Tom Gleeson

Acting

Tom Gleeson

Born

1974-06-02 (52)

Place of birth

Romsey, Victoria, Australia

Known for

Acting

Credits

38 titles

Tom Gleeson is an Australian stand-up comedian and radio and television presenter.

Known for

Good News Week poster
8.3

Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organisations, and often, aspects of the show itself. The show opened with a monologue by McDermott relating to recent headlines, after which two teams of three panellists competed in recurring segments to gain points. The show has spawned three short-lived spin-off series, the ABC's Good News Weekend, Ten's GNW Night Lite and Ten's skit-based Good News World.

Good News Week

1996

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering poster
4.7

News comedy show, tonight show and chat show all in one, allowing Charlie to return to his comedy roots while being a general nuisance to newsmakers, politicians and other charlatans.

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

2015

Taskmaster Australia poster
6.9

Tough-love Taskmaster Tom Gleeson and his trusty assistant Tom Cashman put a batch of Aussie battlers through their paces!

Taskmaster Australia

2023

Jack Irish poster
6.5

Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover – the complete man really. An expert in finding those who don’t want to be found – dead or alive, Jack helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.

Jack Irish

2016

Thank God You're Here poster
6.4

Each episode involves performers walking through a door into an unknown situation, greeted by the line "Thank God you're here!". They then had to improvise their way through the scene. At the end of each episode a winner was announced.

Thank God You're Here

2006

Hard Quiz poster
6.5

Host Tom Gleeson sets out to find Australia's hardest quiz champion, pitting four contestants against each other in a battle of attrition.

Hard Quiz

2016

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

The Roast of Paul Hogan poster
4.7

Aussie comedy legends roast an Aussie comedy Icon in this hilarious, no holds barred special.

The Roast of Paul Hogan

2022

Hard Quiz Kids Special poster
NR

In this special, kids match wits with Tom as they battle each other for the Big Brass Mug.

Hard Quiz Kids Special

2020

Tom Gleeson: Joy poster
6.3

Australia’s 2019 Gold Logie winner. Chief celebrity interrogator. Host of the highest-rating quiz show on TV. There’s not much Tom Gleeson hasn’t been up to lately. Gleeson is one of the sharpest minds in Australian comedy. His shows are relentlessly hilarious and masterful. Now the world can watch the great man live on stage, in his natural habitat and in the form of his life. Experience the JOY.

Tom Gleeson: Joy

2020

The Roast of John Cleese poster
3.7

Some of Australia's funniest performers pay homage to international comedy legend, John Cleese. Firing good-natured insults & jokes at the guest of honour & themselves in a way only Aussie's know how.

The Roast of John Cleese

2024

Tom Gleeson's Secrets of the Australian Museum poster
NR

For the first time, cameras go behind the scenes at the Australian Museum. Join Gold Logie winner Tom Gleeson as he discovers the labs, the treasures and the action leading up to their biggest exhibition to date.

Tom Gleeson's Secrets of the Australian Museum

2022

Tom Gleeson: Lighten Up poster
4.7

Tom Gleeson uses his confidence and dry wit to reflect on the events of 2020, and everyone from the Victorian government to Byron Bay locals are in the firing line.

Tom Gleeson: Lighten Up

2021

Hard Quiz: Battle of the Has Beens poster
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Tom quizzes four people he believes have left their best days behind them. Tim Rogers, Rhonda Burchmore, Tony Armstrong and Ann-Maree Biggar in Battle of The Has Beens.

Hard Quiz: Battle of the Has Beens

2021

2010s · 5 titles

Series credits

Good News Week poster
8.3

Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organisations, and often, aspects of the show itself. The show opened with a monologue by McDermott relating to recent headlines, after which two teams of three panellists competed in recurring segments to gain points. The show has spawned three short-lived spin-off series, the ABC's Good News Weekend, Ten's GNW Night Lite and Ten's skit-based Good News World.

Good News Week

1996

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering poster
4.7

News comedy show, tonight show and chat show all in one, allowing Charlie to return to his comedy roots while being a general nuisance to newsmakers, politicians and other charlatans.

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

2015

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering poster
4.7

News comedy show, tonight show and chat show all in one, allowing Charlie to return to his comedy roots while being a general nuisance to newsmakers, politicians and other charlatans.

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

2015

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering poster
4.7

News comedy show, tonight show and chat show all in one, allowing Charlie to return to his comedy roots while being a general nuisance to newsmakers, politicians and other charlatans.

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

2015

Taskmaster Australia poster
6.9

Tough-love Taskmaster Tom Gleeson and his trusty assistant Tom Cashman put a batch of Aussie battlers through their paces!

Taskmaster Australia

2023

Jack Irish poster
6.5

Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover – the complete man really. An expert in finding those who don’t want to be found – dead or alive, Jack helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.

Jack Irish

2016

Thank God You're Here poster
6.4

Each episode involves performers walking through a door into an unknown situation, greeted by the line "Thank God you're here!". They then had to improvise their way through the scene. At the end of each episode a winner was announced.

Thank God You're Here

2006

Hard Quiz poster
6.5

Host Tom Gleeson sets out to find Australia's hardest quiz champion, pitting four contestants against each other in a battle of attrition.

Hard Quiz

2016

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee poster
8.3

Get ready to laugh-out-loud as Guy Montgomery and his loyal assistant Aaron Chen are joined by some of Australia's favourite personalities, testing their spelling prowess with wildly inventive spelling challenges designed to befuddle, bamboozle, and bedazzle them all.

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee

2024

The Hundred with Andy Lee poster
NR

Host Andy Lee is joined in the studio by a panel of Australia's funniest comedians and 100 regular Aussies via Zoom to explore the fun behind the facts that make Australia tick.

The Hundred with Andy Lee

2021

Hard Quiz Kids poster
NR

Hard Quiz Kids, featuring Gold Logie-winning comedian Tom Gleeson's same grumpy humour and intense questioning, but with contestants aged 10 to 13.

Hard Quiz Kids

2024

Melbourne Comedy Festival poster
NR

After a less-than-hilarious 2020, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival will be back, delivering COVIDSafe laughs and comedy good-times to Melburnians and the world.

Melbourne Comedy Festival

2021

Show Me the Movie! poster
4.0

Hosted by Rove McManus, this comedy panel game show features two teams captained by acclaimed actor Jane Harber and comedy star Joel Creasey who compete in a series of movie trivia rounds.

Show Me the Movie!

2018

Tomorrow Tonight poster
NR

The comedy panel show that gets ahead of itself by running out in front of the news cycle. As the world goes off script it is time for a show that takes a long, hard and hilarious look at “what happens next”.

Tomorrow Tonight

2018

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NR

Join GNW favourites, Paul, Mikey and Claire, plus a regular cast of the country's best comedians, as they tackle the biggest stories on the planet! Think SNL meets The Daily Show with an Aussie twist.

Good News World

2011

The Warehouse Comedy Festival poster
NR

Love Aussie stand-up comedy? Then you'll love this hilarious new series showcasing some of the country's great stand-up comedians.

The Warehouse Comedy Festival

2011

AACTA Awards poster
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The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards are a continuum of the AFI Awards, which have honoured screen excellence in Australia since 1958. The AACTA Awards recognise film, television and documentary screen craft excellence - including screenwriting, producing and acting, through to cinematography, composition and costume design - across over 40 Awards. As Australia's highest film and television Awards, the AACTA Awards are Australia's equivalent of the Oscars and the BAFTAs. The AACTA Awards are held annually in Sydney in recognition and celebration of Australia's highest achievements in film and television, as judged by the industry itself. AFI | AACTA also recognises screen excellence, regardless of geography, through the AACTA International Awards, held each January in Los Angeles.

AACTA Awards

1976

Creative Types with Virginia Trioli poster
NR

Award-winning journalist and unabashed arts fan Virginia Trioli explores the essence of creativity with some of Australia's greatest artistic minds.

Creative Types with Virginia Trioli

2024

One Night Stan poster
5.0

Six of Australia’s best comedians bring the house down at one of the world’s great comedy venues. Full length, award-winning, celebrated shows from Wil Anderson, Celia Pacquola, Tom Ballard, Sam Simmons, Judith Lucy and Tom Gleeson recorded live at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre.

One Night Stan

2017

Australia's Funniest Stand-Up Specials poster
NR

Ten stand-up specials from some of Australia’s best comedians, filmed at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre for a global release on Amazon Prime Video.

Australia's Funniest Stand-Up Specials

2020

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