Andrew O'Keefe
| Andrew O'Keefe | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 October 1971 Sydney, Australia |
| Other names | A.O.K |
| Education | Saint Ignatius, Riverview school Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation |
Deal or No Deal (2003-2013) The Rich List (2007-2009) Weekend Sunrise (2006-present) The Chase Australia (2015-present) |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Employer | Seven Network |
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor |
| Children | 3 |
Andrew Patrick O'Keefe AM (born 1 October 1971) is an Australian entertainer and former lawyer, best known for being the host of the game show Deal or No Deal. He is also the co-host of Weekend Sunrise alongside Monique Wright. In 2015, he was announced as the host of The Chase Australia.
O'Keefe worked as an intellectual property lawyer with Australian law firm Allens Arthur Robinson and, for a short time, with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Sydney.
O'Keefe first started his television career in 2003, starring in Channel Seven's AFI-nominated sketch show Big Bite. Late the same year he began hosting Deal or No Deal, the first version of the show outside its home country of the Netherlands. It has been on screen continuously since 2003, has run to over 1,500 episodes to December 2010.
In 2001, he was a member of the Australian Theatresports team that won the Just for Laughs Improv Tournament at the Montreal Comedy Festival. He played Theatresports most Sunday nights at the Belvoir Street Theatre in Sydney, winning a Cranston Cup series with two-man team Dirty Harry's Bathwater.
In 2005, O'Keefe co-hosted the historic tri-network tsunami appeal Reach Out with fellow presenters Eddie McGuire and Rove McManus on three commercial networks Seven, Nine and Ten. The appeal raised over $20 million for tsunami relief efforts around Asia. The event was such a success that the three teamed up the following year to host the Logie awards.
In 2005, he hosted the short-lived Dragons Den.
From 2007 until 2009, O'Keefe hosted the quiz show The Rich List and in 2006 took the helm of Weekend Sunrise, which he currently hosts on Saturday and Sunday mornings with journalist Monique Wright. In addition he regularly substitutes for David Koch on Sunrise. He presented the program for two weeks whilst Koch was on holidays during the summer period of 2013 alongside his former Weekend Sunrise co-host Samantha Armytage.
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