Tom Walker (comedian)

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Tom Walker
Personal information
Education École Philippe Gaulier
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • podcaster
  • Twitch streamer
Spouse
(m. 2023)
Website tomwalkerisgood.com
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2020–present
Genre Gaming
Followers13.3 thousand

Last updated: 27 February 2024

Tom Walker is an Australian comedian, podcaster, and Twitch streamer.

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Career

Walker trained in clowning at the École Philippe Gaulier in 2014. [1] [2] His improv awards include the 2007 Sydney School Theatresports Cup (Senior Division) [3] [4] and 2011 National Theatresports Championship. [5]

He won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Best Newcomer and Director's Choice awards in 2016 for his show Beep Boop [5] and appeared in Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia . [6] His show Bee Boo was nominated in the category of Best Show for the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award. [7] Walker was long-listed for the 2021 AACTA Awards. [8]

His 2019 show Very Very, directed by Zoë Coombs Marr, was picked up as an Amazon Prime special and released in May 2020. [9]

Walker and his partner Demi Lardner's 2019 show We Mustn't won the Sydney Comedy Festival's Directors Choice award in 2019. [10] They also co-host the podcast bigsofttitty.png. [11]

Walker was selected as part of the 2023 lineup of International New Faces of Comedy by Just for Laughs. [12]

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