John Boxer

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John Boxer
Born
John Boxer

(1959-08-18) 18 August 1959 (age 64)
Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation(s)Actor (television and film)
voice artist
Years active1984 present

John "Johnny" Boxer is an Australian television and film actor and commercial voice-over best known for his role as Bobo Gigliotti in Pizza . [1]

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Early life

He grew up in Campsie, New South Wales and attended Belmore Boys High School, where he excelled in his studies as well as in athletics, cross-country, and water polo.

Career

Boxer worked as a brick layer at Bondi Pavilion before being spotted by casting agents at an Eastern Suburbs pub in the ‘80s. He has appeared in E Street , Pizza, Fat Pizza , Water Rats, Home and Away , and FINK! and has done voice-overs for various commercials, including for the Australian Cricket Team. He recently finished filming Smooth Criminal featuring fellow Australian actor Michael Bray. [2]

Works

Filmography

YearMovie
1984Over Exposed
1994Cody: The Tipoff
1997Dangerous Pizza (short)
2000 The Goddess of 1967
2003 Fat Pizza
2005Meat Pie
2005Fink!
2006The Ancient Rite of Corey McGillis (short)
2006Solo
2008 The Plex
2009A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
2009Dark Horse (short)
2010Hobby Farm [3]
2011Bedlam (short)
2012Short Beach
2012Mutiny (short)
2014 Fat Pizza vs. Housos [4]

2014 Son Of A Gun

Television

Stage

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