Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor is a writer, performer and broadcaster who's best known as a member of The Chaser team, responsible for ABC television shows such as CNNNN, The Chaser's War on Everything and The Hamster Wheel, as well as numerous election specials, including the Logie Award-winning series The Chaser Decides. He worked as a television journalist for the ABC for five years before joining The Chaser newspaper as its senior writer. He co-hosted the drive show Today Today with Craig Reucassel on Triple J from 2004-2005, and also won an ARIA for Best Comedy Release for his radio mockumentary series The Blow Parade.
In 2007 he co-wrote the hit musical comedy Dead Caesar for the Sydney Theatre Company; and additionally was one of the founders of the Giant Dwarf theatre in Sydney. From 2014-2015 he starred as himself in two seasons of the tv comedy wine series Plonk (Stan/Nine), and in 2017 became the host and writer of ABC-TV’s film and television review show Screen Time.
In 2019, Chris was the creator, co-writer and producer of the AACTA Award-winning drama Upright, starring Tim Minchin, for Foxtel and Sky Atlantic. In 2022, Chris appeared as a regular team captain on Would I Lie To You for Ten, and in 2023 he wrote and produced the musical comedy series Australian Epic for ABC.
Chris is a regular broadcaster on ABC local radio, and is currently developing a musical for the Bell Shakespeare Company.
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