Andrew O'Keefe

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Andrew O'Keefe
Andrew O'Keefe at his 36th birthday party.
Born	1 October 1971 (1971-10-01) (age 38) Sydney, New South Wales
Occupation	Presenter on Deal or No Deal, The Rich List, Weekend Sunrise, Big Bite

Andrew Patrick O'Keefe (born 1 October 1971) formerly worked as a property lawyer. He is the son of former Supreme Court of New South Wales judge Barry O'Keefe and nephew of the late Australian rock and roll musician Johnny O'Keefe. He is most well-known for being the host of Australian version of Deal or No Deal. ^[1]

Contents 1 Personal life 2 In the media 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Personal life

The fourth of five children to parents Barry and Janja O'Keefe, O'Keefe was born and grew up in the Sydney suburb of Mosman. He attended St Ignatius' College, Riverview and was a member of the winning NSW team at the National Schools Debating Championships in 1989. He studied at the University of Sydney and Merrylands TAFE, where he was heavily interested in Theatresports and faculty revues throughout his undergraduate years, but did not participate. He is married with two boys, Barney and Rory. O'Keefe is a avid table top wargamer, being known to play the sci-fi table top game, Warhammer 40,000.

[edit] In the media

In November 2008 O'Keefe was filmed drunk in Chapel Street in Prahran, a Melbourne suburb. He is seen lying and kneeling on the ground while a man helps him to his feet and eventually asks what appears to be a random man for a shoulder to cry on.^[2]

In The Sunday Telegraph on the day after news of the video was leaked, letters to the editor were printed in which some members of the public told the media to back off and that O'Keefe was only human.^[3]

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O'Keefe is a avid table top wargamer, being known to play the sci-fi table top game Warhammer 40,000.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sunrise profile
• IMDB profile

v • d • e Sunrise presenters Current Weekday presenters Melissa Doyle (Co-host)  · David Koch (Co-host)  · Natalie Barr (News)  · Mark Beretta (Sport)  · Fifi Box (Weather) Current Sunday presenters Andrew O'Keefe (Co-host)  · Samantha Armytage (Co-host)  · Sharyn Ghidella (News)  · Simon Reeve (Sport)  · James Tobin (Weather) Previous presenters Darren MacDonald · Chris Bath · Peter Ford · Georgie Gardner · Chris Reason · Lisa Wilkinson · Grant Denyer · Kylie Gillies · Monique Wright · David Brown · Talitha Cummins

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