Dan Ilic
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20 November 1981 Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Comedian, actor, filmmaker, broadcaster |
| Known for | The Ronnie Johns Half Hour, Beaconsfield: The Musical, Hungry Beast, So where the bloody hell are you? |
| Website | http://www.danilic.com/ |
Dan Ilic (born 20 November 1981) is an Australian presenter, comedian and filmmaker. Ilic has been known for his parody work, including videos and Beaconsfield: The Musical, which he authored, and more recently for his work on the show Hungry Beast. Dan's mother is half Lebanese and half Italian. Dan's father was born in Germany to Serbian parents. He was previously the head of satirical content for digital content provider AJ+.
Ilic started his performing career with Cumberland Gang Show and eventually joined the production team in 1994 as a junior producer at the age of 13. He spent 11 years performing and producing Cumberland Gang Show, and in the late nineties he was also a regular fixture in Sydney's amateur musical theatre scene.
At Macquarie University he performed in several shows including, Chris McDonald’s The Beatification Of Newt Berton and the Great Viagra Robbery which performed with Heath Franklin, and James Pender. The show toured to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and a short run in Canberra in 2003.
Ilic was also part of the university sketch comedy The 3rd Degree which formed the base of the Network Ten's cult sketch comedy television show The Ronnie Johns Half Hour with Ilic not only a cast member and writer, but also animator and producer of several sketches.
In 2007 he started the Sydney sketch comedy club night Comicide and in 2008 toured a "best of" show, Comicide: Death by Funny, to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Ilic was a reporter/presenter on the Andrew Denton produced show Hungry Beast, aired on ABC1, and as a writer/performer on Can of Worms on Network Ten. After Hungry Beast finished its second season in 2010, Ilic was one of nine members of the team to be selected by Denton to develop online content for Zapruder's Other Films.
Other television appearances include Romper Room (Seven Network), 9am with David & Kim (Network Ten), 4 Corners (ABC-TV), and ADbc (Special Broadcasting Service)
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