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Born | Guy Malachi Jones Williams 19 September 1987 [1] Christchurch, New Zealand |
Education | Nelson College |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Employer | Warner Bros. Discovery (New Zealand) |
Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) [2] |
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Years active | 2008–present |
Guy Malachi Jones Williams (born 19 September 1987) [1] is a New Zealand comedian and television personality. Williams was a co-host on satirical news and entertainment television programme Jono and Ben , until the show's end in 2018. [3] [4] In 2019, he began hosting New Zealand Today, a show detailing the lives and events of New Zealand towns and the people who live in them. [5]
Williams was born in Christchurch to Gary and Roseanne Williams, and moved to Nelson when he was twelve months old. [6] His younger brother is comedian Paul Williams. He attended primary school at St Joseph's School, [7] and was educated at Nelson College from 2001 to 2005; in 2005 he travelled to Gallipoli with Prime Minister Helen Clark after winning a student essay competition. [8] He was a member of the school's 'A' basketball team from 2003 to 2005. [9]
He attended Victoria University of Wellington, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in political science in 2011. [10] [11] While at Victoria University he held the positions of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association Activities Officer in 2009, [12] and ran for president in 2010, but withdrew his application for the latter. [13]
Williams began performing stand-up comedy in Wellington in 2007. In 2009 he performed as Dai Henwood's opening act after winning Dai's Protégé Project. [14] He is a regular performer in the New Zealand Comedy Festival in Wellington and Auckland.
In 2010, he started co-hosting on The Jono Project, where he appeared on TVNZ's breakfast show in a prank in which he claimed to be a promoter of commercial whaling in New Zealand as a way to save whales. [15] When the show was merged with WANNA-BEn in 2012 to form Jono and Ben at Ten , Williams followed. He was promoted to co-host in 2013.
In 2012 Williams won the Billy T Award for his debut solo show On the verge of nothing. [16]
On 15 January 2014, it was announced in a press release that Williams would join The Edge in a new radio show, The Edge Afternoons with Guy, Sharyn & Clint with Sharyn Casey and Clint Roberts. In comedic fashion, he is quoted in the press release as saying: "It has been my dream to work on The Edge radio station ever since last week when they told me I would be working on The Edge radio station. I’m super excited to make my dream a reality." [17] In March 2014, Williams was selected by TV Guide magazine as New Zealand's Sexiest Male Television Personality, beating Shortland Street's Benjamin Mitchell, who had won the award for several years beforehand. [18] He also co-hosted The Xtra Factor , a follow-up programme of The X Factor with Casey and Roberts from March–May 2015.
In June 2015, he began narrating Come Dine with Me New Zealand .
In September 2015, Williams released a charity single entitled "The Pigeon Song", featuring Christchurch rapper Scribe. It peaked at the number two position in the New Zealand singles chart.
He left The Edge in December 2016 to focus on other work, including television projects. [19]
In 2017, he recorded and released his first half hour stand-up special In an election year live at Q Theatre, Auckland. [20]
In 2019, he began hosting the satirical news show New Zealand Today , [5] which began as a popular segment on Jono & Ben. [21] The fourth season of the show is currently in development.[ when? ]
In 2020, Williams competed on the first season of Taskmaster NZ , the New Zealand version of the British television show. His brother, Paul, serves as the Taskmaster's assistant throughout the show.
In 2023, Williams appeared on Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee .
Williams was in a relationship with Golriz Ghahraman; it ended in late 2020. [22] [23] [24]
The Edge is a youth-oriented New Zealand entertainment brand consisting of a national radio network and an entertainment website. It is owned and operated by MediaWorks New Zealand. It previously had a TV channel, The Edge TV.
The Billy T Award is a New Zealand comedy award recognising up-and-coming New Zealand comedians with outstanding potential. It has been presented annually since its inception in 1997 when Cal Wilson and Ewen Gilmour shared the award. The Billy T was shared between two comedians until 2001 when it became a solo award.
Ben Boyce is a New Zealand television and radio personality and comedian best known as the host of TV shows Pulp Sport, Wanna-Ben and Jono and Ben on TV3.
Jonathan Richard Pryor is a New Zealand radio and television personality best known as the cohost of Jono and Ben. Pryor worked for The Rock radio station for over 15 years, before moving to The Edge in 2017 to cohost The Edge Afternoons with Jono, Ben & Sharyn with Ben Boyce and Sharyn Casey. Pryor starred in Amped and The Jono Project on C4, before he began co-hosting Jono and Ben at Ten on Three alongside Boyce in 2012. In 2015, the show moved to prime time at 7:30pm, re-branded as Jono and Ben. The show was cancelled at the end of 2018. Pryor and Boyce now host the breakfast show on The Hits, and soon a TV show on TVNZ.
Jono and Ben, previously titled Jono and Ben at Ten, was a satirical news and entertainment show hosted by Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce in New Zealand. The show aired on Three on Thursday nights at 7:30pm, and was filmed the night before in their studios in Epsom. The show combined pre-filmed comedy sketches, pranks and parodies, linked together by segments filmed in front of a small studio audience. A third presenter, Guy Williams sat in a chair to the right of the stage and provided comic foil for the hosts. In 2015 the show moved from 10pm to 7:30pm and was extended to run for an hour; due to the timeslot change, the show was renamed Jono and Ben.
Rose Matafeo is a New Zealand comedian, actress and TV presenter. She was a writer and performer on the New Zealand late-night comedy sketch show Funny Girls. In 2018, she won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for her show Horndog.
Guy, Sharyn & Clint was a MediaWorks New Zealand brand, composed of personalities Guy Williams, Sharyn Casey and Clint Roberts. The trio hosted The Edge drive show The Edge Afternoons with Guy, Sharyn & Clint, Saturday show The Edge Fat 40 with Guy, Sharyn & Clint, and Four television programme The Xtra Factor, a follow-up programme of the second New Zealand series of The X Factor. The brand was discontinued at the end of 2016, when Guy Williams and Clint Roberts left The Edge. Their former drive slot was filled by The Edge Afternoons with Jono, Ben & Sharyn.
Sharyn Mary-Ellen Casey is a radio host on The Edge's drive show, The Edge Afternoons with Sharyn, Steph & Nickson, a host on the New Zealand version of Dancing with the Stars, and a celebrity panelist on The Masked Singer NZ. She was previously one of Guy, Sharyn & Clint.
Golriz Ghahraman is a former New Zealand politician, lawyer and writer. The former United Nations lawyer was a child asylum seeker, and became the first refugee elected to New Zealand's Parliament. Ghahraman was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the Green Party from 2017 to 2024, when she resigned amid multiple shoplifting allegations, which she was later convicted of.
Guy Montgomery is a comedian from New Zealand. He was the winner of the Billy T Award in 2014 and the Fred Award in 2023.
Hayley Jayne Sproull is a New Zealand comedian, actor, scriptwriter, television show host and radio show co-host. She is the host of The Great Kiwi Bake Off and the New Zealand edition of Have You Been Paying Attention?.
New Zealand Today is a satirical news and entertainment show hosted by Guy Williams in New Zealand airing on Three. It features Williams investigating odd and humorous stories across New Zealand. The show began airing on 23 Aug 2019.
The 2021 New Zealand Radio Awards are the awards for excellence in the New Zealand radio industry during 2020. It was the 44th New Zealand Radio Awards, recognising staff, volunteers and contractors in both commercial and non-commercial broadcasting.
Paul Anthony Williams is a New Zealand comedian and musician. Williams plays the role of Taskmaster's assistant on the New Zealand version of the international television series Taskmaster, and is one of the show's principal writers. He was nominated for the 2017 Billy T Award for up-and-coming New Zealand comedians for his stand-up comedy.
Christopher Parker is a New Zealand actor, comedian, writer, TV personality, and podcaster.
The 2022 New Zealand Radio Awards are the awards for excellence in the New Zealand radio industry during 2021. It was the 45th New Zealand Radio Awards, recognising staff, volunteers and contractors in both commercial and non-commercial broadcasting.
Thomas Sainsbury is a New Zealand actor, writer, comedian and filmmaker. Sainsbury began his acting and writing career in theatre. He became well known in New Zealand from 2017 for his short form comedy videos released on social media. As a comedy writer and performer he has contributed to Pork Pie, 7 Days, Jono and Ben, Shortland Street and Wellington Paranormal. With Madeline Sami he co-wrote Super City, which won the SWANZ Scriptwriters Best Comedy Script Award in 2011.
The 2023 New Zealand Radio Awards are the awards for excellence in the New Zealand radio industry during 2022. It was the 46th New Zealand Radio Awards, recognising staff, volunteers and contractors in both commercial and non-commercial broadcasting.
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