Charles Firth (comedian)
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| Birth name | Charles Henry Burgmann Firth |
| Medium | Print & Television |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Genres | Satirical Comedy |
| Notable works and roles | CNNNN (2002–2003), The Chaser's War on Everything (2006–2007), Manic Times |
| Website | www.chaser.com.au |
Charles Henry Burgmann Firth is an Australian comedian, best known as a member of The Chaser productions CNNNN and The Chaser's War on Everything.
He is the brother of Verity Firth, who was a Minister for the Labor Government of New South Wales. Firth attended Sydney Grammar School, where along with Chaser colleagues Dominic Knight and Chas Licciardello he ran the satirical school magazine The Tiger.
Firth went on to attend the University of Sydney where he completed an Arts degree in political science, edited the Honi Soit student newspaper, and in 1997 broke through a plate glass window during a University Senate meeting to protest the introduction of full fee paying places at the university. While attending Charles was also the subject of a reality-TV style documentary called Uni, by film-maker Simon Target. centred on the lives of students at the University of Sydney. Fellow Chaser Andrew Hansen was also a subject. It was aired on the ABC in 1996.
On CNNNN, broadcast in 2003 and 2004, he played a role as host of the fictional segment "The Firth Factor", parodying journalistic styles used by the American Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly's prime time show The O'Reilly Factor.
During the 2004 Australian federal election (during production of The Chaser Decides) an eBay user of the name "Charles Firth" was seen selling their vote. This segment was never aired.
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