Augie T.

Augie T. (born Augusto Tulba in 1968) is a Filipino/Caucasian comedian based in Hawaii. He started his career in comedy in the 1990s, but came to prominence in the 2000s. He is influenced by Rap Reiplinger. Augie T also does voice over work for local radio and television advertisements.

Filmography

Baywatch (TV Series) 2000 -2001 Augie /Plays himself - Boiling Point (2001) ... Augie - Dream Girl (2000) ... Augi - Stone Cold (2000) ... Augie

The Sand Island Drive-In Anthem (Short) 2005 Plays Bobby

Horsepower (Short) 2008 Plays Harold

Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series) 2010-2011 Plays Kekipi helicopter pilot - Ke Kinohi (2011) ... Kekipi - Lanakila (2010) ... Kekipi

Get a Job 2011 Plays Cousin Bully

Augie plays himself in the 2012 movie "Hang Loose" filmed in Oahu, Hawaii.

Na Ali'i of Comedy: The Movie Cast

Personal life

He was born in 1968 and is the second oldest of six children. He grew up in the Kamehameha IV Housing Project (known to Hawaii residents as "Kam IV Housing") a public housing project in Kalihi Valley, a working class area in urban Honolulu. Became a Golden Gloves champion boxer at age 16. In 1991 got first taste of stand-up comedy, taking top honors during an open mic night at the old Honolulu Comedy Club. Augie developed his earliest material with help from local comedian Andy Bumatai who taught him that it isn't always necessary to use profanity in order to get a laugh. The surviving members of Booga Booga (James Grant Benton and Ed Ka'ahea) also mentored him; Augie performed with them in 1993.

Augie won the Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Comedy Album of the year with "Da Comedy Kahuna" in 1999. He won a second Hoku Award in the comedy category with "Locally Disturbed" in 2003.

In 2002 voted the Comedian of the Year as the funniest comic in Hawai'i by the Star Bulletin and Midweek newspapers. Only local comedian to sell out the Blaisdell Arena ("Augie T - The Blaisdell Show" DVD) Augie T has been recognized as one of Hawai'i's Top 100 Influential Filipinos with an exhibit at the Bishop Museum. He was the recipient of the prestigious Pacific Business News "40 Under 40" award, and can currently be seen on multiple TV shows, commercials, and movies. - See more at: http://www.augiet.com/about.htm#sthash.Xlg38kEU.dpuf

References

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2086547/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10

http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2009/08/24/smallb2.html?page=all

https://secure.mele.com/music/artist/augie+tulba/augie+style/

http://thegardenisland.com/entertainment/tgif/augie-t-packs-in-the-laughs/article_4bd4fd40-b922-11e2-bfac-0019bb2963f4.html

http://www.greatergoodradio.com/?p=392

http://funnybusiness.tv/video/watch/episode-1/#.U0MYTl64nFI

http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/November-2009/The-Funniest-People-in-Hawaii/index.php?cparticle=3

http://www.fightsrec.com/augie-tulba.html

http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/09/24/features/story2.html

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/65198/non-compete-battle-in-honolulu

http://www.k5thehometeam.com/story/7765236/the-augie-show

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