Chris Lilley
Birthday: Born in 1974-11-10 in Sydney, Australia
Deathday: Alive
Christopher Daniel Lilley (born 10 November 1974) is an Australian actor, comedian, writer, director, television producer, and musician. He is known for his creation and portrayal of several characters in the mockumentary television series We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year (2005), Summer Heights High (2007), Angry Boys (2011), Ja'mie: Private School Girl (2013), Jonah from Tonga (2014), and Lunatics (2019). He is a two-time winner of the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor.
TV Credits
Summer Heights High
Character: Jonah Takalua / Mr. G / Ja'mie King
Exploring what happens over one school term in an average Australian high school, this mockumentary brings to life Jonah, a 13 year old mischievous schoolboy from Tonga with the odds stacked against him; Mr G, an ego-driven drama teacher with delusional showbiz dreams; and Ja’mie, a private schoolgirl on a student exchange, set to make her mark on Summer Heights High....
Angry Boys
Character: Daniel / Nathan / Gran / S.mouse / Blake / Jen
Angry Boys is an Australian television mockumentary series written by and starring Chris Lilley. Continuing the mockumentary style of his previous series, the show explores the issues faced by young males in the 21st century – their influences, their pressures, their dreams and ambitions. In Angry Boys, Lilley plays multiple characters: S.mouse, an American rapper; Jen, a manipulative Japanese mother; Blake Oakfield, a champion surfer; Ruth "Gran" Sims, a guard at a juvenile detention facility; ...
Jonah From Tonga
Character: Jonah Takalua
Fourteen year old breakdancer and mischievous delinquent, Jonah Takalua, returns from Tonga to start a new life at Holy Cross High School. Dominating the playground with his gang Fobba-licious, amusing himself with endless filfthy jokes and a schoolyard rivalry with the Rangas, Jonah challenges the school system, getting himself into more trouble than ever before....
We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year
Character: Daniel Sims / Ja'mie / Nathan Sims / Pat / Phil / Ricky
The daily lives of five very special individuals who are among the thousands of citizens nominated for the prestigious title of Australian of the Year....
Ja'mie: Private School Girl
Character: Ja'mie King
Ja'mie King, the self-promoting "queen bee" of Summer Heights High, returns from an exchange semester at that public school for her last three months at Hillford Girls Grammar, where she's the unchallenged diva among the school's most popular girls, as well as the school captain. Clothes, cars, boys, parties ... Ja'mie has it all, and her overriding goal is to win the Hillford Medal...
Lunatics
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This mockumentary series follows the peculiar lives of six eccentric -- and sometimes obscene -- misfits who march to their own beat....
Movie Credits
We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian of the Year
Character: Phil Olivetti / Ricky Wong / Ja'mie King / Daniel Sims / Nathan Sims / Pat Mullins
The story of five unique Australians who have been nominated for the Australian of the Year Award. Phil, a rescue hero who saved nine children in a jumping castle accident. Ricky, a Chinese physics genius and aspiring actor. Ja’mie, a charity-minded schoolgirl who sponsors 85 Sudanese children. Daniel and Nathan, hearing impaired teenage twin farm boys embarking on a world first eardrum transplant. And Pat, a disabled suburban housewife turned elite athlete....
Ned
Character: Customer 1 & Klansman
Parody of the legend of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly....