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Dave Thornton's Biography
Comedian Dave Thornton has built a reputation for his quick wit
and funny routines. Honest and down to earth, Dave is also co-host with Fifi
Box on the popular hit morning breakfast show with Fox FM. A sought after MC
and comedian, Dave will surely impress.
With his accessible humour and free flowing style, Dave’s success
as a comic has quickly broadened into a range of performance credits on TV,
radio and stage.
You would have seen Dave popping up on your television screen on a
regular basis, appearing in shows such as Network Ten’s Talkin’ ‘bout Your
Generation a regular guest on Good News Week, was a regular on The Circle has
been seen on two Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala’s, as well as
being a guest on ABC TV’s Spicks and Specks, Agony Uncles and Agony of Life.
You also could have seen him covering various stories for The
Project, which has seen him interview the likes of Anne Hathaway, Owen Wilson,
Jake Gyllenhall and Andy Murray. In 2013 you also would have seen him
each Wednesday night alongside Tom Gleeson, Meshel Laurie and Tommy Little as
co-host of Network Ten’s This Week Live.
His solo debut performance at the 2007 Melbourne International
Comedy Festival garnered a nomination for ‘Best Newcomer’ for his show
Euromission and he has returned to the Comedy Festival each year since, his
most recent show Spit and Polish was a smash hit both in Melbourne and around
the country.
Dave is quite the actor, appearing on our small screens landing
roles in shows such as Channel 9’s smash hit House Husbands and more recently
in ABC TV’s Upper Middle Bogan.
Dave is not a stranger to radio with fill in and guest spots on
shows all over the country spanning years, but in August 2012 he landed a
national slot on the Today Network alongside Em Rusciano hosting Mammamia
Today. Wrapping this show up in June 2013, Dave then saw out the year
with national Weekend Breakfast with Sophie and Dave on the network with Sophie
Monk.
Dave has performed at two Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, two Cape
Town Comedy Festivals and has even been invited to the prestigious Just For
Laughs festival in Montreal. Each year, Dave now hosts the Just For Laughs
Stand Up Series when the festival visits Australia and the series later airs on
FOXTEL’s The Comedy Channel.
In 2014 Dave landed one of the most sought after breakfast radio
slots in the country, Melbourne’s Fox FM brekkie which he is still hosting
alongside his good friend Fifi Box.
In 2016, Dave will be touring the country with a brand
new stand up show So On and So
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