Tony Moclair

Biography

TOPICS: MC, COMEDY

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, he 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 2004, he accepted an offer to join the Nova network and co-hosted the Breakfast show alongside fellow comics Julian Schiller, Lisa Fernandez and Ryan (Fryzie) Fitzgerald on the highly successful Nova 91.9 Adelaide until last year. Tony has also continued to appear regularly as a panelist on ABC-TVs The Einstein Factor.

2007 saw Tony with regular appearances on Triple J, Triple M and 774 ABC Melbourne, which included co-hosting the summer breakfast show, as well as continuing to write for a number of top Australian comedy shows.

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.

Based in VIC – travels everywhere