David Collins
Birthday: Born in 1969-01-19 in New South Wales, Australia
Deathday: Alive
David Collins is an Australian comedian. He is one-half of the comic duo The Umbilical Brothers.
TV Credits
The Ferals
Character: Rattus (voice)
The Ferals was an Australian children's comedy television series created by Wendy Gray and Claire Henderson and produced by the ABC. It ran from 1994 to 1995, and it featured a mixture of people and animal puppets known as the "Ferals." It was lauded for its irreverent humour and distinctive characters, some of which still feature today on ABC programming. Garth Frost was responsible for the puppet design....
The Upside Down Show
Character: David
The Upside Down Show, was a Logie Award winning show featuring Shane Dundas and David Collins that airs on Noggin, Nick Jr. Australia and ABC Australia. On the show they play brothers who live together in a strange house with a variety of unusual rooms. The show premiered on Nick Jr. Australia in August 2006 and on Noggin US on 16 October 2006, with 13 episodes developed by the highly acclaimed Sesame Workshop. The Sesame Workshop logo used on this show can only be seen on Noggin. Initial views...
The Tourist
Character: Arlo Dobson/Colin Callend
When a man wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory, he must use the few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with him....
The Tourist
Character: Arlo Dobson
When a man wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory, he must use the few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with him....
Frankie Drake Mysteries
Character: Squishy
Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense of adventure gets her into all kinds of trouble, but she always manages to find her way out....
Minx
Character: Ben
An earnest young feminist joins forces with a low-rent publisher to make the world's first erotic magazine for women....
Show Me the Movie!
Character: Self
Hosted by Rove McManus, this comedy panel game show features two teams captained by acclaimed actor Jane Harber and comedy star Joel Creasey who compete in a series of movie trivia rounds....
Drunk History: Australia
Character:
An Australian educational comedy television series based on the American series (and earlier web series) of the same name. In each episode, an inebriated celebrity struggles to recount a historical event, while actors reconstruct and enact the narrator's anecdotes while lip syncing the dialogue....
Oh Yuck!
Character: Doolan O'Clean
Oh Yuck is a fast-paced, fact-laden, laugh out loud, narrative comedy series for 11-13 year old kids that mixes live action with animation to explore the science behind all things ooey, gooey, slimy and mucky....
Drop Dead Weird
Character: Dad
Three Australian siblings move to a bed and breakfast in Tubbershandy western Ireland with their Zombie parents....
Maisy
Character:
Fun and adventurous mini-episode series following the life of Maisy, a little white mouse and her friends....
Movie Credits
The Umbilical Brothers: Speedmouse
Character: Himself
Taking advantage of the latest advances in performance technology, the boys have upgraded their acting to digital. Using this technology they are able to immediately jump to any routine or fast-forward through the boring bits. Unfortunately, the remote control has gone missing. Tensions arise when their newly-hired roadie clashes with David — he points out that there’s no need for a roadie as there are no props or scenery to move. The situation gets worse when their show controller, Tina, starts...
The Umbilical Brothers: Don't Explain
Character: Himself
Don't Explain is a selection of tangent skits that contain no overall plot. There are however continuing themes throughout the show, one of which is Dave's attempt to get the hand-held microphone off Shane; this leads to a climax in which they both have microphones and have a Face, Race and Chase Off. Another is the performance of European Visual comedy by Hans and Klaus....
You Can't Stop the Murders
Character: Dave
Australian small-town cop Gary enjoys his nearly pastoral existence, with traffic violations providing the major excitement to his normally low-key days. While away from work, Gary spends a good deal of time fantasizing about local news reporter Julia, who would just as soon relocate to the thriving metropolis of Sydney. Soon, however, a motorcyclist is found decapitated, with a construction worker, a sailor, and a cowboy and Indian also meeting the same fate. With some murderous weirdo with som...
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Character: Ozmet the Jocular
A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories....
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Character: Smeg
As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home....
The Fall Guy
Character: Metalstorm Sound Mixer (Ray)
Fresh off an almost career-ending accident, stuntman Colt Seavers has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job....
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse
Character: Keith Headboom
In a zombie-infested Australian wasteland, soldier Rhys has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors for the Surgeon General in hopes of finding a cure....
The Umbilical Brothers: The Rehearsal
Character: Himself
Taking comedy into the next dimension, up 3 levels and down a hallway… Australia's hottest export since Vegemite (time out NY) are back with a rehearsal. Or are they? This acclaimed show is like nothing you've seen before. Creatively misused multi-media, audience participation, tangents that shouldn't be taken...they'll take you inside their Creative process, and won't let you out until your brain explodes....
Red Christmas
Character: Peter
A mother must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell bent on tearing them apart....
Maya the Bee: The Honey Games
Character: Arnie (voice)
When an overenthusiastic Maya accidentally embarrasses the Empress of Buzztropolis, she is forced to unite with a team of misfit bugs and compete in the Honey Games for a chance to save her hive....
The Umbilical Brothers - Not Suitable for Children
Character: Dane
Join Dane and Shavid in a brain-melting journey to the most terrifying vista the human mind has ever encountered: the world of childrens’ television. Witness the happy fly dance, purchase the most dangerous contraband, reminisce about beloved TV icons and get extremely moist in a children’s show so wrong that it’s completely unsuitable for children. The Umbilical Brothers’ amazing new live show has been torn off the stage and imprisoned on this disc by lasers. Some cool extras were standing too ...
Maya the Bee: The Golden Orb
Character: Arnie (voice)
When Maya, a headstrong little bee, and her best friend Willi, rescue an ant princess they find themselves in the middle of an epic bug battle that will take them to strange new worlds and test their friendship to its limits....
Arnie & Barney
Character: Barney (voice)
A platoon of ants set out to save their community in the midst of a severe drought, but the hilariously inept Arnie and Barney – who are not cut out for heroics – decide to tackle the problem themselves. Their bumbling efforts lead them to uncover a shady water racket and team up with a secretive superhero mosquito. In a series of comical mishaps, they inadvertently save the meadow and become the most unlikely heroes of all....