Ed Kavalee

Ed Kavalee
Born	30 June 1979 (1979-06-30) Australia
Occupation	Actor, writer, radio host

Edward Robert Kavalee (born 30 June 1979) is an Australian actor and radio host. He is currently co-host of a comedy program on the Nine Network, The Joy of Sets, with Tony Martin.

He was formerly part of the ensemble cast of Thank God You're Here, and host of TV Burp, both of which aired on the Seven Network. Kavalee was a co-host of Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever, a program coinciding with the 2010 FIFA World Cup on SBS TV, with Santo Cilauro and Sam Pang.

He got his break into the entertainment industry as Tony Martin's co-host on Get This, a radio show which aired on the Triple M Network in Australia in 2006–07, panelled by the late Richard Marsland. Following Get This he was co-presenter of Nova's The Wrong Way Home, alongside Akmal Saleh and Cal Wilson.

Career

Kavalee is an experienced Theatresports performer. He had been involved in running Theatresports workshops at the University of New South Wales (Studio 4, New South Wales University's comedy society), and for a number of years, he hosted Theatresports at the University of Sydney. Kavalee constantly joked that he did theatresports "just to get laid" although throughout his whole life he has had a passion for performing. Before being on air on radio with Triple M, Kavalee began working in a small video store at the age of fourteen for a period of eight and a half years, and was a panel operator and part of the promotions team with the Triple M Rock Patrol vehicles, The Black Thunders.

Kavalee is a graduate of Screenwise, where three months before he graduated he scored the pilot and a part on the ensemble cast of Working Dog Productions' improvised comedy show Thank God You're Here. He appeared in more than 20 episodes of the show in 2006 and remains a member of the ensemble cast in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th series.

In 2008, Kavalee joined The Wrong Way Home with Akmal Saleh and Cal Wilson on the Nova network. Before Kavalee joined he was a guest co-host while Wilson took time off for her wedding. In 2009, Kavalee joined Nova 100's Hughesy & Kate breakfast show as an anchor, replacing Tim Blackwell who hosted the Nova Nights show Launchpad with Hayley Pearson.

Kavalee hosted TV Burp on the Seven Network from mid 2009, which was similar to the UK's Harry Hill's TV Burp.

Kavalee co-hosted Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever with Santo Cilauro and Sam Pang on SBS TV. This was a light-hearted look at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, running for the duration of the championships.

In December 2010, the Nine Network announced that Kavalee would be reunited with his former co-host on Get This, Tony Martin, for an upcoming program entitled The Joy of Sets. This comedy television series, looking at the elements used to construct television shows, commenced screening on 20 September 2011 in the 9:00 pm Tuesday timeslot on Nine. The eighth and final episode aired on 8 November 2011. Although initial ratings were impressive, subsequent figures were disappointing and midway through the series, it was moved to a later timeslot of 10.30pm.

In December 2011, Kavalee resigned from Nova 100 to focus on TV and film work.

Kavalee has also been working on his first feature film, Scumbus.

Radio

• Get This (2006–2007)
• The Wrong Way Home with Akmal, Cal and Ed (2008)
• Hughesy & Kate – co-presenter and anchor (2009 – 2011)

Television

• Thank God You're Here (2006 – 2009)
• KFC Australia television commercials (2006)
• Newstopia (2007)
• Chandon Pictures (2007)
• Out of the Question (2008)
• Good News Week (2008)
• TV Burp (2009)
• Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever (2010)
• The Joy of Sets (2011)
• Santo, Sam & Ed’s Sports Fever (2012)

Film

• No Regrets (2003)
• Meat Pie (USA: Going Down Under) (2005)
• BoyTown (2006)
• BoyTown Confidential (2007)
• $quid (2007)
• Scumbus (2011)
• Any Questions for Ben? (2012)

Theatre

• Lucky (2006)

External links

• Ed Kavalee at the Internet Movie Database
• Ed Kavalee profile – Hughesy and Kate – Nova 100 Melbourne website