Andrew Daddo

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Andrew Daddo
Born
Andrew Dugald Daddo

(1967-02-18) 18 February 1967 (age 57)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Voice artist
  • TV and radio presenter
  • Author
Years active1987−present
SpouseJacquie Daddo
Children3
Website www.andrewdaddo.com

Andrew Dugald Daddo (born 18 February 1967) is an Australian actor, author and television and radio personality.

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Early life

Daddo was born in Melbourne on 18 February 1967. He began his education at Mt Eliza Primary School and in year seven moved to Peninsula Grammar. [1] After a short stint at the grammar school, the Daddo family moved away and continued his education at Millburn Junior High in New Jersey, USA. Returning to Australia, Daddo spent the last two and a half years of his schooling at Melbourne Grammar School. Daddo holds an Arts degree from Monash University. [2]

Career

Andrew Daddo was a co-host of The Factory with Alex Papps, broadcast on ABC TV on Saturday mornings, from 1987 to 1989. [2] He also hosted Countdown Revolution in 1989.

From 1989 to 1991, Daddo was a VJ on the American MTV network.

Daddo played characters in the children's series Round the Twist and Cluedo , both in 1992.

Daddo hosted the World's Greatest Commercials, which ran from 1995 to 1996, as well as Kidspeak, the Australian adaptation of Kids Say the Darndest Things . [2] Daddo was a presenter on Seven's The Great Outdoors in 1994 and from 2002 to 2008. [3] He was one of the travellers on the Globe Trekker series (also known as Lonely Planet) in 1994. [4]

During the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Daddo and co-presenter Johanna Griggs presented Olympic Sunrise. [2]

Daddo was the host of the television series The One which premiered on the Seven Network in July 2008. [5] During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Daddo hosted an Olympics-oriented morning talk show, Yum Cha. [6]

Andrew was appointed as presenter of ABC Radio Sydney's evening program in February 2008. [7] In May 2009, Daddo resigned from the ABC to co-host This Afternoon on the Nine Network [8] which was axed after two and a half weeks on air due to poor ratings. [9]

In 2009, Daddo was the narrator of the first series of The Apprentice Australia [10] and has been the narrator of RBT: Random Breath Testing since 2010. [11]

In 2015, Daddo was a contestant on the TV show: I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! . [12] [13]

In 2016 he hosted The New Golf Show.

Author

Daddo has written books including Flushed, Good Night Me, Youse Two, It's All Good, Muffin Top, Sprung Again, You're Dropped, Dacked, Grandma’s Guide To Happiness and Stuff Happens: Ned. [14] [15]

Personal life

Daddo currently resides in the Northern Beaches of Sydney where he is married to Jacquie and has three children. [13] Daddo also has three brothers Lochie, Cameron [16] and his identical twin brother, Jamie, who is an artist. [17] He also has an older sister, Belinda. [18]

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  13. 1 2 Brady, Fiona (6 February 2015). "Andrew Daddo's family urge viewers to leave him in the jungle on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here". The Daily Telegraph . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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