Christopher Daniel Lilley is an Australian comedian, television producer, actor, musician and writer. He is known for his creation and portrayal of several characters in We Can Be Hero’s, Angry Boys, Summer Heights High and Ja’mie Private School Girl.
Chris Lilley created We Can Be Hero’s a six-part series on ABC television in which he portrayed various characters nominated for the Australian of the Year Award.
Chris Lilley portrayed several characters in the series: Phil Olivetti, a self-obsessed police officer; Ricky Wong, a Chinese Australian university physics student from Melbourne; Pat Mullins, a 47-year-old housewife with a dream to roll on her side from Perth to Uluru; Daniel Sims, a teenage boy who donates an eardrum to his deaf twin brother Nathan, Ja'mie King, an arrogant girl attending a private high school in Sydney. Chris Lilley was nominated for Best Comedy Series and Best Lead Actor in Television at the 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards, and won the Best New Talent and Most Outstanding Comedy Program awards at the Logie Awards of 2006. He also received a Rose d'Or award in Switzerland for Best Male Comedy Performance. Following the series' success, it was sold to other countries under the new name, The Nominees.
Chris Lilley portrayed several characters in the series: Phil Olivetti, a self-obsessed police officer; Ricky Wong, a Chinese Australian university physics student from Melbourne; Pat Mullins, a 47-year-old housewife with a dream to roll on her side from Perth to Uluru; Daniel Sims, a teenage boy who donates an eardrum to his deaf twin brother Nathan, Ja'mie King, an arrogant girl attending a private high school in Sydney. Chris Lilley was nominated for Best Comedy Series and Best Lead Actor in Television at the 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards, and won the Best New Talent and Most Outstanding Comedy Program awards at the Logie Awards of 2006. He also received a Rose d'Or award in Switzerland for Best Male Comedy Performance. Following the series' success, it was sold to other countries under the new name, The Nominees.
Summer Heights High aired on ABC TV in 2007.
In the series, Chris Lilley played the series' three main characters at a public school. In March 2008, Chris Lilley released a single, Naughty Girl, based on the series and performed in character as the Summer Heights High drama teacher, Mr G.
At the 2008 Logie Awards he was nominated for four awards including Most Outstanding Actor and Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Television, and won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor and the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program.
The series was sold to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.Chris Lilley embarked on a promotional tour of the United States in October 2008 to promote the U.S.
In the series, Chris Lilley played the series' three main characters at a public school. In March 2008, Chris Lilley released a single, Naughty Girl, based on the series and performed in character as the Summer Heights High drama teacher, Mr G.
At the 2008 Logie Awards he was nominated for four awards including Most Outstanding Actor and Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Television, and won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor and the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program.
The series was sold to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.Chris Lilley embarked on a promotional tour of the United States in October 2008 to promote the U.S.
Angry Boys aired on ABC in Australia and BBC in the UK in 2011 and HBO in the US in 2012. The 12-part comedy series brought to life six vastly different characters and was met by worldwide acclaim and sold to over 100 countries. In Australia, Angry Boys remains the most popular program to date on ABC TV’s iView with over 1.4 million plays. In Angry Boys Chris Lilley plays multiple new characters in his third series. The show introduces: S.mouse!, a US rapper; Jen Okazaki, a manipulative Japanese mother; Blake Oakfield, a champion surfer; Ruth "Gran" Sims, a guard at a juvenile detention facility; and her grandchildren, South Australian twins Daniel and Nathan Sims who also featured in We Can Be Heroes. Chris Lilley was awarded the inaugural AACTA Award in 2012 for Best Comedy Performance in Television for Angry Boys.
JAM;IE PRIVATE SCHOOL GIRL.
Australian television comedy series set at a private girl’s grammar school in Sydney's wealthy North Shore district, written by and starring Chris Lilley. Continuing the style of Chris Lilley's previous series, Ja'mie: Private School Girl follows Ja'mie King, a character who previously appeared in Lilley's series We Can Be Heroes and Summer Heights High, during her final weeks of high school.
The series is co-produced by Chris Lilley and Princess Pictures in association with ABC and HBO.
The Australia Broadcasting Corporation broadcast the show in Australia from from 23 October 2013 and concluded on 27 November 2013. HBO began broadcasting the show in the United States on 24 November 2013. In the United Kingdom, BBC Three currently broadcasts the series.