Tommy Little (comedian)
Tommy Little | |
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Born | 23 February 1985 |
Occupation |
Television & Radio Presenter Comedian Writer |
Known for |
This Week Live 2013-present Studio A 2010 – 2011 |
Tommy Little (born 23 February 1985) is an Australian television presenter and comedian.
Little currently hosts Meshel & Tommy on Nova 100 with Meshel Laurie.
Career
Little is an occasional face on the Australian comedy scene performing at venues across the country. He has also been hired for general corporate gigs.
In 2008, Tommy began writing for Channel 31's talk show, Studio A hosted by Dave Thornton.
In 2011, Tommy was the MC for the yfoundations 'Ending Youth Homelessness Conference 2011'
In 2012, Little appeared at the Warehouse Comedy Festival, which converts an old warehouse into a pop-up comedy venue and films one-hour shows for viewing on the ABC. His show, "A Fistful of Apologies", in which he revealed that he was completely colourblind, was later released on DVD.
Tommy regularly filled in for Hughesy & Kate on Nova 100 whilst they were on holidays[1] and performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2013. He appeared at the festival's Gala show, which showcases five-minute sets of dozens of comedians.
Later in the year, Little was announced as host of Network Ten's comedy and entertainment series, A League Of Their Own and co-host of comedy chat show This Week Live alongside Dave Thornton, Tom Gleeson and Meshel Laurie.
In October 2013, Nova 100 announced that Little would join Meshel Laurie to host Meshel & Tommy replacing Hughesy & Kate. The new breakfast show started in early December 2013.
In early 2014, Little returned to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with a new show, "Middleclass Gangster".
Little has also been a host on Ten's prime time entertainment news program "The Project".
References
- ↑ Bennett, Sally (28 July 2013). "Tommy Little is the fresh face of comedy in new TV show This Week Live". Herald Sun. Sunday Herald Sun. Retrieved 2 October 2013.