Matt Okine

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Matt Okine
Alex Dyson and Matt Okine at Tropfest Australia 2013.jpg
Okine (right) with co-host Alex Dyson at Tropfest Australia 2013
Birth nameMatthew Okine
Born (1985-04-12) 12 April 1985 (age 38)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Medium Stand-up, radio, television
NationalityAustralian

Matthew Okine (born 12 April 1985) is a stand-up comedian, author and radio presenter from Brisbane, Australia. [1] Okine is of Ghanaian and European descent, born to his father, Mack Okine, and his mother Roslyn, who died of breast cancer when he was 12. [2] Okine attended Brisbane State High School. He was a co-host on the Triple J breakfast show with Alex Dyson from 2014 to 2016.

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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]

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] He appeared as Devon in the 2023 TV series The Clearing . [8]

Okine is one half on the children's music duo Diver City. [9]

Discography

List of albums
TitleAlbum details
Play It Out (with Alex Dyson)
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: ABC
  • Formats: CD, download

Awards and nominations

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2015 Live at the Enmore Theatre Best Comedy Release Won [10]
2016 Play It Out (with Alex Dyson)Nominated

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References

  1. 1 2 Tan, Monica (19 August 2014). "Matt Okine on being the only half-Ghanaian Australian comedian in the room". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Dyson, Alex (7 May 2015). "Remembering our mums for Mother's Day". Triple J blog. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Georgina (8 August 2014). "Honesty is the best belly medicine". The Newcastle Herald . Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Styles, Aja (3 December 2013). "Matt Okine replaces Tom Ballard on Triple J breakfast". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Knox, David (4 June 2015). "Gretel Killeen, Matt Okine to host new ABC series, How Not to Behave". TV Tonight . Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Tame Impala and Courtney Barnett win big at 2015 ARIAs". Triple J. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Knox, David (27 November 2022). "Matt Okine worked for a decade to reboot Mother & Son". TV Tonight . Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Matt Okine". Kubler Auckland Management. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Leeson, Josh (19 August 2021), "KLP explains why pumping out Diver City children's records is anything but silly", Newcastle Herald
  10. ↑ "ARIA Awards Best Comedy Release". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 17 April 2022.
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