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Paul Hogan AM (born 8 October 1939) is an Australian Golden Globe-winning actor and comedian most famous for his role as Crocodile Dundee.
n was born in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales and went on to become a rigger working on the Sydney Harbour Bridge before rising to fame in the early 1970s after a comical interview on A Current Affair. Hogan followed this with his own comedy sketch programme, The Paul Hogan Show, which he produced, co-wrote, and in which he played a panoply of characters with John Cornell.
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Paul Hogan AM (born 8 October 1939) is an Australian Golden Globe-winning actor and comedian most famous for his role as Crocodile Dundee.
Career
Hogan was born in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales and went on to become a rigger working on the Sydney Harbour Bridge before rising to fame in the early 1970s after a comical interview on A Current Affair. Hogan followed this with his own comedy sketch programme, The Paul Hogan Show, which he produced, co-wrote, and in which he played a panoply of characters with John Cornell. The series, which ran for 60 episodes between 1973 and 1984, was popular both in his native country and in the UK and Ireland, and showcased his trademark lighthearted but laddish "Aussie Ocker" humour. In 1985, Hogan was awarded Australian of the Year and was also appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
Paul Hogan advertised Winfield cigarettes successfully in the 1970s: the campaign took the brand from zero market share to market leader within a few years. Hogan is well remembered for the statement "Anyhow- have a Winfield" and it has become an icon of Aussie culture.
During the early 1980s, Hogan filmed a series of television ads promoting the Australian tourism industry, which aired in the United States. In particular the advertisement featuring the phrase Shrimp on the barbie which aired from 1984, was particularly successful. Throughout the decade, he appeared on British television in a long-running series of advertisements for Foster's Lager, in which he played an earthy Australian abroad in London. The character's most notable line (spoken incredulously at a ballet performance) "Strewth, there's a bloke down there with no strides on!" followed Hogan for years, and the popularity of its "fish out of water" humour was repeated with his next endeavour.
Hogan's first film, Crocodile Dundee (1986), featuring a similarly down-to-earth hunter travelling from the Australian Outback to New York City, was privately funded by Hogan and a group of private investors including much of its cast, entrepreneur Kerry Packer, and cricketers Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh.
Crocodile Dundee became the most successful Australian film ever, and launched Hogan's international film career. It won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and two BAFTA Award nominations (one for Best Actor, one for Best Original Screenplay). Following the success of Crocodile Dundee Hogan starred in the sequel, Crocodile Dundee II in 1988, and starred in a handful of other films such as Almost an Angel, Flipper and Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles.
In the early 2000s Hogan was a spokesman for Subaru, promoting their Outback models.
In an interview with Ray Martin, Hogan spoke of some of the films he has declined in his career, including Ghost and Three Men and a Baby.
In October 2008 Paul will be shooting a new movie in Australia with Dean Murphy directing and his co star to be Shane Jacobson, the star of Kenny. The movie, titled Charlie and Boots, is currently being filmed in Echuca in the state of Victoria, and in surrounding areas.
Personal life
Hogan married his Dundee co-star Linda Kozlowski in 1990 after he and first wife Noelene were divorced after 28 years of marriage. He has five children from his first marriage and one from his second marriage.
He resides in California, United States. In Australian media, he is reported as a tax evader, accused of refusing to pay over AU$300 million worth of taxation. In an interview with the Australian edition of 60 Minutes, when asked if the Australian Taxation Office would file an arrest for him, he replied, "Come and get me, you miserable bastards."
On 29 October 2008, it was revealed that Paul Hogan scored a major victory in his tax fight with the Australian Crime Commission, who were forced to stump up millions of taxpayer dollars to pay his legal bills. In a humiliating backdown, the ACC has returned tens of thousands of personal financial documents to Hogan.
Filmography
Acting
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Producing
Himself
External links
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- article with complete list of Paul Hogan Shows
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