George Smilovici is a Cuban-born Australian comedian

Comedian

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, the son of Romanian

Romanians

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 Jewish immigrant parents his father, Dan Sima, left Romania

Romania

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 and went to Israel

Israel

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 where he met his wife. They first settled in Cuba

Cuba

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, El Salvador

El Salvador

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, and Guatemala

Guatemala

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, and later moved to Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia when Smilovici was 8 years.

George Smilovici best known for his comic monologue "I'm Tuff", which made top ten in Australia and New Zealand.

He has toured the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Southeast Asia, and New Zealand, and has appeared on the radio, including an interview on the live version of the Dr. Demento

Dr. Demento

Barret Eugene Hansen , better known as Dr. Demento, is a radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present....

Show on 11 October 1987 and the syndicated show on 15 November 1987.

George Smilovici is also a comedy writer and appears as a corporate speaker.