Tommy Little (comedian)
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Thomas Little (born 23 February 1985) is an Australian comedian, writer, actor, television and radio presenter. He currently co-hosts Carrie & Tommy on the Hit Network with Carrie Bickmore. He formerly was a co-host on The Project on Network 10.
Career
In 2013, Little performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and appeared at the festival's Gala show, which showcases five-minute sets of dozens of comedians. In early 2014, he returned to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with a new show, "Ass Gangster",{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/comedy/tommy-little-takes-a-walk-on-the-mild-side-with-middleclass-gangster-20140812-10313m.html|title=Tommy Little takes a walk on the mild side with Middleclass Gangster|last=Thomas|first=Sarah|date=2014-08-14|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-05-12}} in 2019 with his show "Self Diagnosed Genius"{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/comedy/little-payoff-from-tommys-longwinded-jokes-20190404-h1d588.html|title=Little pay-off from Tommy's long-winded jokes|last=Harry|first=Michael|date=2019-04-04|website=The Age|language=en|access-date=2019-05-12}} and in 2021 "I'll See Myself Out".{{Cite web|title=Tommy Little - I'll See Myself Out {{!}} Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021|url=https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2021/shows/tommy-little|access-date=30 March 2021|website=www.comedyfestival.com.au|language=en-AU}}
Little has also performed live on Foxtel.{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/11/returning-just-for-laughs-australia-5.html|title=Returning: Just For Laughs Australia|date=2018-11-20|website=TV Tonight|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-05-12}}
= Television =
Little has appeared on Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Celebrity Name Game, Studio 10, The Project and Hughesy, We Have a Problem.
In 2008, Little began writing for Channel 31's talk show, Studio A hosted by Dave Thornton and produced by RMITV. By 2010, he was promoted to host. After the sixth season of Studio A, RMITV management stated in a press release that they would be making changes to their Flagship Production in 2012 and announced that a new program, Live on Bowen, would be the show's successor.
In 2012, Little appeared at the Warehouse Comedy Festival, which converts an old warehouse into a pop-up comedy venue and films one-hour shows for viewing on the ABC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/201211/programs/LE1052V004D2012-11-22T210143.htm|title=ABC Television - ABC2 - Warehouse Comedy Festival|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=12 May 2019}}
In 2013, Little was announced as host of Network Ten's comedy and entertainment series, A League of Their Own{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/07/tommy-little-reflects-on-a-league-of-their-own.html|title=Tommy Little reflects on A League of Their Own|date=2017-07-24|website=TV Tonight|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-05-12}} and co-host of comedy chat show This Week Live alongside Dave Thornton, Tom Gleeson and Meshel Laurie. He also played Claudia Karvan's love interest on the ABC drama Time of our Lives{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2013/09/hard-works-makes-tommy-little-an-overnight-success-story.html|title=Hard work makes Tommy Little an "overnight success."|date=2013-09-10|website=TV Tonight|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-05-12}}
Little has been the comedic panelist on Ten's prime time entertainment news program The Project, filling the spot of regular Peter Helliar since 2014.
In 2016, Little hosted Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia, an improvisational comedy show, based on the British show of the same name on Foxtel network's The Comedy Channel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/tv-shows/tommy-little-says-he-was-a-little-bit-st-to-be-a-whose-line-is-it-anway-cast-member/news-story/a275dd1e8a3d797843e1b4d9da6dfa84|title=Tommy Little's sexual favours have really paid off|last=Bucklow|first=Andrew|date=2016-11-24|website=NewsComAu|access-date=2019-05-12}}
In 2020 following lockdowns in Melbourne Little performed a show with live audience at Melbourne International Comedy Festival 'Tommy Little: Self-Diagnosed Genius' which was distributed on Amazon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Little-Self-Diagnosed-Genius-Season/dp/B08BYX9JL2|title=Tommy Little: Self-Diagnosed Genius|date=2020-04-16|website=Amazon Prime|access-date=2021-10-12}}
= Radio =
Little regularly filled in for Hughesy & Kate on Nova 100 whilst they were on holidays.{{cite web|last=Bennett|first=Sally|title=Tommy Little is the fresh face of comedy in new TV show This Week Live|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/arts/funny-man-on-a-roll/story-fni0fcgk-1226686497647|work=Herald Sun|date = 28 July 2013|accessdate= 2 October 2013}} In October 2013, Nova 100 announced that Little would join Meshel Laurie to host Meshel & Tommy early December 2013, replacing Hughesy & Kate.{{Cite web|url=https://mumbrella.com.au/nova-announces-new-breakfast-show-tommy-little-meshel-laurie-183884|title=Nova announces a new Breakfast show with Tommy Little and Meshel Laurie|last=Christensen|first=Nic|date=2013-10-11|website=Mumbrella|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-16}} In October 2015, Little announced that he would be leaving Nova 100 at the end of the year.{{Cite web|title = Tommy Little to exit Nova100|url = http://www.radiotoday.com.au/news/whats-new/7847-tommy-little-to-exit-nova100.html|website = Radio Today| date=13 October 2015 |accessdate = 2015-10-15}}
In January 2017, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Little and Carrie Bickmore would host Carrie & Tommy across the Hit Network.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/carrie-bickmore-heads-back-radio|title=Carrie Bickmore heads back to radio|last=Radioinfo|website=www.radioinfo.com.au|access-date=2017-01-20}} The show airs weekdays from 3pm to 6pm.
Charity
In December 2018, Little set out and completed the Antarctic Ice Marathon{{Cite web|url=https://tendaily.com.au/shows/theproject/exclusive/v190108wyz/tommy-littles-marathon-in-antarctica-20190108|title=Tommy Little's Marathon in Antarctica|date=2019-01-08|website=10 daily|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-02-16}} in an effort to raise money for Project Rectum. They raised over $114,000.{{Cite web|url=https://marathononiceforacure.gofundraise.com.au/cms/home|title=Marathon on Ice For a Cure {{!}} Home|last=Ltd|first=GoFundraise Pty|website=marathononiceforacure.gofundraise.com.au|language=en|access-date=2019-02-16}}
References
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External links
- [http://tommylittle.com.au Tommy Little]
- [http://www.nova100.com.au Nova 100]
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Category:Australian male television actors
Category:Australian male comedians
Category:Nova (radio network) announcers