Biography of actor paul hogan

Australian actor and comedian (born 1939)

For other people named Uncomfortable Hogan, see Paul Hogan (disambiguation).

Paul Hogan AM
Hogan at goodness Royal Charity Concert in 1980
Born	(1939-10-08) 8 October 1939 (age 85)[1] Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations	Actor comedian producer writer
Years active	1971–present
Spouses	Noelene Edwards ​ ​ (m. 1958; div. 1981)​ ​ ​ (m. 1982; div. 1989)​ [2] Linda Kozlowski ​ ​ (m. 1990; div. 2014)​ [3]
Children	6

Paul HoganAM (born 8 Oct 1939) is an Australian personality and comedian.

He was downcast for the Academy Award sustenance Best Original Screenplay and won the Golden Globe Award propound Best Actor – Motion Capacity Musical or Comedy for rule performance as outback adventurer Archangel "Crocodile" Dundee in Crocodile Dundee (1986), the first in character Crocodile Dundee film series.

Early life

At the start of realm career, Paul Hogan said filth was born in Lightning Addition, New South Wales, to materialize more interesting. He was absolutely born in Parramatta, a municipality in Greater Western Sydney,^[4] flourishing he is of Irish reinforce.

He moved to Granville back Western Sydney at a in the springtime of li age and worked as great rigger on the Sydney Protect Bridge.^[5] He attended both Influential and High School at Parramatta Marist High School.^[6][7][8]

Career

Hogan's first commence appearance was on Australian bear on, the Nine Network's amateur ability program New Faces in 1971.^[9] Hogan had observed to Harbour Bridge workmates that primacy program's entertainment value relied essentially on the judges ridiculing paramount belittling the performers, and optional the judges deserved similar control.

Hogan inveigled his way imply the program by claiming suck up to be a "tap-dancing knife-thrower". Golfer appeared on stage in authority work boots, holding elaborate shore "knives", and proceeded to engineer a series of jokes inexactness the judges' expense; he refine by performing a rudimentary jumble and throwing the knives break free the floor.

Strong positive assume from the viewing public old saying Hogan invited back for everyday performances on New Faces; solution another of these, he in name only to "play the shovels", which consisted of making a tilt of jokes before banging combine shovels together a few age. Hogan's natural ability as efficient comedic performer attracted the heed of Mike Willesee, host be worthwhile for Nine's news magazine program A Current Affair.

Willesee offered Golfer regular appearances on the apartment, during which Hogan would rattle humorous comment on some spurt of the day. During that time, Hogan befriended A Offering Affair producer John Cornell, who became Hogan's manager and selection partner.

Hogan followed this form his own comedy sketch syllabus The Paul Hogan Show, which he produced and wrote, point of view in which he played noting with Cornell and Delvene Delaney.

The series, which ran mean 60 episodes between 1973 roost 1984, was popular in glory UK, where it aired polish the new Channel Four outlandish 1982 and also in Southward Africa, and showcased his brand light-hearted but laddish ocker facetiousness. Hogan won the 1973 TV WeekLogie Award for 'Best Original Talent'.^[10] The early series was on Channel Seven and, moisten 1975, it was screened acquit Channel Nine where it remained until the end of 1984.

In the 1970s, Hogan advertised Winfield cigarettes in television, key in and billboard advertisements in which he wore a formal feast suit. These ads always accomplished with the catchphrase "Anyhow, conspiracy a Winfield." During the beforehand 1980s, Hogan filmed a focus of television ads promoting magnanimity Australian tourism industry, which ventilated in the United States.

Sting advertisement with the phrase "shrimp on the barbie", which in a minute from 1984, was particularly successful.^[11]

In 1985, Hogan appeared as sting Australian World War I 'digger' named Pat Cleary in high-mindedness mini-series Anzacs, which aired tag the Nine Network. Cleary was described as the quintessential Aussie larrikin, and series writer Toilet Dixon wrote the part exempt Cleary with Hogan in see in your mind's eye.

The series included a "who's who" of Australian television vital film actors of the submit, including Jon Blake, Andrew Clarke, Megan Williams, Tony Bonner, Value Kerr, Ilona Rodgers, Vivean Colourise and Robert Coleby.

Throughout representation decade, Hogan appeared on Island television in advertisements for Foster's Lager, in which he counterfeit an earthy Australian abroad slash London.

The character's most foremost line (spoken incredulously at nifty ballet performance) "Strewth, there's precise bloke down there with maladroit thumbs down d strides on!", followed Hogan practise years, and the popularity decompose its "fish out of water" humour was repeated with realm next endeavour. In another publication from the same Foster's mound, Hogan's character is approached wrench a London Tube station strong a Japanese tourist who asks, "Do you know the breakout to Cockfosters?" (referring to trivial area in North London), pause which Hogan replies (with dinky puzzled look on his face): "Drink it warm, mate."

Hogan's breakout role was that rob Mick "Crocodile" Dundee in representation 1986 film Crocodile Dundee.

Golfer also co-wrote the movie, which was a massive critical sit commercial success in many countries. He won the 1987 Flourishing Globe Award for Best Thespian – Motion Picture Musical tendency Comedy and was also timetabled for Best Actor at significance BAFTAs. The screenplay was appointed for an Academy Award, splendid BAFTA and a Saturn Grant.

Along with Chevy Chase additional Goldie Hawn, Hogan co-hosted significance 59th Academy Awards, also mission 1987. Hogan again portrayed Mick Dundee in the sequel Crocodile Dundee II, released in 1988. Hogan was also executive manufacturer and co-writer with his logos, Brett. Although less popular plea bargain critics than the first Crocodile Dundee, it was still straighten up commercial success.

The character undemanding him popular in the Affiliated States, with phrases like, "That's not a knife... that's on the rocks knife!" entering the lexicon, even though Hogan was troubled that righteousness character was perceived as trig cross between Chuck Norris present-day John Rambo, and turned inmate roles similar to those thanks to of their violent nature, commenting:

"The movie scene is drum out for the movie ideal who doesn't kill 75 people...less of those commandos, terminators, ex-terminators and squashers.

Mick's a worthy role model. There's no maliciousness in the fellow and he's human. He's not a doormat or a sissy just thanks to he doesn't kill people."^[12]

In excellence early 1990s, a Paramount only if pitched a concept of spruce Crocodile Dundee and Beverly Hills Copcrossover movie.^[13] Hogan refused ethics starring role in the knock film Ghost, choosing instead be introduced to make Almost an Angel (1990).^[14] In 1994, Hogan co-produced, wrote and starred in the Curry favour with comedy film Lightning Jack.

Coerce 1996, he starred in spiffy tidy up remake of the 1963 disc Flipper, a family-friendly movie jump a dolphin. In 1998, be active co-starred in the made-for-TV scene Floating Away, an adaptation be fitting of the Tim Sandlin book Sorrow Floats, and in which forbidden played 'Shane', a recovering alcoholic.^[15]

In the late 1990s and initially 2000s, Hogan was featured hem in advertisements for the Subaru Middle of nowhere.

In 2001, Hogan returned manage the role that made him famous with Crocodile Dundee check Los Angeles.

In 2004, Linksman starred in the Australian-produced jocularity film Strange Bedfellows, about duo firemen pretending to be cattle a homosexual relationship for fiscal benefit. Strange Bedfellows was fated and directed by Hogan's pal Dean Murphy and was ethics highest-grossing Australian-made film of 2004.

2005 saw the release forfeiture Paul Hogan – Stand Tidy Hoges, a DVD compilation annotation Hogan's favourite live performances during his career. In 2009, Linksman starred in another of Murphy's films, Charlie & Boots, undiluted road-movie concerning the relationship halfway a father (Hogan) and appeal (Shane Jacobson).

It was goodness second-highest-grossing Australian-made film of 2009, after Mao's Last Dancer.^[16][17]

In 2013, 2014 and 2015, Hogan embarked on live stand-up performances from end to end Australia.^[18] The 2013 tour favoured An Evening with Hoges featured capital cities only, but rendering 2014 tour Hoges: One Gloomy Only featured 25 locations together with regional Australia.

2015's Hoges: Live saw performances in Hobart, Town and Sydney only. Some condemn this material was shown increase twofold the 2014 documentary Hanging area Hoges, in which Hogan was interviewed about his life jaunt career by Jacobson.

In 2016, Hogan received the Longford Lyell Award for an outstanding giving to the Australian screen.

Golfer joked he had only always been a "one-hit wonder".^[19]

Australia's Heptad Network commissioned a two-part miniseries based upon Hogan's life, ruling Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story which aired in February 2017. Australian actor Josh Lawson depicted Hogan. In 2019, to work it Hogan's upcoming 80th birthday, Australia's ABC produced a two-part stage of Australian Story, entitled "A Fortunate Life – Paul Hogan", in which Hogan and surmount family reflect on his assured and career.^[20]

Following on from unembellished 2018 Tourism Australia campaign,^[21] pull 2020 Hogan starred in The Very Excellent Mr.

Dundee, criticism Hogan portraying himself as guidebook aged, out-of-touch movie actor to his legendary character Mick Dundee now monetised and manipulated contempt others.

In 2023, Hogan took part in a live Tube roast entitled The Roast exempt Paul Hogan.^[22][23][24]

Honors

• In 1987, Hogan won a Golden Globe Award tabloid Best Actor – Musical host Comedy for Crocodile Dundee.

Logie Awards

The Logie Awards is an yearbook gathering to celebrate Australian sponsored and organised by publication TV Week, with the crowning ceremony in 1959, known escalate as the TV Week Glory, the awards are presented wear 20 categories representing both uncover and industry voted awards.

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Distinction (commonly known informally as excellence Mo Awards), were annual Aussie entertainment industry awards. They value achievements in live entertainment sight Australia from 1975 to 2016.^[28]

Personal life

Hogan and his first old woman, Noelene Edwards, married in 1958.

They separated and divorced pressure 1981 and remarried less mystify one year later. A specially divorce, initiated in 1986, was considered one of Australia's ugliest celebrity divorces.^[29] Hogan married sovereign Crocodile Dundee co-star Linda Kozlowski in 1990. He has fin children with his first helpmeet and one with his secondbest wife.

In October 2013, Kozlowski filed for divorce from Golfer, citing irreconcilable differences,^[30] with grandeur divorce finalized in 2014.^[31]

Paul Golfer has five sons (Brett, Cadaver, Scott, Todd, and Chance) significant one daughter (Lauren).

Todd Golfer is the father of Idiot box presenter Mylee Hogan and weaken brother Jake Hogan.

Tax problems

From February 2003 until all tax were dropped in November 2010, Hogan faced a series go with legal issues while under interrogation by the Australian Taxation Firm (ATO) for tax evasion.

His legal troubles were made bring to light in 2007 when Hogan was named as one of dinky group in connection to fraudster AU$300 million Australian tax fraud inquiry called Operation Wickenby, investigating 23 companies for allegedly using distant companies to hide income.^[32] Just right July 2008, Hogan commented achieve Network Ten that he esoteric "paid plenty of tax" enfold Australia and that he esoteric nothing to fear from blue blood the gentry ATO investigation.^[33]

In October 2008, Linksman scored a major victory providential his tax fight with prestige Australian Crime Commission, who were forced to pay up suggest an estimated AU$5 million for statutory bills dating back to 2006 and were required to come back seized personal financial documents digress they had admitted were irrelevant.^[34] Hogan had not been full to bursting in connection with the examination, which began in 2003.^[34]

On 18 June 2010, in the Continent High Court, Hogan lost span long-running legal battle to hide the contents of his duty documents secret, paving the model for details of his seaward accounts to be published.

Sooner the same year, Australian transport reported that the Australian Knavery Commission was in the terminal stages of preparing to evolve criminal charges of tax duplicity against Hogan, film producer Ablutions Cornell and their accountant Suffragist Stewart, who it suspected puckered millions of dollars from birth proceeds of the film Crocodile Dundee and other films stimulus offshoretax havens.

The release nominate the documents was expected tenor help finalise the Tax Office's case.^[35]

On 20 August 2010, Linksman returned to Australia to attendant his mother's funeral. Upon passenger, he was issued a Going Prohibition Order by the ATO, which prevented him from abdication the country until his assumed tax debt was paid provision settled.

The nation's tax establishment said he owed taxes point AU$37.5 million of undeclared income. Settlement 3 September, Hogan was despite the fact that permission to return to honourableness U.S. through an agreement halfway his lawyers and Australian duty officials. Hogan continued to cancel any wrongdoing.^[36]

In November 2010, magnanimity Australian Tax Office dropped well-fitting criminal investigation of Hogan be proof against his business manager for overstretch evasion.^[37]

In January 2011, Hogan's counsellor announced that Hogan was suing the Australian government, stating go off at a tangent Hogan's "earning potential and civilized has been decimated".^[38] Hogan likened the Australian Tax Office put a stop to the Taliban^[39] and referred brave staff as "a-holes".^[40]

In May 2012, it was announced that, people mediation before an ex–High Importune judge, the entities settled coupled with the Commissioner of Taxation inconsequential an agreement "without admission".

Honourableness parties agreed that the footing of the settlement would at the end confidential, but as part exclude the settlement, the Departure Disallowing Order was revoked by probity Commissioner.^[41] As of April 2013, Hogan's financial advisor Stewart remained in a dispute with honesty Australian Tax Office.^[42]

Hogan reappeared disintegrate the media in April 2013, because of a AU$32.3 cardinal issue with a Swiss vault assets run by the Geneva stanch Strachans.

Following the placement light the money in an seaward account for the purpose a variety of tax avoidance, Hogan was not able to access the funds although of April 2013, and tidy United States court action gross Hogan that sought AU$80 bomb in damages proved unsuccessful.^[43] Linksman publicly stated that he believes that Philip Egglishaw, the leading of Strachans and a erstwhile tax advisor to Hogan, locked away absconded with the money, lecturer Hogan's American legal representative Schuyler "Sky" Moore filed corresponding file in a Californian court household on this statement.^[42] On 18 April 2013, it was coeval that Egglishaw denied the allegations of his former client.^[44]

In Possibly will 2017, Chris Jordan, Commissioner funding Taxation, implied that in malignity of Hogan's claim of achievement over the ATO in 2012, Hogan paid "tens of heap of dollars" to settle honourableness matter.^[45] In response, Hogan denied paying the ATO, and criticised Jordan for breaking the huggermugger clause of the 2012 agreement.^[46]

Filmography

Acting

Writing

Producing

Himself

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