Fred Shrimpton (1977)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ray Meagher at the Internet Movie Database
• Profile at Home and Away site
• Profile from UK TV channel Five

Hamish Donald Blake (born 11 December 1981) is a Gold Logie Award winning Australian comedian, actor, and author from Melbourne, Australia. Since 2003, he has worked with Andy Lee as part of the comedy duo Hamish and Andy. The pair have performed live and on television and radio, most notably with their drive-time radio program Hamish & Andy. As a solo performer, Blake has appeared on various Australian television programs, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's televised 2008 Great Debate, and has been a regular guest on Spicks and Specks, Rove and Thank God You're Here. In April 2012, Blake and co-star Andy Lee won a Logie Award for their television program Hamish and Andy's Gap Year. Individually, Blake also won the Gold Logie for "Most Popular Personality on Television".

Early and personal Life[link]

Blake grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley. He is a middle child; his older brother, Lachlan, is a solicitor and his sister, Sophie, has completed an arts degree. His parents, Noel and Kerry, separated when Blake was 17, with his father eventually remarrying. As a child, Blake says he was a fan of British comedy such as Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and Blackadder; as a teenager he "worshipped" comedians Tony Martin and Mick Molloy. Blake was a member of the National Boys Choir of Australia during the late 1980s. He attended school at Caulfield Grammar School and later at St Leonard's College, graduating in 1999.^[1]

After a gap year, Blake enrolled at the University of Melbourne in a Science/Commerce double degree. "I'm interested in artificial intelligence and computer science. That stuff still fascinates me," he says. However, a few weeks into the semester he met Andy Lee: "That was the turning point. The wheels quickly fell off my academic career." Blake eventually dropped out of university to pursue a career in comedy alongside Lee. Blake's first experience with comedy was when he entered a competition at university. He was broke at the time, and hoped to win the $500 first prize. His stand-up performance earned him third place and qualified him for a statewide universities' final, which he did win.^[1]

Blake has four tattoos on his upper left arm. One is of a small anchor to symbolise his and Lee's trip on a tall ship to Tasmania, which was modified by placing the letters 'FR' to the left of the anchor producing the phonetic sound 'Franchor' in honour of Frank Stallone's Birthday. During the Perth show of the Thank You Tour Blake revealed the letters TH situated above the anchor to produce the phonetic sound "Thanchor" in thanks to the listeners of the show for the past five years. Another of a frog smoking a joint on a skateboard, which was designed and tattooed by Pink,^[2] as well as the Olympic rings to symbolise the Bi-Bi-Tri-Bi-athlon. The last tattoo is THURS 8:30 (the time-slot of his show, Hamish and Andy's Gap Year) which utilises the TH previously tattooed.^[3] Blake is an avid supporter of the Melbourne Football Club.^[4] Blake was selected as one of the entrants to the Who's Who in Australia 2011 edition.^[5]

On 3 January 2012, Blake announced that he was engaged to his girlfriend of eighteen months, Zoe Foster.^[6]

Career[link]

Hamish and Andy[link]

Hamish Blake has collaborated with fellow comedian Andy Lee as the duo Hamish and Andy since 2003, when they performed their breakout show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, a stage production about a trip they had taken to North Queensland in Blake's old car. Soon after, they trained with RMIT's SYN Radio, gaining a drive-time shift, and created a show called Radio Karate for RMITV on community-access television station Channel 31, which they created in collaboration with Ryan Shelton and several other school friends. Radio Karate won an Antenna Award for best comedy program at the inaugural National Community Television Awards in February 2004, and one month later were offered a national comedy program on Australia's Seven Network.^[7]

The Hamish and Andy Show premiered on the Seven Network in March 2005, but failed to achieve ratings success and was cancelled after two weeks. Reviewers acknowledged the duo's talent, but criticised the show as "poorly executed".^[7] Blake says that while working on the show was a fun experience, they had little control over what happened and the way it went forward.^[8] Following the cancellation of The Hamish and Andy Show, they created a short mockumentary titled The Greystone 2800 about a couple who accidentally bought an open display home after failing to read the fine print on a housing purchase. The film won the Melbourne Comedy Festival Short Film competition and attracted the attention of comedian Rove McManus. This led to some small spots on McManus' Network Ten show Rove Live.^[7]

McManus's company, Roving Enterprises, also helped the duo develop Real Stories, a mock current affairs show that aired on Network Ten in 2006.^[7] Blake says that the experience of creating Real Stories was much more enjoyable than The Hamish and Andy Show because they had greater control over the series. Blake and Lee wrote, acted, directed, filmed and produced the show with input from Ryan Shelton and Tim Bartley.^[8]

In 2006, Blake and Lee debuted a national drive-time radio show titled Hamish & Andy on the Today Network. The show quickly gained popularity, finishing 2006 with almost one million Melbourne listeners, ahead of 3AW's popular radio host Derryn Hinch.^[7] As of August 2008, Blake and Lee's show was rating number one in four out of Australia's five major capital cities.^[9] As of the beginning of 2009, the show is broadcast in all capital cities as well as many regional centres across the country.

In September 2008, it was announced that they would make a guest appearance on Ten's Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?, which is hosted by Rove McManus.^[10] In the same year they also made a guest appearance on the Australian soap opera Neighbours.^[11]

On Wednesday 19 November at 7.30pm, 2008, Hamish and Andy aired their own one time episode, brought to you by Rove : Hamish & Andy Re-gifted, a very early Christmas Special. This was to re-present everything they had accomplished in 2008 on Rove.

Hamish and Andy have also appeared on Channel Ten's Good News Week and 7pm Project several times.

Solo work[link]

Blake has appeared on various Australian television series, including Spicks and Specks, Thank God You're Here,Twentysomething, Australia's Brainiest Comedian, The Librarians, The Panel, Rove, Talkin' 'bout your Generation and The Footy Show.^[1] He has also featured in the British version of Thank God You're Here.^[12] In 2008 he was a speaker for the negative team in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's annual televised Great Debate.^[13]

He has a monthly column in the Australian women's magazine Cosmopolitan. He was also the winner of the TV Fugly Award for Spunkiest Male TV Personality in 2008.^[14] Hamish Blake was voted the comedian of the year in 2007 by the Eather corporation. His compatriot Andy Lee was placed 14th for 2007.^{[citation needed]} Blake also came first in 'Television's most powerful celebrity' for 2009, Lee came 19th.

On 20 January 2010 it was announced Hamish will be writing a column for the Herald Sun.

Hamish, along with Zoe Foster, have written a book on dating called "Textbook Romance"^[15]

After retiring from his daily radio show, Hamish has taken on several side projects over the summer. In 2011, Blake will make an appearance in a new ABC comedy called Twentysomething, starring real life best friends Jess Harris and Josh Schmidt.^[16] He will also co-starring in his first feature film with Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Concords in Two Little Boys, shot in New Zealand ^[17] Hamish jokes: “I don’t feel comfortable about cheating on Andy but now it’s all out there. We’ve always had an open comedic relationship, but it was for one-night stands only, no exchange of phone numbers. I’ve heard them [Andy and Jemaine Clement, Bret’s comedic partner] whispering on the phone, plotting to do their own movie to release on the same day to sink ours.” ^[18]

EJ Whitten Legends match[link]

In 2008 and 2009, Blake and working partner Lee played in the EJ Whittens Legends Game. Lee played for Victoria and Blake played for the All Stars. Blake scored the winning goal for the All Stars in 2008, and two goals in 2009.

Mr. New York State 2011[link]

As part of a stunt for the TV series Hamish & Andy's Gap Year, Andy entered Hamish into the Mr. New York State competition in the Heavyweight division. Due to a technicality in which Blake was the only contestant over 200 pounds (the minimum requirement for a Heavyweight contender), he was awarded the title of Mr. New York State 2011 in the Heavyweight division.^[19]

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