Ray O'Leary

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Biography

Ray O’Leary is a New Zealand comic, known for his deadpan delivery and iconic grey suit.

He was nominated in two consecutive years for Best Male Comedian by the New Zealand Comedy Guild, and in 2022, won Best Joke and Best TV Comedy Performance. He has also been nominated twice for New Zealand Comedy Festival’s prestigious Billy T James Award.

He has performed shows in both New Zealand and Australia, including sold-out runs in Christchurch, Auckland, and Wellington, as part of the New Zealand Comedy Festival.

In New Zealand, Ray regularly appears and writes for the panel shows 7 Days and Have You Been Paying Attention?. He is also a regular on Australian TV, having appeared on Have You Been Paying Attention?, The Cheap Seats (for which he also serves as a writer), and Patriot Brains.

Ray can be heard on the philosophy podcast Socrates Walks Into A Bar, which won Best Comedy Podcast at the NZ Podcast Awards in 2022. He was also a regular on The Spinoff’s hit Dungeons and Dragons podcast Waterdeep Mountain High, and briefly co-hosted the podcast Bananapod with fellow NZ comedian Melanie Bracewell.

In 2023, Ray’s latest show, Everything Funny All The Time Always, has been nominated for Best Newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and he has toured it at the Sydney Comedy Festival and New Zealand Comedy Festival.

Also in 2023, he appeared as a contestant on Guy Montgomery's comedy panel show, Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee.

[Source: Jubilee Street Management and IMDb, 29/05/2023.]