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Justin Kennedy

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Justin Kennedy is an Australian actor, writer, voice-over artist and comedian from Melbourne.

Career

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Justin Kennedy started his performing career in 2002, after making his first stand-up appearance in the national Raw Comedy competition.

In 2003, Kennedy teamed up with fellow comedians Gavin Baskerville and Dwight Bandy to write and perform the show Successful Losing: How to be a Spectacular Failure in both Fringe World in Perth, Western Australia, (winning 'Best Comedy'), and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF). In 2004, Kennedy performed his first solo stand-up show in MICF, Simple Pleasures, which he followed over the next four years with I'm With Stupid, Beelzebuzz (nominated for a Golden Gibbo Award), Ladies...?[1] and Passionista.

In 2009, Kennedy teamed up with Sarah Collins to write and perform, Donna and Damo: An Asexual Love Story for the Melbourne Fringe Festival before performing it at the Arts Centre in the 2010 MICF. He proposed to Collins onstage during the curtain call of a performance in April 2010.[2]

In 2008, Kennedy wrote and performed as a cast member of Foxtel's The Mansion with Michael Chamberlin and Charlie Pickering. He appeared three times on Foxtel's Stand Up Australia. He was a regular writer for Rove from 2007 until its final episode, appearing in numerous sketches during this time.[citation needed]

Kennedy has appeared as an actor in numerous television shows, including The Time of Our Lives, The Secret, It's a Date and Utopia, as well as voiced characters for the animated series' Sumo Mouse, Flea-Bitten and SheZow.

Kennedy was formerly head writer at The Project and now[when?] writes for Hard Quiz and The Weekly with Charlie Pickering.

Select filmography

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References

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  1. ^ 'Ladies...? review, theage.com.au, 17 April 2007.
  2. ^ Kennedy's proposal to Collins, theage.com.au; Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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