Australian Comedian & Actor, Matt Okine, began his career
by becoming a national Triple J RAW finalist in 2004, at
the age of 18, after only 3 previous gigs (those being the
preliminary stages of the competition!).
He was
a 2Day FM Comedy God finalist later that year, and in
January 2005, Matt took out the Brisbane New Comic of the
Year competition. The same year, he scored his first movie
role, appearing in Fox2000’s, Aquamarine. In 2006,
he was in “Show Us Your Roots” at the Canberra Theatre,
and was also a part of the Melbourne International Comedy
Festival’s ‘New Talent’ Showcase.
In
late 2007, Matt performed on "Rove Live" after winning the
Rove Live/Snickers Golden Nut Competition. He followed
this with a sell-out show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival
(2008) and was flown to Miami as part of NBC’s hit show,
“Last Comic Standing”.
In
2010, Matt spent a month touring
Western Australia
with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow,
and a TV Pilot that he co-created called, Not Available,
debuted at the Dungog Film Festival to much acclaim.
Matt
was also a co-writer/producer/performer on the short film,
Bird Therapy, which made the Final 16 in Tropfest
2011 – The biggest short film festival in the world. The
film went on to also feature at the 2011 Dungog Film
Festival and is soon to be distributed online through
IndieFlix.
His
2011 Sydney Comedy Festival show, Being Black N Chicken
N Shit, was nominated for Time Out’s Local Comedy Show
of the Year, and Matt was also nominated in the same
awards for 2011 Sydney Comedian of the Year.
Matt
has also acted on several Film & TV projects – both here &
overseas - including All Saints, H20: Just Add
Water, Sea Patrol, I Rock, Aquamarine (US), Monarch
Cove (US) & See No Evil (US). He was also a
guest panelist on The Squiz and, most recently,
Can of Worms.
An
experienced MC, Matt has hosted several events including
the launch of the Nokia N87 at Bondi Junction for One
Partners, the launch of the Nokia Music Store (where he
shared the stage with Kate Miller-Heidke & The Presets),
and the Smirnoff “Send-Off” Party as part of their
“Nightlife Exchange” Experience.
As
a hip-hop artist, he has performed at Brisbane's Step Inn
(supporting Evil Eddie), at the Stylin Up festival (with
KPS), and Brisbane's Fete De La Musique Festival (Queen St
Mall). As a member of Australia's legendary ManChoir, Matt
has also performed at some of Australia's biggest music
festivals including Big Day Out (2010) & Playground
Weekender (2011).
Matt
is co-creator and star of the award-winning The Future
Machine webseries (http://thefuturemachine.tv)
which was selected for the 2011 LA Web Fest, the 2011
International TV Festival in
Los Angeles, and the 2011 Dungog Film Festival.
With these achievements, along with several more, Matt Okine is definitely one of
Australia's rising comic talents.
Cereal, bro.
