Lawrence Leung
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Lawrence Leung | |
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Born | Melbourne, Australia |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
Occupation(s) | Comedian, writer, director, actor |
Known for | Maximum Choppage Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable |
Website | lawrenceleung |
Lawrence Leung is an Australian comedian, writer, director and actor from Melbourne. He is best known for his television series Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure based his one-man shows on stories about his obsessions, such as breakdancing, ghosts, the Rubik's Cube, and his family.
Career
Comedian and writer
Leung has performed in shows in London's
Leung has performed frequently with Andrew McClelland; the pair have been friends since school and started in comedy together in an improvised comedy group called the Improbables,[8] which also featured other young Melbourne comedians including Nick Caddaye (from sketch troupe Anarchist Guild Social Committee), Adam McKenzie (from comedy trio The Hounds) and UK-based comic Yianni Agisilaou. Their collaborations include The Paradoxical Adventures of Lawrence Leung and Andrew McClelland: Time Ninjas in 2009,[9] which both parodied their usual comedy styles and explored their youth together. Time Ninjas won the Jury Award at the 2009 Sydney Comedy Festival.[10]
Television and radio
Leung was the writer and star of
Leung returned to ABC1 in 2011 with a new six-part documentary series titled Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable[13] which investigated supernatural phenomena such as aliens, psychic powers, magic, and ghosts – and why some people feel the need to believe in these things.
Maximum Choppage is an Australian television comedy series starring Lawrence Leung. The six-part series premiered in 2015 on ABC2. It is directed by Craig Melville and written by Leung, Duncan Sarkies and Josh Mapleston. It is produced by Julie Eckersley, Sophie Miller and Linda Micsko with executive producers Tony Ayres and Debbie Lee. The series is based on the film work of Timothy Ly which was developed into the TV series by Matchbox Pictures. Lawrence Leung stars as Simon Chan who has returned to his hometown of Cabramatta. Whilst everyone thinks he was studying at a legendary martial arts school in Beijing, the truth is he was at Marshall's Art School, in Melbourne. Skilful with a paintbrush but clueless in combat, Simon is the exact opposite of an action hero. However, due to his mother's boasting, everyone in Cabramatta thinks he is a kung fu master and the new saviour of their town.[14]
Leung has been a regular guest on breakfast radio (3RRR Breakfasters) and appeared on Tony Martin & Ed Kavalee's Get This (3MMM) and Loose Ends (BBC).
Leung performed a guest stand-up set on
He also co-hosted the Sunday morning breakfast show on Melbourne's Fox FM in 2005 and 2006 with Courteney Hocking and Andrew McClelland.
Leung wrote and presented regular off-beat mini-documentaries for Steve "The Sandman" Abbott's variety show In Siberia Tonight (SBS TV, 2004).
He was a writer of pranks for two seasons of ABC TV's
On 4 April 2009, Leung was guest programmer on
On 26 May 2009, Leung appeared as a guest on Australian game show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation.
On 7 April 2013 Leung appeared on Australian television series Offspring as Dr. Elvis Kwan.
In 2017, Leung recorded Episode 1 of Series 2 of
Recognition and awards
Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure was nominated for a 2009 AFI Award in the category of Best Television Comedy.
Leung has a Star Wars character named after him (Lar Le'ung, a Jedi Master) in the 2009 Star Wars comic book series Star Wars: Invasion, written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Colin Wilson.[17]
He won GQ Australia's Man of the Year 2009,[18] in the category of Comedic Talent of the Year.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | The Long Lunch | Ingnatius | |
2005 | Webster Say | Mam with Dog | Short film |
2006 | I Could Be Anybody | Felix | Short film |
2013 | Zero to Hero | Hero | Short film |
2013 | Nerds in Love | Emilio | Short film |
2015 | Sucker | The Real Lawrence Leung | |
2017 | Mother, Child | Alex | Short film |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | House Husbands | Jasper | 2 episodes |
2013–17 | Offspring | Dr. Elvis Kwan | 32 episodes |
2015 | Maximum Choppage | Simon Chan | 6 episodes |
2017 | Newton's Law | Dr. Jarrod Renfree | Episode: "The Uncertainty Principle" |
2017 | Top of the Lake | Nate | 2 episodes |
2017 | St Francis | Dr. Elvis Kwan | Episode: "Webisode 4" |
2018; 2021 |
Why Are You Like This | Daniel | 3 episodes |
2019 | My Life Is Murder | Ken | Episode: "Mirror Mirror" |
References
- ^ "Sucker". lawrenceleung.com. Retrieved 13 January 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ziffer, Daniel (30 April 2007). "Jokes aside, Kitson is the best – Comedy Festival – Arts – Entertainment". The Age. Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "Lawrence Leung Learns To Breakdance". lawrenceleung.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ "Skeptic". lawrenceleung.com. Retrieved 13 January 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Puzzleboy". lawrenceleung.com. Retrieved 13 January 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Lawrence Leung Wants a Jetpack". lawrenceleung.com. Retrieved 13 January 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Sunday Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph, 22 March 2009, Pg 6.
- ^ "Lawrence Leung's comic ascent – Arts – Entertainment". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ Time Ninjas Archived 9 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
- ^ "Comedy Awards 2009 – Features – Comedy". Time Out. Sydney. Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure Starts Filming". Australia: ABC. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure - 2 DVD Set - ABC Shop". Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
- ^ "Funny how that happens". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ Knox, David (5 March 2014). "Lawrence Leung filming Maximum Choppage". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "r a g e | Lawrence Leung". Australia: ABC. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ Lawrence Leung: Hairy Maclary And Zachary Quack, ABC Kids (Australia), accessed 29 June 2020
- ^ Leung, Lawrence (4 June 2009). "'The teatowel was my Jedi robe'". The Age. Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "2009 GQ Men of the Year Awards". Zimbio.com. Retrieved 15 October 2011.