Everything about Paul Hogan totally explained
Paul Hogan AM (born
October 8,
1939) is an
Australian
Golden Globe-winning actor and comedian.
Career
Hogan was born in in
Lightning Ridge,
New South Wales and went on to become a
rigger working on the
Sydney Harbour Bridge before rising to fame in the early 1970s after a comical interview on
A Current Affair. Hogan followed this with his own comedy sketch programme,
The Paul Hogan Show, which he produced, co-wrote, and in which he played a panoply of characters with
John Cornell. The series, which ran for 60 episodes between 1973 and 1984, was popular both in his native country and in the
UK and
Ireland, and showcased his trademark lighthearted but laddish "
Aussie Ocker" humour. In 1985, Hogan was awarded
Australian of the Year and was also inducted into the
Order of Australia.
During the early 1980s, Hogan filmed a series of television ads promoting the Australian tourism industry, which aired in the United States. In particular the advertisement featuring the phrase
Shrimp on the barbie which aired from 1984, was particularly successful. Later in the decade, he appeared on British television in a long-running series of advertisements for
Foster's Lager, in which he played an earthy Australian abroad in
London. The character's most notable line (spoken incredulously at a
ballet performance)
"Strewth, mate, there's a bloke down there with no strides on!" followed Hogan for years, and the popularity of its "fish out of water" humour was repeated with his next endeavour.
Hogan's first film,
Crocodile Dundee (1986), featuring a similarly down-to-earth hunter travelling from the Australian
Outback to
New York City, was privately funded by Hogan and a group of private investors including much of its cast, entrepreneur
Kerry Packer, and
cricketers
Greg Chappell,
Dennis Lillee, and
Rod Marsh.
Crocodile Dundee became the most successful Australian film ever, and launched Hogan's international film career. It won him a
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy, as well as an
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and a
BAFTA Award nomination. In 1986 Hogan also starred in a series of television tourism commercials aimed at the US market (see
Shrimp on the barbie). Following the success of
Crocodile Dundee, Paul went on to star in the sequel
Crocodile Dundee II in 1988 and starred in a handful of other films such as
Almost an Angel,
Flipper and
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles.
In the early 2000's Hogan was a spokesman for
Subaru, promoting their
Outback models.
Personal life
Hogan married his Dundee co-star
Linda Kozlowski in
1990 after he and first wife Noelene were divorced. He has five children from his first marriage, and one, Chance, from his second.
Filmography
Acting
Writing
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) (characters)
Lightning Jack (1994) (written by)
Almost an Angel (1990)
Crocodile Dundee II (1988) (characters) (written by)
Crocodile Dundee (1986) (screenplay) (story) ... aka "Crocodile" Dundee (USA)
Hogan In London (1975) (TV)
The Paul Hogan Show (1973) TV Series
Producing
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) (producer)
Lightning Jack (1994) (producer)
Almost an Angel (1990) (executive producer)
Crocodile Dundee II (1988) (executive producer)
Himself
Thank Ya, Thank Ya Kindly (1991) (TV)
The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987) (TV) Co-host
Olympic Gala (1984) (TV)
Hogan In London (1975) (TV)
The Paul Hogan Show (1973) TV Series Various
A Current Affair (1971) TV SeriesFurther Information
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