Andrew Hansen Biography
Andrew Hansen is a comedian, musician, and novelist best known as a member of the satirical ensemble The Chaser. Hansen co-starred in The Blow Parade, a scripted radio comedy series on triple j, alongside Chris Taylor.
How old is Andrew Hansen? – Age
He is 48 years old as of 18 September 2022. He was born in 1974 in Australia.
Andrew Hansen Education
Hansen is the former School Captain of The Hills Grammar School in Kenthurst, New South Wales, and a University of Sydney graduate with honors in Australian literature and Australian history. In 1996, he appeared as a subject in Simon Target’s documentary Uni, which was about three students at the University of Sydney (Hansen later satirised Target in CNNNN, where he played the network’s British correspondent, who was also called Simon Target).
Who is Andrew Hansen married to? – Andrew Hansen Wife
He is married to designer Jessica Roberts. The couple has teamed up to create their very first children’s book series.
Andrew Hansen Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Andrew Hansen Triple M
Throughout 2017-19, Hansen co-hosted Radio Chaser, a daily comedy show on Triple M. The concert inspired a 100-sketch album, which will be released in 2020.
Andrew Hansen CNNNN
Hansen was the leader of the “newsband” in The Chaser’s satirical American news show CNNNN. He also played the roles of Rudi J Blass, the director of “Newstainment,” and Simon Target, an English reporter. Hansen won the Australian Comedy Award for Outstanding Television Newcomer for his work in CNNNN’s inaugural season.
Andrew Hansen The Eulogy Song
The most dubious tune that Hansen has performed was The Commendation Melody, which was initially composed for Chris Taylor’s play Dead Caesar, with music by Hansen and verses by Taylor. On 17 October 2007 episode of The Conflict, Hansen played out the tune which ridiculed the existences of a few departed VIPs, including Peter Brock, Stan Zemanek, Princess Diana, Donald Bradman, Steve Irwin, John Lennon, Jeff Buckley and Kerry Packer, communicating the view that individuals with blemishes during life are frequently lopsidedly hailed as “top chaps” in the afterlife. The melody turned into the objective of critical media consideration, with a few radio and TV characters saying the tune was “off color”, and both the then Head of the state of Australia John Howard and afterward Head of the Resistance Kevin Rudd communicating negative perspectives.
Hansen played out a refreshed adaptation of The Tribute Melody in his 2020 visit. From 10 April 2021, exhibitions of the melody incorporated a reference to the death of Ruler Philip, who had passed on the night earlier.
Andrew Hansen Career
Hansen co-composed and showed up in the live show Cirque du Chaser, which visited Australia in 2005. Hansen made and played out the music for the Sydney Theater Organization’s 2007 melodic parody Dead Caesar, which was composed by Chaser partner Chris Taylor. He likewise assumed the parts of Marc Antony and Lucius. The Tribute Melody was initially composed for and performed during this play.
In 2008, Hansen visited Australia with The Chaser’s subsequent stage show, The Chaser’s Time of Fear Assortment Hour. In October 2009, Hansen facilitated The Treats: Previously, During and Later, a live show by English parody threesome The Treats at Sydney’s Riverside Theater (Parramatta) and at the World’s Most clever Island satire celebration. The show included Hansen talking with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Nursery, as well as playing out a Treats melody with them.
In 2011, Hansen joined different mixes of The Chaser group’s individuals for a progression of live shows in Sydney entitled The Chaser’s Unfilled Vessel.
In 2014, Hansen and Chris Taylor visited Australia with a revue show of new melodies and portrayals entitled Exclusive Show. In 2015, they visited In Discussion with Lionel Corn, a spoof of essayists celebration meetings. In 2017, Hansen co-featured in a creation of the play Neville’s Island by Tim Firth at Sydney’s Group Theater, playing ‘Roy’.
In 2020, Hansen started visiting Solo Show, a bunch of portrayals and tunes about individuals going solo, performed on guitar, piano and iPad. He introduced the show in Adelaide and Brisbane prior to deferring the leftover dates because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Hansen has showed up in various renditions of the live test show, Great Game Inhabit the EB Games Exhibition.