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Tom Walker (comedian)

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Tom Walker
Personal information
EducationÉcole Philippe Gaulier
Occupations
SpouseDemi Lardner
Websitetomwalkerisgood.com
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2020–present
GenreGaming
Followers17.5 thousand

Last updated: 30 September 2024

Tom Walker is an Australian comedian, podcaster, clown, mime, improvisor, and Twitch streamer.

Early life and education

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Walker trained in clowning at the École Philippe Gaulier in 2014.[1][2]

Career

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Walker's improv awards include the 2007 Sydney School Theatresports Cup (Senior Division)[3][4] and 2011 National Theatresports Championship.[5]

He won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Best Newcomer and Director's Choice awards in 2016 for his show Beep Boop[5] and appeared in Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia.[6] His show Bee Boo was nominated in the category of Best Show for the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award.[7] Walker was long-listed for the 2021 AACTA Awards.[8]

His 2019 show Very Very, directed by Zoë Coombs Marr, was picked up as an Amazon Prime special and released in May 2020.[9]

Walker and Demi Lardner's 2019 show We Mustn't won the Sydney Comedy Festival's Directors Choice award in 2019.[10] They also co-host the podcast bigsofttitty.png.[11]

Walker was selected as part of the 2023 lineup of International New Faces of Comedy by Just for Laughs.[12]

Personal life

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Walker is married to Demi Lardner.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Boon, Maxim (29 January 2018). "Down To Clown: Demi Lardner, Tom Walker and Zoe Coombs-Marr On The Art Of Being Silly". The Music. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. ^ Reich, Hannah (19 March 2024). "These Australian performers survived vicious insults from a French master clown. They'd do it again". ABC News. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Whose Line is it Anyway? Australia: Meet the cast". Foxtel. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Theatresports 2007 Schools Competition – Results". Impro Australia.
  5. ^ a b "Tom Walker". Creative Representation. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Cast announced for Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia". MediaWeek. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Melbourne International Comedy Festival announce nominations for 2017 Barry Award". Beat Magazine. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Best Short Form/Online Entertainment Contenders". Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  9. ^ Bennett, Steve. "Amazon reveals its Australian stand-up release schedule". www.chortle.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Sydney Comedy Festival Announces 2019 Award Winners".
  11. ^ "bigsofttitty.png on acast". acast. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Just for Laughs Reveals the List of the Esteemed 2023 New Faces".
  13. ^ "Demi Lardner". Century Artists. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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