Nick Sun

{{short description|Australian comedian}}

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Image:Nick Sun Fisting The Soul - Concept Art Mar 2008.jpg

Nick Sun is an Australian stand-up comedian. He is of Nepalese extraction,{{cite web | url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/n/13/nick_sun/review/ | title=Nick Sun's review : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide | publisher=Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide | accessdate=2008-04-18}} but chooses to eschew obvious cultural stereotyping in his act,{{cite web | url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/n/13/nick_sun/review/ | title=Nick Sun's review : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide | publisher=Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide | accessdate=2008-04-18}} favouring a style that has been described as "unhinged",{{cite news | url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/the-kooky-monster/2008/03/20/1205602554694.html | title=The kooky monster – Arts – Entertainment – theage.com.au | publisher=The Age | accessdate=2008-04-18 | location=Melbourne | date=2008-03-23}} "offensive"{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23271387-5016601,00.html |title=AdelaideNow... Nick Sun – Tear Out Your Eyes |publisher=The Adelaide Advertiser |accessdate=2008-04-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420031935/http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23271387-5016601,00.html |archivedate=20 April 2008 }} "nihilistic" and "self-destructive."{{cite web | url=http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/articles/2007/04/05/2007-melbourne-comedy-festival-reviews/nick-sun-sacrificial-clown/ | title=Nick Sun: Sacrificial Clown – The Groggy Squirrel | publisher=The Groggy Squirrel | accessdate=2008-04-18 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721031820/http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/articles/2007/04/05/2007-melbourne-comedy-festival-reviews/nick-sun-sacrificial-clown/ | archivedate=2008-07-21 }}

In 2004, Nick won Raw Comedy,{{cite web | url=http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/raw/gigs/pastwinners/ |title=Melbourne International Comedy Festival – Raw Comedy Past Winners |publisher=Melbourne International Comedy Festival |accessdate=2008-02-02 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080102085406/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/raw/gigs/pastwinners/ |archivedate = 2 January 2008}} a national competition for new comic talent run by the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. That same year, he also went on to win the So You Think You're Funny competition grand final, held at the Gilded Balloon as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/edinburgh2004/news/2004/08/27/13970.shtml | title=Comedy – Edinburgh – So You Think You're Funny? | publisher=BBC | accessdate=2008-02-02}}

Alongside his appearances at Australia's major comedy venues, Sun regularly appears at the Cracker Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2006, he performed at the invitation-only Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, Canada.

Nick's 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival show "Blood on the Yolks in the Key of Owls" was awarded the Director's Choice award by festival director Susan Provan.{{cite web | url=http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/about/awards/ |title=Melbourne International Comedy Festival – Comedy Festival Awards |publisher=Melbourne International Comedy Festival |accessdate=2008-01-30 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071230114107/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/about/awards/ |archivedate = 30 December 2007}}

In 2009 Nick Sun Won the Sly Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Competition.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}

Nick's favourite walk on song is "Here comes the Sun" by The Beatles. He usually takes the length of the song to get on stage.

Nick stars in the Sci-fi feature film Astro Loco.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4446228/reference|title = Astro Loco (2021) – IMDb}}