Bruno Lucia

Hailing from Adelaide, Lucia was born on 27 January 1960 and is of Italian descent.

Bruno began his comedy career at the Sydney Comedy Store in 1986 with the character Dino Valentino. He has since performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, and Sydney Comedy Festival, as well as touring solo around Australia. He was notably part of the successful Great Australian Comedy Show with Eric Bana, Russell Gilbert, Vince Sorrenti, Elliot Goblet and Scared Weird Little Guys in the late 1990s.^[1]

He moved to London in 1998, where he regularly performed the live stand-up circuit and toured Ireland, Holland, Scotland, Hong Kong, and Bangkok. In Los Angeles, he was a regular at a number of venues and also performed in New York and Las Vegas. He has also played in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Notable international appearances include Rascals Comedy Hour on HBO (USA), Catch a Rising Star (New York), the Comedy Store (Los Angeles), Live at Jongleurs (on UK Gold), and the Comedy Store (London).^[2]

Lucia is currently based in Los Angeles, touring and performing comedy and musical comedy internationally.^[3]

Lucia rose to popularity in the early 1990s with his role as sleazy entertainment agent Wayne Lovett on the Channel 9 television sitcom All Together Now (with Jon English and Rebecca Gibney), memorable in part due to his character's iconic catchphrase "Chickybabe!"^[4]

Lucia has also featured in many dramatic roles, acting in television series such as Stingers, A Country Practice and Ring of Scorpio. Film appearances include Sweet Talker, The Time Guardian and Love's Brother.

Lucia is also a musician and songwriter, having performed professionally in Australia for ten years, supporting artists such as George Benson, Madness, The B-52s, Joan Armatrading, José Feliciano, Midnight Oil, Cold Chisel and Crowded House.^[5]

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