Sam Simmons (comedian)
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.jpg) Sam Simmons at Crap Comedy Festival, Oslo | |
| Born | 19 March 1977 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Website | http://www.samsimmons.com.au/ |
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Sam Simmons (born 19 March 1977) is an Australian comedian and radio and TV presenter, based in Los Angeles.[1]
Simmons has been described as "one of the most daring and unconventional comics in Australia if not the world". He is the most awarded comedian of his generation in Australia.
Career
He has appeared on Conan, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Room 101, Adam DeVine's House Party, and is currently developing his own sitcom in the UK. Network appearances include NBC, BBC, Channel 4, ABC, and all other Australian networks.
Previously, he was a regular host on Triple J as well as jtv interviewing bands, he developed his style of non-sequitur and surrealist humour. This led to his first television show, The Urban Monkey with Murray Foote, in 2009.
In 2012, Simmons followed up with a sketch-style TV series Problems, with a tone more similar to that of his surrealist stand-up shows. Sam Simmons performed at TEDxSydney in 2014[2] and is now working on a new a US pilot filmed in Albuquerque. Simmons described it as "a reality show about animals".[3] Simmons regularly appears on the comedy quiz show Dirty Laundry Live.
In 2015, he won the Edinburgh Fringe Comedy award after being nominated 3 times previously. He also won the 2015 Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Awards and nominations
Awards
- 2003 Participation Award[4] for The Steve Promise Story
- 2003 Moosehead Award for The Steve Promise Story
- 2006 Adelaide Fringe Festival Best Emerging Comedy Award for Tales from the Erotic Cat
- 2006 The Groggy Squirrel Critics' Award[5] for Tales from the Erotic Cat
- 2008 MICF Directors' Choice Award[6] for Where can I win a bear around here?
- 2010 MICF Golden Gibbo Award for The Incident with David Quirk[6]
- 2010 MICF Piece of Wood Award for Fail[6]
- 2011 Adelaide Fringe Festival Best Comedy Award for Sam Simmons and the Precise History of Things
- 2014 Sydney Comedy Festival Director's Choice Award for Death of a Sails-Man[7]
- 2015 MICF Barry Award for Spaghetti for Breakfast[6]
- 2015 Fosters Edinburgh Comedy award, best show for Spaghetti for Breakfast
Nominations
- 2003 Triple J Raw Comedy Competition (finalist)
- 2006 MICF Barry Award for Tales from the Erotic Cat
- 2011 MICF Barry Award for Precise History of Things (Meanwhile -UK)
- 2011 Edinburgh Best Comedy Award for Meanwhile
- 2014 Edinburgh Best Comedy Award for Death of a Sails-man
- 2015 MICF Barry Award for Spaghetti for Breakfast
- 2015 Edinburgh Best Comedy Award for Spaghetti for Breakfast
References
- ↑ "Conan O'Brien was so impressed by Sam Simmons' stand-up that he's invited him to perform on his talk show for a second time", news.com.au, 27 October 2013
- ↑ "Being silly: Sam Simmons at TEDxSydney"
- ↑ "Sam Simmons Begins Filming US TV Pilot"
- ↑
- ↑ (The Groggy Squirrel Critics' Award is open to Australian acts only.)
- 1 2 3 4 "Awards". comedyfestival.com.au. Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
The Directors' Choice is awarded by the Comedy Festival Director, in consultation with other visiting Festival Directors, to a fabulous show that somehow missed out on any other prize.
- ↑ "Winners of the 2014 Sydney Comedy Festival Awards"
External links
- Triple J Sam Simmons page
- Sam Simmons at the Internet Movie Database
- The Groggy Squirrel's Sam Simmons page
- MICF Sam Simmons page
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