Mick Molloy

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Mick Molloy hosting his own short-lived television program (1999)
Mick Molloy hosting his own short-lived television program (1999)

Michael 'Mick' Molloy (born July 11, 1966) is an Australian comedian, writer and producer who has been active in the fields of radio, television, stand-up and film.

He hosted a radio show, Tough Love with Mick Molloy (2004-06) on Triple M alongside Robyn Butler and Richard Molloy,[1], and a TV show, Any Given Sunday with Nicole Livingstone on the Nine Network in 2006. Previously, he worked with longtime comedy partner Tony Martin on the popular Martin/Molloy radio show, broadcast nationwide on the Austereo network (1995-98). Martin/Molloy produced three ARIA award winning compilation albums: The Brown Album (1995), Poop Chute (1996) and Eat Your Peas (1998).

Mick has starred in three movies, Crackerjack (2002)[2] (which he also co-wrote, receiving an AFI nomination), Bad Eggs (2003) and "Boytown" (2006). He co-starred, with David Wenham, in two Murray Whelan telemovies, Stiff and The Brush-Off (both 2004). He directed the feature-length documentary, Tackle Happy (2000) and briefly had his own TV show, The Mick Molloy Show (1999) before it was axed after only eight episodes. Mick was also a cast member and writer on The D-Generation Goes Commercial (1988) and The Late Show (1992-93), and played Kim's dad Gary Poole on Kath & Kim (2003-04).

Molloy was involved in the 2006 Commonwealth Games coverage on the Nine Network, as a commentator for the lawn bowls events.[3] In 2006, Mick appeared in the movie BoyTown, which, like Crackerjack, he co-wrote with his brother Richard Molloy. In the 2006 Australian feature film Macbeth, Mick plays Brown. It was the second time Mick has been in a production of Macbeth.

In 2007, Molloy filmed a pilot of The Nation, a weekly late-night news-based comedy hour on the Nine Network. The show debuted on June 5,[4] but struggled for ratings, attracting only 575,000 viewers nationally for its fourth show.[5] Originally it was on Tuesdays at 9:30pm, but was moved to Wednesdays at 10:30pm and has been off air since the end of August 2007.

In 2008 it was announced that Mick would replace Peter Helliar on the panel of Channel 10's Before the Game, after Helliar had discontinued his position post-2007

Contents

[edit] Television

  • The D-Generation Goes Commercial (1988) - Various - (also writer)
  • The Gerry Connolly Show (1988) - (writer only)
  • The Comedy Company (1989) - Various - (also writer)
  • The Late Show (1992-93) - Himself/Various - (also writer)
  • The Mick Molloy Show (1999) - Himself - (also writer/producer)
  • Kath & Kim (2003) - Gary Poole (2 eps)
  • Stiff (2004) - Angelo Agnelli
  • The Brush-Off (2004) - Angelo Agnelli
  • Any Given Sunday (2006) - Himself
  • The Nation (2007) - Himself - (also writer/producer)

[edit] Movies

  • Tackle Happy (2000) - Himself - (also director/producer)
  • Crackerjack (2002) - Jack Simpson - (also writer/producer)
  • Bad Eggs (2003) - Ben Kinnear
  • Macbeth (2006) - Brown
  • BoyTown (2006) - Tommy - (also writer/producer)
  • BoyTown Confidential (2007) - Tommy Boy - (also writer/producer)[6]

[edit] Radio

[edit] Albums

[edit] Video/DVD only release

  • Shonky Golf (1999) - Himself - (also writer/director/producer)

[edit] Personal life

  • Molloy is a keen supporter of the Richmond Football Club and has appeared in an advertising campaigns to attract new membership to the club. On the first episode of Before The Game in 2008, Mick showed off his tattoo which displayed the Richmond Tigers logo, and the words: "Premiers 2008" were shown.

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Crackerjack - smh.com.au
  3. ^ Mick Molloy takes on The Nation - Entertainment - brisbanetimes.com.au
  4. ^ Molloy hopes for nine lives, The Herald-Sun 11 May 2007
  5. ^ Mick Molloy's The Nation reaches series low ratings : thewest.com.au
  6. ^ Boytown Confidential - iMDB website

[edit] External links

[edit] Fan Sites