Justin Kennedy

{{short description|Australian actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2010}}

'''Justin Kennedy''' is an Australian actor, writer, voice-over artist and comedian from Melbourne.

==Career== Justin Kennedy started his performing career in 2002, after making his first stand-up appearance in the national Raw Comedy competition.

In 2003, Kennedy teamed up with fellow comedians Gavin Baskerville and Dwight Bandy to write and perform the show ''Successful Losing: How to be a Spectacular Failure'' in both Fringe World in Perth, Western Australia, (winning 'Best Comedy'), and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF). In 2004, Kennedy performed his first solo stand-up show in MICF, ''Simple Pleasures'', which he followed over the next four years with ''I'm With Stupid'', ''Beelzebuzz'' (nominated for a Golden Gibbo Award), ''Ladies...?''<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts-reviews/justin-kennedy-ladies/2007/04/17/1176696803466.html 'Ladies...? review], theage.com.au, 17 April 2007.</ref> and ''Passionista''.

In 2009, Kennedy teamed up with Sarah Collins to write and perform, ''Donna and Damo: An Asexual Love Story'' for the Melbourne Fringe Festival before performing it at the Arts Centre in the 2010 MICF. He proposed to Collins onstage during the curtain call of a performance in April 2010.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/comedy/a-curtain-call-leaves-romantics-in-its-thrall-20100403-rkuz.html Kennedy's proposal to Collins], theage.com.au; Retrieved 5 July 2017.</ref>

In 2008, Kennedy wrote and performed as a cast member of Foxtel's ''The Mansion'' with Michael Chamberlin and Charlie Pickering. He appeared three times on Foxtel's ''Stand Up Australia''. He was a regular writer for ''Rove'' from 2007 until its final episode, appearing in numerous sketches during this time.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Kennedy has appeared as an actor in numerous television shows, including ''The Time of Our Lives'', ''The Secret'', ''It's a Date'' and ''Utopia'', as well as voiced characters for the animated series' ''Sumo Mouse, Flea-Bitten'' and ''SheZow''.

Kennedy was formerly head writer at ''The Project'' and now{{when|date=September 2024}} writes for ''Hard Quiz'' and ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering''.

==Select filmography== * ''Rove'' * ''The Mansion'' * ''Stand Up Australia'' * ''The Secret'' * ''Neighbours'' * ''Stingers'' * ''Reverse Runner''

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=2962801}}

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