Tony Martin (born 10 June 1964) is a comedian and writer from Te Kuiti, New Zealand who has had a successful TV, radio, stand-up and film career in Australia.
A former stand-up comedian and commercial voice-over-man, Tony Martin moved to Australia from New Zealand when he was twenty-one. He signed up with The D-Generation in 1986, and was credited as one of the show’s writers during its two-year run on the ABC (he also made minor guest appearance...
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Tony Martin (born 10 June 1964) is a comedian and writer from Te Kuiti, New Zealand who has had a successful TV, radio, stand-up and film career in Australia.
A former stand-up comedian and commercial voice-over-man, Tony Martin moved to Australia from New Zealand when he was twenty-one. He signed up with The D-Generation in 1986, and was credited as one of the show’s writers during its two-year run on the ABC (he also made minor guest appearances in the programme and appeared on the 1989 spin-off album, The Satanic Sketches). Martin became a bonafide D-Gen member when he began writing and performing on the troupe's "Breakfast Show" on Triple M radio (1987-1992), which led to the 1990 compilation album The Breakfast Tapes. On air, Martin was frequently referred to by the other D-Gen members as "The Fat Man." Along with Rob Sitch, Martin left the radio show a little earlier than the other members to prepare The D-Gen’s next venture for ABC TV (although he did make time to host...
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