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Jonathan Martin Biggins OAM (born 14 September 1960) is an Australian actor, singer, writer, director and comedian. He has appeared on film, stage and television as well as in satirical sketch comedy television programmes.

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Jonathan Biggins OAM
Born	Jonathan Martin Biggins (1960-09-14) 14 September 1960 (age 61) Newcastle, Australia
Education	Newcastle Boys High School
Alma mater	University of Newcastle
Occupation	Actor writer singer director comedian
Spouse	Elaine Smith
Children	2

He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, and attended Newcastle Boys' High School in the mid-1970s. He said that it was "a fairly intimidating place to be if you weren't great at sports or maths. However once [I] joined the debating team, and went on to win the state finals, things started looking up."[1]

Biography

Stage appearances include The Importance of Being Earnest (as John Worthing, replacing Geoffrey Rush), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Orpheus in the Underworld and the Gilbert and Sullivan operas Ruddigore and The Mikado.

His television appearances include The Dingo Principle and Three Men and a Baby Grand, satirical sketch television comedy programmes for which he was a writer/performer with Phillip Scott and Drew Forsythe. He also presented the art panel programme Critical Mass.

His film appearances include Thank God He Met Lizzie and Gettin' Square. He also co-wrote, with Phillip Scott, some of the dialogue for The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular, a stage musical based on the poem "The Man from Snowy River". Biggins also played Peter Sellers in Ying Tong, a play about Spike Milligan and The Goons and an Australian-wide hit.

Biggins has directed the Wharf Revue since 2000, written for the Sydney Morning Herald weekly magazine Good Weekend for seven years and directed the Australian production of Avenue Q. He hosted the New Year's Eve Gala Concert in 2010 at the Sydney Opera House.

He is married to Australian actress Elaine Smith, best known as Daphne Clarke in the soap opera Neighbours. He and Smith have twin daughters born in February 2000.[2]

Awards

Biggins was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to the performing arts through theatre".[3]

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016.[4]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result (wins only)
2000	Jonathan Biggins	Male Comedy Performer of the Year	Won

References

External links

• Jonathan Biggins at IMDb
• Meet Jonathan Biggins
• Jonathan Biggins – New South Wales Art Gallery
• The Wharf Revue
• Jonathan Biggins – Interview
• Jonathan Biggins – Supporting Newcastle and Hunter Talent
• Jonathan Biggins – The Wharf Revue – Queensland Musical Festival
• Jonathan Biggins – on ABC TV's Q&A – 26 February 2009

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