Paul Hogan
Birthday:
8 October 1939, Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia
Height:
175 cm
Paul Hogan became a worldwide success with his irresistible comic performance in Crocodile Dundee (1986), which he created and co-wrote. This earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor as well as an Academy Award nomination (for Best Screenplay). The versatile actor got his start in Australian television in a recurring role as comic relief on A...
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Paul Hogan became a worldwide success with his irresistible comic performance in Crocodile Dundee (1986), which he created and co-wrote. This earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor as well as an Academy Award nomination (for Best Screenplay). The versatile actor got his start in Australian television in a recurring role as comic relief on A Current Affair (1971). An expanded version entitled The Paul Hogan Show (1973) premiered on Australia's Nine Network and quickly propelled him to the top of the ratings chart. His dramatic role on the critically acclaimed television series Anzacs (1985) and his work in promoting Australia worldwide invested him into the Order of Australia and led to his appointment as "Australian of the Year".Hogan was the executive producer/writer/star of the feature films Almost an Angel (1990) and Lightning Jack (1994) and starred in Flipper (1996) and Floating Away (1998). American audiences also remember Hogan from his now legendary commercials for the Australian Tourist Commission in which he invited us to say "g'day" and come "down under" so he could "slip another shrimp on the barbie". In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared in commercials for Subaru Outback automobiles. He reprised his famous role as the outback adventurer in the long awaited sequel Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001). Show less «
[speech at the Academy Awards] There are three Gs to accepting an award: Be Gracious ... Be Grateful ... and Get Off!
[speech at the Academy Awards] There are three Gs to accepting an award: Be Gracious ... Be Grateful ... and Get Off!
Well, there's nothing strange about Americans as a whole. But Angelinos are different!
Well, there's nothing strange about Americans as a whole. But Angelinos are different!
I only work every couple of years. I go into retirement between films.
I only work every couple of years. I go into retirement between films.
I didn't get into entertainment until I was like 31. I didn't star in a movie until I was 46.
I didn't get into entertainment until I was like 31. I didn't star in a movie until I was 46.
You're here to sweat. This program is live. There's about one thousand million people watching you. So you remember - one wrong word, one fo...Show more »
You're here to sweat. This program is live. There's about one thousand million people watching you. So you remember - one wrong word, one foolish gesture and your whole career could go down in flames. Hold that thought and have a nice night. Show less «
The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could.
The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could.
Cricket needs brightening up a bit. My solution is to let the players drink at the beginning of the game, not after. It always works in our ...Show more »
Cricket needs brightening up a bit. My solution is to let the players drink at the beginning of the game, not after. It always works in our picnic matches. Show less «
What career? A man's got a body of film of about four movies in about 10 years or something. I do it because I think I can do a good job of ...Show more »
What career? A man's got a body of film of about four movies in about 10 years or something. I do it because I think I can do a good job of something and I'll enjoy it, do it, and sort of vanish. I don't want to be an actor for hire. Show less «
Come and say G'day! I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you!
Come and say G'day! I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you!
I enjoy being part of the entertainment industry, although I'm the laziest person that I've met yet in this business.
I enjoy being part of the entertainment industry, although I'm the laziest person that I've met yet in this business.
[on his breakout role as Crocodile Dundee] The movie scene is screaming out for the movie hero who doesn't kill 75 people... less of those c...Show more »
[on his breakout role as Crocodile Dundee] The movie scene is screaming out for the movie hero who doesn't kill 75 people... less of those commandos, terminators, ex-terminators and squashers. Mick's a good role model. There's no malice in the fellow and he's human. He's not a wimp or a sissy just because he doesn't kill people. Show less «
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