Tony Moclair
Comic Writer/Performer/Broadcaster
Being born into an Irish family of eight children, comedy was always going to come naturally to Tony Moclair.
While studying Arts at Monash University in Melbourne, Tony met fellow student and future collaborator Julian Schiller. In Julian, Tony had found a kindred spirit and the two formed a writing and performing partnership that has seen them make short films, write and perform for radio, Television, live shows, and co-create two platinum selling comedy CD’s.
Tony’s media journey began with regular appearances on 3RRR’s cult radio program The Breakfasters and was soon followed with regular live work, including two sell-out shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
In 1997 Tony and Julian made the move to Triple M where they wrote and performed a number of hugely successful nationally networked comedy programs as well as co-creating two platinum selling, and ARIA award winning comedy CD’s (Guido Hatzis).
Tony and Julian’s radio successes were soon noticed by TV executives, and they went on to write, develop and perform in productions for The Comedy Channel, the Nine Network and the Seven Network.
In 2003 Tony made a return to radio with controversial talk show Restoring the Balance on Triple J, where Tony and Julian co-hosted ‘in character’ as Young Liberal, Stirling Addison and Young National, Tom Thomlinson. The response from Triple J listeners was unprecedented.
Tony accepted an offer to join the Nova network and co-hosted the Breakfast Show alongside fellow comics Julian Schiller, Lisa Fernandez and Ryan (Fitzy) Fitzgerald on the highly successful Nova 91.9 Adelaide until 2006.
Tony also continues to frequently appear as a panelist on ABC-TVs The Einstein Factor.
2007 saw Tony with regular spots on Triple J, Triple M and 774 ABC Melbourne which included co-hosting the summer breakfast show, as well as writing for a number of top Australian comedy shows.
This year Tony continues his various radio commitments, and he has also joined the cast and crew of Channel 7’s latest quiz show, Out of The Question, hosted by Glenn Robbins. He writes and will appear regularly as a panelist on the show.
And as well as being a brilliant voice artist with a vast array of his own characters (Guido Hatzis, Bill the Kiwi Social Worker, Young Liberal Stirling Addison, DJ Domm etc) Tony is also an excellent impressionist, with an un-canny ability to mimic Political and Social headline-makers.
Radio
- 2008 : Guest spots and fill ins on 774 ABC Melbourne
- 2007/2008 : Co-hosted summer breakfast with Rachel Berger on 774 ABC Melbourne
- 2007 : DJ Dom comedic character podcast nationally on Triple M
- 2007 : Guest spots on Tony Martin’s Get This on Triple M Melbourne
Restoring the Balance, Political satire/character comedy heard nationally on Triple J - 2004/6 : Nova 919 Breakfast show – co-hosts with Julian Schiller, Lisa Fernandez and Ryan Fitzgerald. Jodie Hill was a former cohost.
- 2003/4 Restoring the Balance – Political satire/character comedy heard nationally on Triple J
- 2003 : Bill the Kiwi Social Worker – serial heard nationally on Triple M and regional Australia.
- 2001/2 : The Flying Squad 'week in review' comedy show heard nationally each Sunday from 10am – noon on the Triple M national network and regional stations
- 2000 : 3MMM Drive time topical comedy show
- 2000/1 : 'Guido Hatzis; – one of crud’s radio ’characters’, achieved national fame with 2 platinum CD’s and ARIA awards for best comedy release in 2000 and 2001 (in all there have been 3 Guido CD’s selling almost 200,000 units)
- 1997/99 Triple M national network. Wrote and performed nationally networked comedy shows.
- 1994/96 Sketch writers, performers and Breakfast co-hosts for 3RRR. Creators of popular comedy serials, Bill the Social Worker and Crud
Television
- 2008: Appearances on Out of the Question, Channel 7
- 2007/8 : Regular spot on The Einstein Factor, ABC TV
- 2006 : Appeared on Joker Poker 2, Network Ten
- 2004/6 : Regular appearances on The Einstein Factor, ABC TV
- 2003 : Development of comedy/light entertainment projects for Seven Network.
- 2002 : Appeared on Network Ten’s The Panel, GMA and worked on projects for Nine and Seven, as well as co-writing, co-producing and acting in a comedy/drama pilot, and documentary pilot with Julian Schiller
- 2001 : The Guido Hatzis Lecture Series for the Comedy Channel and Granada, appeared on The Panel, The Big Schmooze, The ARIA awards, Nine’s ABBA special, NIne’s New Year’s Eve special and A Current Affair.