Matt Okine
| Matt Okine | |
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 Matt Okine (right) with co-host Alex Dyson at Tropfest Australia 2013 | |
| Birth name | Matthew Okine |
| Born |
12 April 1985 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Medium | Stand-up, radio, television |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Website | mattokine.com |
Matthew "Matt" Okine (born 12 April 1985)[1] is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, rapper and radio presenter. He co-hosts the breakfast show on Triple J with Alex Dyson.
Career
Okine has performed stand-up on Rove, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Sydney Comedy Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival (for which he won award for best newcomer). He has appeared on numerous TV shows, including This is Littleton, Legally Brown and as a guest contributor on Dirty Laundry Live, Can of Worms and The Agony of Modern Manners. In 2012, he released a DVD entitled Being Black n Chicken n Shit. He cites Aziz Ansari and Dave Chappelle as influences[2] and has supported them when they toured Australia.
In 2014, he replaced Tom Ballard as co-host on the breakfast show on Triple J after Ballard resigned to pursue stand-up comedy.
Personal life
Matt Okine grew up in Brisbane. His father, Mack Okine, is Ghanaian.
External links
References
- ↑ "Matt Okine on IMDB".
- ↑ Tan, Monica (19 August 2014). "Matt Okine on being the only half-Ghanian Australian comedian in the room". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
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