Lawrence Mooney

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Lawrence Mooney
Born (1965-04-22) 22 April 1965 (age 58)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actor
  • writer
  • television and radio presenter
Years active1992−present
Spouse
Lou Mooney
​
(m. 2009)​
[ citation needed ]
Children2
Website Lawrence Mooney

Lawrence Mooney (born 22 April 1965[ citation needed ]) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, and former television and radio presenter.

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Radio career

Mooney has held various jobs including a customs officer, cleaner, salesman, furniture polisher and collecting golf balls at a driving range, before becoming a stand-up comic.[ citation needed ] He hosted the drive time show on Melbourne Talk Radio. He has also been a fill-in host and guest on MTR's Steve Vizard Show and ABC Radio Melbourne [1] and 3AW.[ citation needed ] In 2016, he regularly appeared on the Triple M impersonating Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with weekly spots on the Sydney and Melbourne breakfast shows, and as a guest co-host on Merrick & Australia. He was part of the morning drive show on Triple M Brisbane from December 2017 to December 2018.[ citation needed ]

On 15 January 2019, Lawrence replaced The Grill Team for Sydney Breakfast on Triple M with Moonman in the Morning, alongside Gus Worland, Chris Page and Jess Eva. In October 2019, Mooney won an Australian Commercial Radio Award (ACRA) for Best Entertainment Presenter [2] in a metro market. In November 2021, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Mooney had resigned from Triple M. Prior to Mooney's resignation, he had an unexplained absence from Moonman in the Morning. [3]

Stage

Mooney is best known for his stand-up comedy career in such shows as Lawrence of Suburbia at the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He was the winner of the Melbourne Fringe Best Comedy Award in 2011 and also made it to the semi-final in America on NBC’s Last Comic Standing in 2007.[ citation needed ]

Television

Mooney featured regularly on such television series as Spicks and Specks , Can of Worms , The Einstein Factor , Denise , The Celebrity Chase, Studio 10 , The Project , Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy, We Have a Problem . He has also had acting roles in The Cup , Winners and Losers and Conspiracy 365 . [4]

In 2012, he appeared in the sketch comedy series Problems and conversational series The Agony of Life . [5] In 2013, Mooney became the presenter of Dirty Laundry Live , a comedy panel game show on the ABC.

In September 2016, Mooney co-hosted In Rio Today, part of the Seven Network's coverage of the 2016 Summer Paralympics, with Mel McLaughlin and Annabelle Williams.

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2018 Moonman Best Comedy Release Nominated [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lawrence Mooney" (PDF).
  2. ↑ radioinfo. "How to win an ACRA for Comedy". Radioinfo.com.au.
  3. ↑ Mediaweek (14 November 2021). "SCA reveals no more Lawrence Mooney in the Morning on Triple M network". Mediaweek. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Lawrence Mooney". Profile Talent Management.
  5. ↑ "About". ABC TV: The Agony of Life. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  6. ↑ "ARIA Awards Best Comedy Release". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 17 April 2022.
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