Tim ‘Rosso’ Ross

Biography

TOPICS: MC, COMEDY

Tim is an Australian comedian, radio host and television presenter. He is best known for performing stand-up comedy and radio works as part of the comedy duo Merrick and Rosso with Merrick Watts.

Tim Ross began his career in stand up comedy and first came together with Merrick Watts when they teamed up for a one off comedy show in 1996. They had many stand up shows and comedy tours across Australia and appeared at many comedy festivals. They also published the comedy books ‘Merrick and Rosso, The Book’ and ‘Merrick and Rosso, The Book Volume 2’.

The first television series hosted by Merrick and Rosso was Planet Merrick and Rosso on The Comedy Channel. They had a guest role on top rating Australian drama series All Saints in 2003. In 2003 their television show Merrick and Rosso Unplanned debuted on the Nine Network followed by the The B Team on Network Ten in 2005. In 2008, they returned to the Comedy Channel with an original format entitled ‘The Merrick & Rosso Show’. In 2009, Ross became a guest entertainment reporter for Nine’s Today show. In 2010, he hosted Uncharted, an unsigned band competition series on MTV and became the host of television series Australia Versus.

Tim ‘Rosso’ is based in Sydney, but travels Australia wide.