Career
Okine performed stand-up on Rove , at the Sydney Comedy Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He appeared on TV shows This is Littleton , Legally Brown , Would I Lie to You? and Hughesy, We Have a Problem and was a guest contributor on Dirty Laundry Live , Can of Worms and The Agony of Modern Manners . In 2012, he released a DVD titled Being Black n Chicken n Shit. [1] He also appeared as Laurie in H2O: Just Add Water [3] and Aquamarine as an unknown character.
In 2014, Okine replaced Tom Ballard as co-host on the breakfast show on Triple J after Ballard resigned to pursue stand-up comedy. [4] In 2016, Okine and Alex Dyson both left Triple J to pursue other interests.
He co-hosted How Not to Behave , which ran for four months on ABC in 2015. [5]
At the 2015 ARIA Awards, he won Best Comedy Release for Live at the Enmore Theatre. [6]
In 2017, Okine wrote and starred in The Other Guy on Stan.
In November 2022, it was revealed that Okine would star as Arthur Beare in a 2023 "reimagining" of classic sitcom Mother and Son which originally aired on ABC TV from 1984 to 1994. [7] Okine is also the creator, writer and executive producer of the new series. [7] The concept to adapt the sitcom as a single-camera production from what was originally a multi-camera setup filmed in front of a live studio audience was first proposed by Okine in 2013. [7] Creator of the original series Geoffrey Atherden will collaborate with Okine on the 2023 version. [7] On 15 August 2024, Mother and Son was renewed for a second season. [8] He appeared as Devon in the 2023 TV series The Clearing . [9]
Okine is one half of the children's music duo Diver City. [10]
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