AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy
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The AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy, is a television award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
(AACTA) to a male or female performer, in a television situation comedy or sketch series. Prior to the establishment of the Academy in 2011, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute
(AFI) at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (more commonly known as the AFI Awards) from 2006-2010. An award was handed out for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy in 2004 and 2005, which were separated in 2006, when Best Performance in a Television Comedy was established. The award is presented at the AACTA Awards Luncheon, a black tie event which celebrates achievements in film production, television, documentaries and short films.
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Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts is a professional organisation of film and television practitioners in Australia. The Academy's aim is "to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television."It was established in August 2011 with...
(AACTA) to a male or female performer, in a television situation comedy or sketch series. Prior to the establishment of the Academy in 2011, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute
Australian Film Institute
The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
(AFI) at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (more commonly known as the AFI Awards) from 2006-2010. An award was handed out for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy in 2004 and 2005, which were separated in 2006, when Best Performance in a Television Comedy was established. The award is presented at the AACTA Awards Luncheon, a black tie event which celebrates achievements in film production, television, documentaries and short films.
Winners and nominees
In the following table, winners are listed first, in boldface and highlighted in gold; those listed below the winner that are not in boldface or highlighted are the nominees.| Year | Nominee | Program | Character(s) | Series | Network |
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| 2006 2006 in Australian television -Events:* 1 January – Mildura Digital Television, a joint venture between WIN Television Mildura and Prime Television, goes on air in the Mildura area of Victoria as a Network Ten digital-only affiliate.... (48th) |
Andrew Hansen Andrew Hansen Andrew John Hansen is an Australian comedian and musician, best known for being a member of satirical team The Chaser... |
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| 2006 2006 in Australian television -Events:* 1 January – Mildura Digital Television, a joint venture between WIN Television Mildura and Prime Television, goes on air in the Mildura area of Victoria as a Network Ten digital-only affiliate.... (48th) |
Paul McCarthy Paul McCarthy Paul McCarthy , is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.-Life:McCarthy was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and studied art at the University of Utah in 1969. He went on to study at the San Francisco Art Institute receiving a BFA in painting... |
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Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
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2006 in Australian television
-Events:* 1 January – Mildura Digital Television, a joint venture between WIN Television Mildura and Prime Television, goes on air in the Mildura area of Victoria as a Network Ten digital-only affiliate....
(48th)
| Genevieve Morris
Genevieve Morris
Genevieve Morris is an Australian actress best known for appearing on the popular comedy series Comedy Inc.She has also appeared in Blue Heelers and the detective series City Homicide as pathologist, Rhonda Lafferty...
| Comedy Inc: The Late Shift
| Various
| Series 4
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Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
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2006 in Australian television
-Events:* 1 January – Mildura Digital Television, a joint venture between WIN Television Mildura and Prime Television, goes on air in the Mildura area of Victoria as a Network Ten digital-only affiliate....
(48th)
| Kris McQuade
Kris McQuade
Kris McQuade is an Australian actress who has had many film, television and theatre roles.Her film credits include: The Love Letters from Teralba Road, Kostas, Fighting Back, Lonely Hearts, Goodbye Paradise, The Coca-Cola Kid, Strictly Ballroom, Billy's Holiday and December Boys.Television credits...
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Supernova (TV series)
Supernova is a British comedy television programme produced by Hartswood Films and jointly commissioned by the BBC in the UK and UKTV in Australia. It follows Dr Paul Hamilton , a Welsh astronomer, who leaves a dull academic post and unloved girlfriend for a new job at the Royal Australian...
| Professor Pip Cartwright
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2007 in Australian television
The year 2007 in Australia television was the 52nd year of continuous operation.-Events:* 21 January: Channel Nine, NBN Television & WIN Television relaunches their on-air presentation....
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| Adam Zwar
Adam Zwar
Adam Zwar is a multi award-winning Australian actor, voice artist, and writer. He is best known for co-creating the Australian comedy series Lowdown and Wilfred...
| Wilfred
Wilfred (TV series)
Wilfred is an Australian comedy television series directed by Tony Rogers, produced by Jenny Livingston and starring Jason Gann, Adam Zwar and Cindy Waddingham. Created by Zwar, Gann and Rogers, it was based on their award-winning 2002 short film and later adapted to a series...
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2007 in Australian television
The year 2007 in Australia television was the 52nd year of continuous operation.-Events:* 21 January: Channel Nine, NBN Television & WIN Television relaunches their on-air presentation....
(49th)
| Drew Forsythe
Drew Forsythe
Drew Forsythe is an Australian actor, singer, writer, and comedian.He attended Atherton Primary School, far north Queensland....
| David Tench Tonight
David Tench Tonight
David Tench Tonight was a short-lived television talk show created for Network Ten in Australia. The series featured David Tench, an animated fictional character, as host....
| David Tench
| Series 1
| Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
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2007 in Australian television
The year 2007 in Australia television was the 52nd year of continuous operation.-Events:* 21 January: Channel Nine, NBN Television & WIN Television relaunches their on-air presentation....
(49th)
| Jason Gann
Jason Gann
Jason Gann is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, screenwriter, musician, singer, and comedian. He is best known for his role as Wilfred in the Australian comedy series of the same name and its U.S...
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Wilfred (TV series)
Wilfred is an Australian comedy television series directed by Tony Rogers, produced by Jenny Livingston and starring Jason Gann, Adam Zwar and Cindy Waddingham. Created by Zwar, Gann and Rogers, it was based on their award-winning 2002 short film and later adapted to a series...
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2007 in Australian television
The year 2007 in Australia television was the 52nd year of continuous operation.-Events:* 21 January: Channel Nine, NBN Television & WIN Television relaunches their on-air presentation....
(49th)
| Peter Kowitz
Peter Kowitz
Peter Kowitz is an Australian actor.His television credits include: Prime Time, Richmond Hill, Chances, Pacific Drive, Water Rats, Wildside, Farscape, Murder Call, Grass Roots, All Saints and Supernova....
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Supernova (TV series)
Supernova is a British comedy television programme produced by Hartswood Films and jointly commissioned by the BBC in the UK and UKTV in Australia. It follows Dr Paul Hamilton , a Welsh astronomer, who leaves a dull academic post and unloved girlfriend for a new job at the Royal Australian...
| Max Talbot
| Series 2
| UKTV
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2008 in Australian television
-Events:* 14 January – The Nine Network undergoes a major revamp in its production and logo and on-air graphics as a part of a new network re-launch, and after a two-year absence, returns the famous "Nine Balls" logo, except instead of balls, they use discs...
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| Chris Lilley
Chris Lilley (comedian)
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| Summer Heights High
Summer Heights High
Summer Heights High is a Logie Award-winning Australian television mockumentary series written by and starring Chris Lilley. It is a parody of high-school life epitomised by its three protagonists: effeminate and megalomaniacal "Director of Performing Arts" Mr G; self-absorbed, privileged teenager...
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ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
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2008 in Australian television
-Events:* 14 January – The Nine Network undergoes a major revamp in its production and logo and on-air graphics as a part of a new network re-launch, and after a two-year absence, returns the famous "Nine Balls" logo, except instead of balls, they use discs...
(50th)
| Rob Carlton
Rob Carlton
Rob Carlton is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for writing and starring in the comedy series Chandon Pictures. He also had starring roles in the comedy satire The Hollowmen and the children's television series Ocean Star....
| Chandon Pictures
Chandon Pictures
Chandon Pictures was an Australian comedy television series that premiered on Movie Extra on 10 November 2007 and ended on 7 May 2009.The series featured sixteen episodes and was a spin-off from a Tropfest short film produced by Rob Carlton and Alex Weinress...
| Tom Chandon
| Series 1
| Movie Extra
Movie Network
Movie Network Channels is an Australian premium television movie service that consists of five original channels , two SD timeshifts and three HD simulcasts...
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2008 in Australian television
-Events:* 14 January – The Nine Network undergoes a major revamp in its production and logo and on-air graphics as a part of a new network re-launch, and after a two-year absence, returns the famous "Nine Balls" logo, except instead of balls, they use discs...
(50th)
| Robyn Butler
Robyn Butler
Robyn Butler is an Australian writer, actor and producer who is best known for her starring role in the television comedy series The Librarians. Butler hosted a radio program called Tough Love on the Triple M network...
| The Librarians
The Librarians (TV series)
The Librarians is an Australian television comedy series which premiered on 31 October 2007 on ABC TV. In Ireland the show airs on RTÉ Two. The series is produced and written by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope who are also the principal cast members. Hope is also the series' director. The first...
| Frances O'Brien
| Series 1
| ABC
ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
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2008 in Australian television
-Events:* 14 January – The Nine Network undergoes a major revamp in its production and logo and on-air graphics as a part of a new network re-launch, and after a two-year absence, returns the famous "Nine Balls" logo, except instead of balls, they use discs...
(50th)
| Rob Sitch
Rob Sitch
Robert Ian Sitch , is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter, actor and comedian.-Early life:Sitch attended St Kevin's College and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Melbourne, where he resided at Trinity College. He worked at the Royal Womans Hospital...
| The Hollowmen
The Hollowmen
The Hollowmen is an Australian television comedy series set in the offices of the Central Policy Unit, a fictional political advisory unit personally set up by the Prime Minister to help him get re-elected. Their brief is long term vision; to stop worrying about tomorrow's headlines, and focus on...
| Tony
| Series 1
| ABC
ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
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2009 in Australian television
This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred in 2009. The year 2009 is the 54th year of continuous operation of television in Australia...
(51st)
| Phil Lloyd
Phil Lloyd
Phil Lloyd is an Australian actor and scriptwriter. He is best known for his acting role as Myles Barlow in the Australian TV series, Review with Myles Barlow and the comedy series At Home with Julia, where he played Tim Mathieson, the partner of prime minister Julia Gillard.Phil has been a...
| Review with Myles Barlow
Review with Myles Barlow
Review with Myles Barlow is an Australian satirical black comedy television series which screened on Thursday nights on ABC2 and Friday nights on ABC 1. The series began screening on 16 October 2008. It is co-written and directed by Trent O'Donnell and also co-written by Phil Lloyd. It is...
| Myles Barlow
| Series 1
| ABC
ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
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2009 in Australian television
This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred in 2009. The year 2009 is the 54th year of continuous operation of television in Australia...
(51st)
| Robyn Butler
Robyn Butler
Robyn Butler is an Australian writer, actor and producer who is best known for her starring role in the television comedy series The Librarians. Butler hosted a radio program called Tough Love on the Triple M network...
| The Librarians
The Librarians (TV series)
The Librarians is an Australian television comedy series which premiered on 31 October 2007 on ABC TV. In Ireland the show airs on RTÉ Two. The series is produced and written by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope who are also the principal cast members. Hope is also the series' director. The first...
| Frances O'Brien
| Series 2
| ABC
ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
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2009 in Australian television
This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred in 2009. The year 2009 is the 54th year of continuous operation of television in Australia...
(51st)
| Kim Gyngell
| Very Small Business
Very Small Business (TV series)
Very Small Business is an Australian television comedy series first broadcast on Wednesday 3 September 2008 on ABC1. The series is written by Wayne Hope, Gary McCaffrie, and Robyn Butler, and produced by Hope and Butler. It comprises of six half-hour episodes.-Synopsis:Don Angel is the small...
| Ray Leonard Leonard
| Series 1
| ABC1
ABC1
ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on...
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2009 in Australian television
This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred in 2009. The year 2009 is the 54th year of continuous operation of television in Australia...
(51st)
| Wayne Hope
Wayne Hope
Wayne Hope is an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer. He is married to comedienne and actress Robyn Butler. Together they run the production company Gristmill. He is mainly known for his comedic roles in television and film.-Television:...
| Very Small Business
Very Small Business (TV series)
Very Small Business is an Australian television comedy series first broadcast on Wednesday 3 September 2008 on ABC1. The series is written by Wayne Hope, Gary McCaffrie, and Robyn Butler, and produced by Hope and Butler. It comprises of six half-hour episodes.-Synopsis:Don Angel is the small...
| Don Angel
| Series 1
| ABC1
ABC1
ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on...
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2010 in Australian television
This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred, or are scheduled to occur, in 2010. The year 2010 will be the 55th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.-Events:...
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| Phil Lloyd
Phil Lloyd
Phil Lloyd is an Australian actor and scriptwriter. He is best known for his acting role as Myles Barlow in the Australian TV series, Review with Myles Barlow and the comedy series At Home with Julia, where he played Tim Mathieson, the partner of prime minister Julia Gillard.Phil has been a...
| Review with Myles Barlow
Review with Myles Barlow
Review with Myles Barlow is an Australian satirical black comedy television series which screened on Thursday nights on ABC2 and Friday nights on ABC 1. The series began screening on 16 October 2008. It is co-written and directed by Trent O'Donnell and also co-written by Phil Lloyd. It is...
| Myles Barlow
| Series 2
| ABC
ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
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2010 in Australian television
This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred, or are scheduled to occur, in 2010. The year 2010 will be the 55th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.-Events:...
(52nd)
2010 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 2010 Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, presented by the Australian Film Institute , honoured the best Australian Films of 2010 and took place on 11 December 2010 at the Regent Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria....
| Paul Denny
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Paul Denny is an Australian stage, television and film actor best known for such work as the lead in the international production of Johnno from the novel by David Malouf.- Filmography :-Television:-Theatre:-Stage awards:...
| Lowdown
Lowdown (TV series)
Lowdown is an award-winning Australian television comedy series set in the world of celebrity journalism. Created by Amanda Brotchie and Adam Zwar, it stars Zwar, Paul Denny, Beth Buchanan, Dailan Evans, Kim Gyngell and is narrated by Geoffrey Rush...
| Bob Geraghty
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| SBS One
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2010 in Australian television
This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred, or are scheduled to occur, in 2010. The year 2010 will be the 55th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.-Events:...
(52nd)
2010 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 2010 Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, presented by the Australian Film Institute , honoured the best Australian Films of 2010 and took place on 11 December 2010 at the Regent Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria....
| Jason Gann
Jason Gann
Jason Gann is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, screenwriter, musician, singer, and comedian. He is best known for his role as Wilfred in the Australian comedy series of the same name and its U.S...
| Wilfred
Wilfred (TV series)
Wilfred is an Australian comedy television series directed by Tony Rogers, produced by Jenny Livingston and starring Jason Gann, Adam Zwar and Cindy Waddingham. Created by Zwar, Gann and Rogers, it was based on their award-winning 2002 short film and later adapted to a series...
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