Andrew Thomas "Andy" Lee is an Australian comedian and musician. He
usually works alongside Hamish Blake as part of the comedy duo Hamish & Andy.
Personal Life Andy Lee is the middle child of Margaret
and Michael Lee. Lee has a sister, Alex, who writes pantomimes and stars in the
comedy show Porky Pies. He also has an older brother, Cameron, with whom Lee
started the band Zoophyte. Lee attended Balwyn Primary School and
Camberwell Grammar School. He was also a member of the Scouting Movement,
performing in Camberwell Showtime and Melbourne Gang Show. He then went on to
study Commerce at the University of Melbourne, where he met comedic partner
Hamish Blake in 2001. Lee previously dated Megan Gale. They
ended their relationship in 2010. In 2006, Lee was announced as Cleo's
Bachelor of the Year In January 2015, it was announced that
Lee was dating model and PR Graduate, Rebecca Harding.
Lee supports Carlton Football Club and is also a cricket fan.
Career = Hamish & Andy=
Lee and Blake teamed with Ryan Shelton and several others to create a show
called Radio Karate for RMIT University's student television company
RMITV, on community-access television station Channel 31. They also trained
with, and appeared on, RMIT's student radio station SYN, and subsequently had
a few spot projects on FOX FM. Lee and Blake then hosted a comedy
programme on Australia's Seven Network, The Hamish and Andy Show, which was
shortly cancelled after bad ratings. Critics acknowledged their talent, but
panned the show as poorly executed. Since this show, Lee and Blake have
almost always performed together. They are now consistently referred to as
Hamish & Andy. Blake and Lee hosted the national
drive-time program Hamish & Andy that ran between 4 pm and 6 pm, Monday to
Friday. In 2011, the program was cut back to a weekly Friday show due to
wanting to pursue other opportunities. The radio show is considered successful,
scoring top positions in the radio ratings in the crucial Sydney and
Melbourne markets, as well as Perth. Their audience share is around 20%,
which is the highest ever recorded for a national FM show in Australia.
Lee won the first series of Joker Poker, a celebrity poker show in which
contestants win money for charity. He appeared on the Network Ten program
Australia's Brainiest Comedian. He was selected as one of the entrants
to the Who's Who in Australia 2011 edition.
On 2 March 2010, Lee knocked out his two front teeth during the recording of a
segment at an ice hockey venue. On 10 May 2010, Andy and Hamish appeared
on the TV show Good News Week. In 2011 the duo made a deal with channel
nine, since they have created a ten-part series called Gap Year: New York. In
2012, the comedy duo created a second Gap Year season, titled Hamish and
Andy's: Euro Gap Year, in which the two travelled througouht Europe leading up
to the 2012 London Olympic Games. In 2013, they continued the Gap Year
series, creating a third season titled, Hamish and Andy's: Asia Gap Year.
= Solo work= Lee was also a founding member of
Melbourne band Zoophyte, along with his brother Cameron. He had to retire from
the band due to other commitments, but occasionally appears as a guest at some
gigs. Lee released an educational times table
CD in 2003, The Sing Along Times Table CD Book. The CD was re-discovered in
2005/2006 after an "alert listener" informed Blake, and teased Lee about it
on their radio show. He is also friends with Ed Kavalee,
formerly one of the co-hosts of Triple M's Get This program. Because they were
on rival radio networks, whenever Kavalee mentioned Lee on air he called
him "Mr X". Awards and nominations
References External links
Andy Lee at the Internet Movie Database Zoophyte