Bio and profile of Adam Hills

Comedian

"Adam Hills is one of Australia's most talented and widely respected comedians. His unique style of positive, uplifting comedy and rampant spontaneity have won him universal acclaim, rave reviews, awards, and a legion of fans throughout Australia, Great Britain, Ireland, Europe - and recently in Canada and the US too. In Australia Adam hosts the popular music quiz show Spicks and Specks on the ABC. He has also appeared on Rove Live, The Glasshouse, and Good Morning Australia, hosted the 2003 Just For Laughs special from the Montreal Comedy Festival, and received widespread acclaim for his back-stage interviews at the 2005 & 2006 Logie Awards. Adam's solo shows have seen sell-out houses at the Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival and the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival. He's a regular at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, and was the first Australian comedian to appear at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen 2005. However, it's at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that Adam has truly made his mark. Totally sold out every season from 2000 to 2004, three times nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award, winner of the inaugural Nokia Orange Best of the Fest Award in 2002, and the Forth One Fringe Award in 2003 - Adam has become one of the hottest attractions at the Fringe, selling over 10,000 tickets in 2004 alone. Adam's British TV credits include "Never Mind The Buzzcocks", 'Mock The Week', 'The Charlotte Church Show', "Today With Des and Mel", "The BBC Stand Up Show", "The World Stands Up" and "The World Comedy Tour" which also screened internationally."