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Jun 3, 2021 · Viewers of Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell on Wednesday were left shocked by a full-frontal nudity gag live on air. He appeared in the background as Shaun and Francis were talking about...
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ABC show Mad As Hell, hosted by Shaun Micallef, stuns viewers with full-frontal nudity during a segment on censorship.
Sep 23, 2023 · He married his wife Rebecca Gleeson in the same year. When Full Frontal ended, Bana appeared in the Aussie classic The Castle before turning to more serious acting roles.
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Jun 2, 2021 · Mad As Hell viewers stunned by full-frontal nudity. A blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment in Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell had viewers stunned – and some asking if it was even allowed on TV.
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Micallef was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and is of Maltese and Irish descent. His father worked for a company that sold parts for Volvos and his mother was employed at the Adelaide Bank. As a child, Micallef lived in Clovelly Park and attended St Bernadette's School in St Marys then St Joseph's Catholic School in Mitchell Park (now Sacred He...
Micallef was influenced by the Goons, Peter Sellers, Marx Brothers, S. J. Perelman, James Thurber, Spike Milligan, Barry Humphries, Frank Muir, Monty Python and Woody Allen.
Early theatre
In 1972, having three younger sisters taking ballet classes, ten-year-old Micallef was often asked to help out when a dance routine required a boy. The following year he auditioned for the Bunyip Children's Theatre and over the next four years participated in plays that they performed in the Scott Theatre during school holidays. In 1976 he doubled for Humphrey B. Bearfor personal appearances.
Legal career
Micallef was a practising solicitor for ten years in the field of insurance law before making the decision to move to Melbourne and pursue a full-time career in comedy in 1993. He relates the story that, while working as a solicitor, he talked so much about making a career change and becoming a comedian that his wife Leandra gave him an ultimatum: she marked a date on a calendar and told him to quit his job and become a comedian by that date or never talk about it again.
Television and film
Following early TV appearances on Theatre Sports (1987) and The Big Gig (1989), in early 1993 Micallef was offered a job writing for the Jimeoin show which was soon followed by an offer to also write for the sketch comedy show Full Frontal where six months later he took on the role as co-producer with Gary McCaffrie. In 1994, Micallef became a full-time cast member of Full Frontal, where he became well known for characters such as Milo Kerrigan, Nobby Doldrums and a send-up of Italian male mo...
Born to teetotaling parents, Micallef began drinking alcohol at age 18, and became a teetotaller in 1986, although he did consume alcoholic beverages for a scientific test featured on Shaun Micallef's On The Sauce. He lives in Williamstown, Victoria, with his wife Leandra, who he married in 1989, and their three sons.
Films
1. Bad Eggs(2003) – Premier Cray 2. The Honourable Wally Norman(2003) – Ken Oats 3. The 13th House(2003) – Sir 4. The Extra(2005) – Paul Ridley 5. Aquamarine(2006) – Storm Banks 6. The King(2007) – Colin Bednall 7. The Cup (2011) – Lee Freedman 8. Arrowhead(2014) – RE3F (voice)
Television
1. The Big Gig(1989) (writer) 2. Jimeoin(1994) – various (also writer) 3. Full Frontal(1994–1997) – various (also writer and producer) 4. The Glynn Nicholas Show(1996) (writer) 5. Shaun Micallef's World Around Him(1996) – various (also writer and producer) 6. The Micallef Program(1998–2001) – various (also writer and producer) 7. SeaChange(2000) – Warwick Munro 8. Welcher & Welcher(2003) – Quentin Welcher (also writer and producer) 9. Micallef Tonight(2003) – himself (also writer) 10. BlackJa...
Theatre
1. Boeing Boeing(2008) – Bernard 2. Good Evening – Sketches from Dudley Moore and Peter Cook(2010) 3. The Odd Couple(2016)
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.
AACTA Awards
1. 2010: AACTA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Screencraft (Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation) 2. 2013: AACTA Award for Best Comedy Series (Mad as Hell s.2) 3. 2013: AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy (Mad as Hell s.2) 4. 2015: AACTA Award for Best Comedy Series (Mad as Hell s.3/4) 5. 2016: Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program (Mad as Hell s.5) 6. 2020: AACTA Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Program (Mad as Hell s.12)
GQ Men of the Year
1. 2012: GQMen of the Year Awards (Comedian of the Year)
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He only took the plunge into comedy at his wife’s urging: after listening, night after night, as he insisted he could write better jokes for ’90s comedy sketch show Full Frontal, Leandra ...
