Eddie Perfect

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Australian actor and comedian

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::summary Australian actor and comedian ::

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| image = Eddie Perfect.jpg | caption = Perfect in 2013 | birth_date = | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | birth_name = Edmund Perfect | occupation = | years_active = | spouse = | children = 2 | website = Edmund Perfect (born 17 December 1977) is an Australian musician, comedian, writer and actor.

Widely known for his role as Mick Holland in Channel Ten's TV series Offspring in which he performs his own music,{{cite web | title = Eddie Perfect | work = Offspring | date = 6 July 2010 | url = http://ten.com.au/offspring-eddie-perfect.htm | publisher = Network Ten | access-date = 4 August 2010}} he has recorded solo albums and written and performed numerous cabaret shows, including Songs from the Middle with the Brodsky Quartet. His biographical musical comedy Shane Warne: The Musical won the 2009 Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work, a Victorian Premier's Literary Award and a Green Room Award.{{ cite web |title = Winners 2009 |year = 2009 |work = Helpmann Awards |url = http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=winners&year=2009 |publisher = Live Performance Australia |access-date = 5 August 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100726074149/http://helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=winners&year=2009 |archive-date = 26 July 2010 |df = dmy-all

Early life and education

Edmund Perfect was born on 17 December 1977, in Melbourne to teachers Judy and Tom Perfect. He has two sisters. His father Tom was an Englishman who settled in Australia. Perfect was educated at St Bede's College, in Mentone, Victoria where he was the dux of the school in 1995. He undertook a Bachelor of Arts at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, graduating in 2001.

Career

Overview

Known for his political comedy, Perfect has appeared on Australian TV shows including Kath & Kim, Spicks and Specks, Good News Week, Stingers, Blue Heelers, MDA, The Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala and The Sideshow. Perfect released the solo albums Welcome to the Inside of Ed's Head and Angry Eddie, which was released after his appearance on the anti-Howard government compilation Rock Against Howard. He was awarded the best entertainer in The Bulletin's Brightest 100 Australians.{{cite web | first = Jo | last = Roberts | date = 25 February 2005 | title = Life's a cabaret | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/Arts/Lifes-a-cabaret/2005/02/24/1109180037923.html | work = The Age | publisher = Fairfax | access-date = 5 August 2010}}

Early stage work

Perfect has appeared in live stage shows including The Big Con with veteran Australian actor and impersonator Max Gillies in 2005, and his solo show Drink Pepsi, Bitch!, which satirised Australian politics and society and consumer culture. Drink Pepsi, Bitch! toured the Edinburgh Fringe, London's Menier Chocolate Factory, the Auckland Festival, the Christchurch Festival, Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre,{{cite web | first = Greg | last = Burchall | date = 24 September 2005 | title = Eddie's perfect world | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/eddies-perfect-world/2005/09/23/1126982231715.html | work = The Age | publisher = Fairfax | access-date = 4 August 2010}}{{ cite web | first = Cameron | last = Woodhead | date = 24 September 2005 | title = Drink Pepsi, Bitch! – review | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/reviews/drink-pepsi-bitch/2005/09/23/1126982234373.html | work = The Age | publisher = Fairfax | access-date = 5 August 2010}} the Adelaide Fringe Festival, and The Sydney Comedy Festival, although he was obliged to censor the show's title (which was amended to Drink Eddie™ Bitch!{{ cite press release |date = 5 October 2005 |title = Drink Eddie™ Bitch! |url = http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/About/2005_MRE_DrinkEddie.aspx |publisher = Sydney Opera House |access-date = 4 August 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110614065710/http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/About/2005_MRE_DrinkEddie.aspx |archive-date = 14 June 2011 |df = dmy-all

In 2007, Perfect appeared in Keating! the Musical playing several characters, including a parody of former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer.

In 2008, Perfect wrote Shane Warne: The Musical, a satire based on the life and exploits of Australian test cricketer Shane Warne.{{ cite web | first = Shane | last = Warne | date = 10 December 2008 | title = Cricketer Shane Warne reviews Eddie Perfect's Shane Warne the Musical | url = http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/warnes-life-flashes-before-his-eyes/story-e6frfmqi-1111118271194 | work = Herald Sun | publisher = News Limited | access-date = 5 August 2010}} The musical had a workshop showing at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival on 17 July 2007 and the piece underwent further workshopping in early 2008 culminating in five work-in-progress showings at The Hi-Fi Bar and Ballroom as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Shane Warne The Musical premiered at the Melbourne Athenaeum Theatre on 10 December 2008 before embarking on a national tour. In 2009 the musical received the Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work, the Green Room Award and a Victorian Premier's Literary Award. Updated to reflect new developments in Warne's life, the show enjoyed a revival at Hamer Hall in Melbourne in June 2013, directed by Simon Phillips, with Perfect in the title role and co-starring Lisa McCune, Shane Jacobson and Christie Whelan-Browne as Liz Hurley. A cast recording was released in 2014.

In 2010, he performed Songs from the Middle, a song cycle inspired by Perfect's childhood in Mentone, Victoria. Eamonn Kelley in The Australian described the work as "a poignant narrative of adult reconciliation with a place and a past from which he fled at the first opportunity, restless and with no sense of belonging". He played the lead role of Mack the Knife in The Threepenny Opera at the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne. In 2011 he played the same role in the Sydney Theatre Company's remount of this production. He hosted FOX8's Ultimate School Musical, which he also directed. Later in the year he played the role of Mick Holland in Channel Ten's Offspring comedy-drama series. He also presented an award at the 2010 ARIA Music Awards.{{ cite web | first = David | last = Knox | date = 9 November 2010 | title = ARIA brand takes a hit | url = http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/11/aria-brand-takes-a-hit.html | work = TV Tonight | access-date = 9 November 2010}}

His solo show Misanthropology premiered at the Spiegeltent, in January 2011, as part of the Sydney Festival.{{cite web | date = 21 January 2011 | first = Julian | last = Morrow | title = Eddie Perfect: an equal opportunity offender | url = http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2011/3117985.htm | work = ABC Radio National Breakfast | access-date = 21 January 2011}} Mingling satire and homage, with Perfect's arrangements for a three-piece band, Perfect wanted to provide "a kind of social autopsy [of our] cultural rituals." In targeting eco-tourists, self-righteous cyclists, and others including Barrie Kosky,{{ cite web | date = 10 January 2011 | first = Ashleigh | last = Wilson | title = Sydney Festival: Better than all right on First Night | url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/better-than-all-right-on-first-night/story-e6frg8n6-1225984606719 | work = The Australian | publisher = News Limited | access-date = 21 January 2011}} Perfect tried to examine "the qualities that have driven our evolution, such as the urge to conquer and compete, and the urge to procreate, trip us up and reveal us as the animals we really are."{{ cite web | date = 7 January 2011 | first = Ian | last = Cuthbertson | title = No Warnie as Eddie Perfect spins a new tale | url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/no-warnie-as-perfect-spins-a-new-tale/story-e6frg6nf-1225983244671 | work = The Australian | publisher = News Limited | access-date = 21 January 2011}} Perfect said of the show: "Tonight I invite you to laugh and think and question humanity in all of its wondrous idiocy. Remember, healthy, cynical self-reflection is what separates us from Kyle Sandilands."{{ cite web | date = 14 January 2011 | first = James | last = Jeffrey | title = Heartbreak kids | url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/heartbreak-kids/story-e6frgdk6-1225987378951 | work = The Australian | publisher = News Limited | access-date = 21 January 2011}}

Broadway

In 2015, Perfect moved to New York to pursue a career on Broadway, where he met with John Buzzetti, the American agent for fellow Australian songwriter and comedian Tim Minchin, a close friend of Perfect. Since moving to New York, Perfect has written songs for two Broadway musicals during the 2018–19 season; King Kong (which opened at the Broadway Theatre in October 2018, and closed in August 2019) and Beetlejuice (which opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in April 2019, following a pre-Broadway tryout at the National Theatre in Washington D.C. in October 2018).

Return to the stage

Following Perfect's success in New York, he planned to return to the stage to star in the Australian premiere of Dolly Parton's musical, 9 to 5 in the leading role of Franklin Hart Jr. The show was due to begin previews at Sydney's Lyric Theatre on 19 April 2020, before touring to Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre from 25 July. However, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the production was delayed until finally opening in Sydney's Capitol Theatre on 16 February 2022. The show also played in Brisbane in May of 2022 and Melbourne in July of 2022.

In May 2025, he played the title role in the Australia premiere of Beetlejuice the Musical.

New works

After a three year development at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, in collaboration with director Dean Bryant (him and Perfect being WAAPA alumni), Perfect brought the original musical Tivoli Lovely to the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, in which he wrote the book, music, lyrics and original idea. This production ran from the 7th to the 14th of November 2025, performed by the WAAPA third year graduating class of 2025 musical theatre students.

Other activities

In November 2011, he hosted the Inside Film Awards at Sydney's Luna Park.

On 28 October 2015, it was confirmed that Perfect would be a new judge on Australia's Got Talent for its eighth season to replace Timomatic.

In December 2019, Perfect wrote a song for Tourism Australia's new advertising campaign targeting British audiences. It debuted prior to the Queen's annual Christmas message.

In 2020, Perfect participated in The Masked Singer Australia as the "Frillneck" and placed third on the second season of the show.

Personal life

, Perfect is married to Lucy Cochran (sister of composer and pianist Julian Cochran), and they have two daughters.

Filmography

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YearTitleRoleNotes
2002StingersStumpyEpisode: "Big Fish"
Blue HeelersMark LalorEpisode: "Broken Dreams"
MDANigel NewlandEpisode: "Flight or Fight"
BootlegTV studio floor manager3 episodes
2004Kath & KimBrett's Co-Worker2 episodes
2010–14;
2016OffspringMick Holland60 episodes
2014It's a DateJeremyEpisode: "Should You Date on Impulse?"
Comedy ShowroomEddieEpisode: "The Future is Expensive"
2020Love in LockdownNed6 episodes
2025Claire Hooper's House Of GamesSelf5 episodes
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Discography

Albums

Featured on

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.

! Ref. |- | 2013 | "You Make Me Happy" (Clare Bowditch and Eddie Perfect) | Song of the Year | | |-

Helpmann Awards

The Helpmann Awards is for live performance in Australia and are awarded annually by Live Performance Australia. ::data[format=table]

YearAwardWorkResult
Best Male Actor in a MusicalShane Warne: The Musical
Best New Australian Work
Best Cabaret PerformerMisanthropology
Best Original ScoreSongs from the Middle
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Tony Awards

The Tony Award is for live performance on Broadway and are awarded annually by American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. ::data[format=table]

YearAwardWorkResult
Best Original ScoreBeetlejuice
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References

References

  1. (2009). ["Winners 2009"](http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=winners&year=2009 ). Live Performance Australia.
  2. Clark, Blanche. (2 September 2009). "Eddie Perfect wins Victorian Premier's Literary Award". News Limited.
  3. "Eddie Perfect – FOX 8". Foxtel.
  4. "Beetlejuice Songwriter Eddie Perfect Books His Next Acting Gig in the Australian Premiere of 9 to 5".
  5. "Eddie Perfect Unleashes the Beast Benjamin Law".
  6. Kelly, Eamonn. (29 July 2010). "Sensitive soul of the larrikin from sleepy Mentone". [[The Australian]].
  7. (9 January 2011). "Eddie Perfect in Misanthropology". Sydney Festival.
  8. Shenton, Mark. (29 October 2018). "Composer Eddie Perfect {{!}} interview {{!}} King Kong, Beetlejuice".
  9. "Beetlejuice Songwriter Eddie Perfect Books His Next Acting Gig in the Australian Premiere of 9 to 5".
  10. "Beetlejuice Songwriter Eddie Perfect Books His Next Acting Gig in the Australian Premiere of 9 to 5".
  11. [https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204804/beetlejuice-composer-eddie-perfect-to-star-in-the-musicals-australian-premiere/ Beetlejuice Composer Eddie Perfect to Star in the Musical's Australian Premiere]
  12. https://www.artsculturetrust.wa.gov.au/venues/state-theatre-centre-of-wa/whats-on/tivoli-lovely/
  13. (8 November 2011). "One week left until the 2011 Jameson IF Awards Sydney".
  14. (28 October 2015). "Nine Upfronts 2016: Nine goes HD, new lifestyle channel -and Daryl Somers returns | TV Tonight".
  15. View, The Age's. (26 December 2019). "Kylie's tourism ad is right to move beyond beer and barbecues".
  16. Whitehead, Mat. (14 September 2020). "Bonnie Anderson's Bushranger Wins The Masked Singer Australia 2020". [[ViacomCBS Australia & New Zealand.
  17. Davies, Rebecca. (24 February 2012). "Offspring's Eddie Perfect welcomes new baby girl Charlotte". Digital Spy.
  18. Gill, Raymond. (17 July 2010). "Middle ground". Fairfax.
  19. (August 2025). "Claire Hooper's House Of Games: Series 1". iview.abc.net.au.
  20. "APRA History". [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | [[Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society]] (AMCOS).
  21. (11 April 2013). "APRA Song Of The Year 2013 Shortlist Revealed".

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