Matt Okine

Matthew Okine (born 12 April 1985) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, author, rapper and radio presenter of Ghanaian descent living in Sydney. Okine was a co-host on the breakfast show on Triple J with Alex Dyson from 2014 to 2016.

Matt Okine
Okine (right) with co-host Alex Dyson at Tropfest Australia 2013
Birth nameMatthew Okine
Born (1985-04-12) 12 April 1985
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
MediumStand-up, radio, television
NationalityAustralian
Websitemattokine.com

Career

Okine has performed stand-up on Rove, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Sydney Comedy Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival (for which he won award for best newcomer). He has appeared on numerous TV shows, including This is Littleton, Legally Brown and Hughesy, We Have a Problem and as a guest contributor on Dirty Laundry Live, Can of Worms and The Agony of Modern Manners. In 2012, he released a DVD entitled Being Black n Chicken n Shit. He cites Aziz Ansari and Dave Chappelle as influences[1] and has supported them when they toured Australia.

Okine appeared as Laurie in H2O: Just Add Water.[2]

In 2014, Okine replaced Tom Ballard as co-host on the breakfast show on Triple J after Ballard resigned to pursue stand-up comedy.[3] In 2016, Okine and Dyson both left Triple J to pursue other interests.

He co-hosts How Not to Behave, which premiered on ABC in July 2015.[4]

At the 2015 ARIA Awards, he won Best Comedy Release for Live at the Enmore Theatre.[5]

In 2017, Okine wrote and starred in The Other Guy on Stan.

Personal life

Okine grew up in Brisbane.[1] His father, Mack Okine, is Ghanaian. His mother, Roslyn, died of breast cancer when he was 12 years old.[6]

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References
  1. Tan, Monica (19 August 2014). "Matt Okine on being the only half-Ghanaian Australian comedian in the room". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. Mitchell, Georgina (8 August 2014). "Honesty is the best belly medicine". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. Styles, Aja (3 December 2013). "Matt Okine replaces Tom Ballard on Triple J breakfast". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. Knox, David (4 June 2015). "Gretel Killeen, Matt Okine to host new ABC series, How Not to Behave". TV Tonight. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  5. "Tame Impala and Courtney Barnett win big at 2015 ARIAs". Triple J. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  6. Dyson, Alex (7 May 2015). "Remembering our mums for Mother's Day". Triple J blog. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
External video
One Plus One: Matt Okine, One Plus One, ABC News
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