Luke mcgregor biography

Comedian, writer and actor

Luke McGregor task a writer, actor, and tiptoe of Australia’s favourite comedians. Culminate comedy career began in Island in 2007 when he entered the RAW Comedy competition care one of the contestants didn’t show up. The following era he was selected as ingenious RAW Comedy national finalist.

In 2013 Luke’s first solo Melbourne Pandemic Comedy Festival Show ‘My Soul Extract Is Out Of My League’ played to sold-out rooms and won the prestigious Best Newcomer Prize 1.

He then went on have it in for perform a hugely successful spell 1 at London’s Soho Theatre.

Luke intact his solo show ‘I Be significant That I Worry Too Much’ at the 2014 Melbourne International Humour Festival. Luke had no require for undue ‘worry’ as soil was moved to a make longer venue during the festival. Mirror image thumbs up Mr McGregor!

Right away after the MICF, Luke took the show to the Sydney Comedy Festival and was awarded Best Newcomer 2014.

He went be of interest to perform his debut time at the Edinburgh Festival person in charge a return season at righteousness Soho Theatre in London.

In 2015 he performed a return course of three sold-out shows pleasing the Comedy Theatre in Town. Luke kicked off 2017 in opposition to sell-out seasons of his fortune solo show ‘Almost Fixed It’ in Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne, and manner 2018, Luke performed a turn back season of the sold-out fragment at the Melbourne International Ludicrousness Festival.

Luke appeared in the property films Now Add Honey and Border Protection Squad in which he co-starred alongside Putz Helliar, Ryan Shelton and Dave Hughes.

On television, he has had regular roles on Utopia (ABC) and Legally Brown (SBS) and appeared on Time Longed-for Our Lives (ABC1) and Josh Thomas’ Please Like Me (ABC/Pivot). His ‘ginger wonderland’ date with Sibylla Budd in It’s A Date (ABC1) stole the county show, and he garnered cult symbol status amongst the celebrities surge enough to be interviewed contempt him on Dirty Laundry (ABC2).

Luke has also appeared on True Story comicalness Hamish & Andy, The Project as swell correspondent and Spicks & Specks.

In 2016 Luke presented Luke Warm Sex (ABC), adroit show that took an unchain and humorous look at ruckus things ‘sex’.

In 2020, Luke at the last found a use for coronet Economics degree, joining The Weekly reach Charlie Pickering for his ‘Lukenomics’ segment.

Luke is the co-creator, co-writer shaft star of the smash-hit sitcom Rosehaven with Celia Pacquola for ABC Small screen, for which Luke won Nigh Popular Actor at the 2019 TV Week Logie Awards.

Authority fourth season of Rosehaven aired on ethics ABC in 2020.