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Matt Okine
Okine (right) with co-host Alex Dyson at Tropfest Australia 2013
Birth nameMatthew Okine
Born (1985-04-12) 12 April 1985 (age 39)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
MediumStand-up, radio, television
NationalityAustralian

Matthew Okine (born 12 April 1985) is a stand-up comedian, author and radio presenter from Brisbane, Australia.[1] Okine is of Ghanaian and European descent, born to his father, Mack Okine, and his mother Roslyn, who died of breast cancer when he was 12.[2] He was a co-host on the Triple J breakfast show with Alex Dyson from 2014 to 2016.

Career

Okine performed stand-up on Rove, at the Sydney Comedy Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He appeared on TV shows This is Littleton, Legally Brown, Would I Lie to You? and Hughesy, We Have a Problem and was a guest contributor on Dirty Laundry Live, Can of Worms and The Agony of Modern Manners. In 2012, he released a DVD titled Being Black n Chicken n Shit.[1] He also appeared as Laurie in H2O: Just Add Water.[3]

In 2014, Okine replaced Tom Ballard as co-host on the breakfast show on Triple J after Ballard resigned to pursue stand-up comedy.[4] In 2016, Okine and Alex Dyson both left Triple J to pursue other interests.

He co-hosted How Not to Behave, which ran for four months on ABC in 2015.[5]

At the 2015 ARIA Awards, he won Best Comedy Release for Live at the Enmore Theatre.[6]

In 2017, Okine wrote and starred in The Other Guy on Stan.

Discography

List of albums
Title Album details
Play It Out (with Alex Dyson)
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: ABC
  • Formats: CD, download

Awards and nominations

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2015 Live at the Enmore Theatre ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release Won [7]
2016 Play It Out (with Alex Dyson) Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b Tan, Monica (19 August 2014). "Matt Okine on being the only half-Ghanaian Australian comedian in the room". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. ^ Dyson, Alex (7 May 2015). "Remembering our mums for Mother's Day". Triple J blog. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Georgina (8 August 2014). "Honesty is the best belly medicine". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. ^ Styles, Aja (3 December 2013). "Matt Okine replaces Tom Ballard on Triple J breakfast". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  5. ^ Knox, David (4 June 2015). "Gretel Killeen, Matt Okine to host new ABC series, How Not to Behave". TV Tonight. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Tame Impala and Courtney Barnett win big at 2015 ARIAs". Triple J. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. ^ "ARIA Awards Best Comedy Release". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 17 April 2022.