Tom Walker (comedian)

Tom Walker is an Australian comedian, podcaster and Twitch streamer.

For the British comedian Tom Walker, see Jonathan Pie.
For other people with the same name, see Thomas Walker (disambiguation).

Tom Walker
Personal information
EducationÉcole Philippe Gaulier
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • podcaster
  • Twitch streamer
Websitetomwalkerisgood.com
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2020–present
GenreGaming
Followers11.3 thousand
Associated actsDemi Lardner
Last updated: 10 May 2023

Career

Walker trained in clowning at the École Philippe Gaulier.[1] His improv awards include the 2007 Sydney School Theatresports Cup (Senior Division)[2][3] and 2011 National Theatresports Championship.[4]

He won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Best Newcomer and Director's Choice awards in 2016 for his show Beep Boop[4] and appeared in Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia.[5] His show Bee Boo was nominated in the category of Best Show for the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award.[6] Walker was long-listed for the 2021 AACTA Awards.[7]

His 2019 show Very Very, directed by Zoë Coombs Marr, was picked up as an Amazon Prime special and released in May 2020.[8]

Walker and his partner Demi Lardner's 2019 show We Mustn't won the Sydney Comedy Festival's Directors Choice award in 2019.[9] They also co-host the podcast bigsofttitty.png.[10]

References
  1. Boon, Maxim (29 January 2018). "Down To Clown: Demi Lardner, Tom Walker and Zoe Coombs-Marr On The Art Of Being Silly". The Music. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. "Whose Line is it Anyway? Australia: Meet the cast". Foxtel. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. "Theatresports 2007 Schools Competition – Results". Impro Australia.
  4. "Tom Walker". Creative Representation. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. "Cast announced for Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia". MediaWeek. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. "Melbourne International Comedy Festival announce nominations for 2017 Barry Award". Beat Magazine. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. "Best Short Form/Online Entertainment Contenders". Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  8. Bennett, Steve. "Amazon reveals its Australian stand-up release schedule". www.chortle.co.uk.
  9. "Sydney Comedy Festival Announces 2019 Award Winners".
  10. "bigsofttitty.png on acast". acast. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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