Paul Hogan (born 1939) is an Australian actor and comedian who rose from working as a rigger on the Sydney Harbour Bridge to national fame on television. After appearing on the Nine Network talent show New Faces in 1971 he joined A Current Affair, and then produced, wrote and starred in The Paul Hogan Show, a sketch comedy series that ran for 60 episodes between 1973 and 1984 and was also popular in the United Kingdom. His advertisements for Winfield cigarettes, Australian tourism and Fosters Lager made him widely recognizable. He co-wrote and starred as Michael Crocodile Dundee in Crocodile Dundee (1986), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a musical or comedy and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and he reprised the role in the 1988 sequel as executive producer and co-writer.
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is an Australian actor and comedian.
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born 8 October 1939
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He won the 1987 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor
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is an Australian actor and comedian.
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Paul Hogan (born 8 October 1939) is an Australian actor and comedian.
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Hogan's breakout role was that of Mick "Crocodile" Dundee in the film Crocodile Dundee (1986).
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his own comedy sketch program The Paul Hogan Show, which he produced and wrote
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