Bruno Lucia

Bruno Lucia
Born (1960-01-27) 27 January 1960 (age 64)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Mediumtelevision, stage
NationalityAustralian
Years active1970s-present
Genresstand-up
Websitehttp://www.brunolucia.com/

Bruno Lucia is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor and performer.

Background

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

Career

Stand-up comedy

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]

Acting

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.

Music

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

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
1987 The Lighthorsemen Abdul Feature film
1987 The Time Guardian Commando Dion Zees Feature film
1991 Sweet Talker Mr John Thomas Feature film
2004 Love's Brother Paolo Feature film
2013 The Claw 2 Special Agent 199 Short film
The Big Dino Valentino Short film

Television

Year Title Role Type
Carson's Law Guest role TV series
1984 Special Squad Guest role TV series
The Fast Lane Guest role TV series
1985 The Dunera Boys Abe Joelstein (uncredited) TV miniseries
1989 Rafferty's Rules Franco Scali TV series, season 5, episode 14: "Whistling in the Dark"
1990 A Country Practice Mystery Patient TV series, season 10, episode 4: "Anna and the King: Part 2"
1991 Ring of Scorpio Bruno Torres TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1991–93 All Together Now Wayne Lovett TV series, 101 episodes
1992 The Late Show Rob after Plastic Surgery TV series, season 1, episode 10
1995 Under Melbourne Tonight TV series, episode airing 7 December 1995[6]
2002 Stingers Mick Dooley TV series, season 5, episode 5: "A Little Crush"
2003 Legacy of the Silver Shadow Mr. Vesuvius TV series, season 1, episode 10: "Kings of the World"
1996 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Self / comedian TV series, 1 episode
1997 Live at Jongleurs Self / comedian TV series, 1 episode
2007 The World Stands Up Self / comedian TV series, 1 episode
2010 Man Up, Stand-Up Self / comedian TV series, 2 episodes

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue
1986 Dino Valentino and Sandra Lee in Club Italiano Dino Valentino Sydney Comedy Store (also director)
Six O’Clock Rock
The Ghost of Jerry Bundler
In the Zone
2013 Antony and Cleopatra Various characters King Street Theatre, Sydney

Live stand-up (partial)

Year Title Role Venue
1994 The Bald and the Beautiful Comedian Circus-Gurus for Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Great Australian Comedy Show Comedian
2004 Show Us your Roots Comedian Crown Melbourne for Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2004 Show Us your Roots II Comedian Canberra Theatre
2004 Stars of Stand Up Comedian Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
2016 Comedy in the Basement Comedian Arts Centre Gold Coast
2019 In Conversation with the Sopranos Comedian / Opening Act Southern Cross Club, Canberra, Enmore Theatre, Sydney, The Star Gold Coast, Crown Perth, Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, Palais Theatre, Melbourne

[7][8]

Video game

Year Title Role Type
2004 Rome: Total War Voice Video game

Discography

Year Title
1997 Life After Chicki Babe[9]
2012 Live - Australia's Most Wanted Comedy Rock N' Roller

References

  1. ^ "Bruno Lucia | About".
  2. ^ "Bruno Lucia | About".
  3. ^ De Nadai, Natalie: Bruno Lucia’s three lives, Hills & Valley Messenger, 25 January 2010.
  4. ^ 1993 - Steve Jacobs[permanent dead link‍], TV Week, 2010.
  5. ^ "Bruno Lucia | About".
  6. ^ "UMT list'95". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  7. ^ "AusStage".
  8. ^ "Bruno Lucia | Acting".
  9. ^ "Albums by Bruno Lucia - Rate Your Music". Archived from the original on 16 July 2012.