Life and career
Harding grew up in Sydney, Australia, with two younger brothers named Peter and James [1] and attended St Andrew's Cathedral School. In 1993 he began a funk band Compos Mentis with his brother Peter, family friend Mike McCarthy and bass player Sam O'Donnell. He does a bit of boxing and surfing. [2] In 1998 whilst studying social work at university, he auditioned for the children's musical group debut in Hi-5 from April 12, 1999. [3] Harding was accepted and remained a core member of the group until he left it in November 2007 after suffering a broken back and toes in a motorcycle accident at Eastern Creek Raceway earlier that year and was replaced by Stevie Nicholson. [4] Whilst Harding was in Hi-5, they won five ARIA Music Awards and three Logie Awards. [5]
Harding lives in Newcastle with his wife Tash and daughters Arielle and Beatrix [6] and works as a freelance entertainer and musician. [7] He also sings with the Sydney-based weddings and functions band Soultraders. [8] Harding also provided the voices for Zip the Bird in Cushion Kids and Jup Jup in Hi-5 .
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