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Biography

Frenchy, a former school teacher, is now multi-talented content creator and works as a comedian, actor, podcaster & YouTuber (650,000 subscribers). In 2013 he started the YouTube comedy channel 'SungaAttack' which took off in Australia and New Zealand especially. Using the success of his online video, in 2015, Frenchy started touring his solo stand-up comedy shows which feature his charming, self-deprecating style of humour. Since then he has achieved critical acclaim and sold out at all major Australian comedy festivals and massive theatres all around Australia. He has also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 2015-2017 & New Zealand. With his affable, engaging presence and sharp mind, Frenchy has proven to be one of the most proficient crowd work comedians in Australia. In August 2015, Frenchy and his musical collaborator Zach Gervais released their debut single Friendzone - which hit the iTunes Top 50 within 48 hours of its release, peaking at No. 26 and overtaking popular artists like Ed Sheeran, Sia and Drake along the way. He then formed the band 'Frenchy & The Talent' which has had over 2 million plays on Spotify, and features the hit song 'Shoey' which was no.1 on the Spotify Viral Australia charts for 2 weeks. (Ahead of Drake again.) Frenchy's 2016 collaboration with The Roundabout Crew's Tom Armstrong saw the duo become one of five recipients of Google and Screen Australia's Skip Ahead initiative - which awards winners a share of $500,000 to help fund and produce original online content. The team's narrative comedy web series The Australiana Hotel, premiered on YouTube on September 12. The satirical series features an ensemble cast of YouTube personalities and is broadening their appeal to find new audiences around the world. This series now has had over 500,000 views. Frenchy's social media presence is continually growing thanks to his hilarious YouTube videos and Instagram posts - collecting thousands of new followers weekly. His Instagram is currently at over 260,000 followers and his Facebook Page has 1.4 million likes. He also tours a new stand-up show every year while he works on new music, writes longer a form comedy series & continues to grow his online presence.