# Justin Kennedy

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{{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](/source/Melbourne).

==Career==
Justin Kennedy started his performing career in 2002, after making his first stand-up appearance in the national [Raw Comedy](/source/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](/source/Fringe_World) in [Perth](/source/Perth), Western Australia, (winning 'Best Comedy'), and the [Melbourne International Comedy Festival](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Foxtel)'s ''[The Mansion](/source/The_Mansion_(TV_series))'' with [Michael Chamberlin](/source/Michael_Chamberlin_(comedian)) and [Charlie Pickering](/source/Charlie_Pickering). He appeared three times on Foxtel's ''[Stand Up Australia](/source/Stand_Up_Australia)''. He was a regular writer for ''[Rove](/source/Rove_(TV_series))'' 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](/source/The_Secret_(2006_film))'', ''[It's a Date](/source/It's_a_Date_(TV_series))'' and ''[Utopia](/source/Utopia_(Australian_TV_series))'', as well as voiced characters for the animated series' ''Sumo Mouse, Flea-Bitten'' and ''[SheZow](/source/SheZow)''.

Kennedy was formerly head writer at ''[The Project](/source/The_Project_(Australian_TV_program))'' and now{{when|date=September 2024}} writes for ''[Hard Quiz](/source/Hard_Quiz)'' and ''[The Weekly with Charlie Pickering](/source/The_Weekly_with_Charlie_Pickering)''.

==Select filmography==
* ''[Rove](/source/Rove_(TV_series))''
* ''[The Mansion](/source/The_Mansion_(TV_series))''
* ''[Stand Up Australia](/source/Stand_Up_Australia)''
* ''[The Secret](/source/The_Secret_(2006_film))''
* ''[Neighbours](/source/Neighbours)''
* ''[Stingers](/source/Stingers_(TV_series))''
* ''[Reverse Runner](/source/Reverse_Runner)''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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