 colin stuart lane (born 25 march 1965) is a comedian, actor and tv host, best known for being one-half of former comedy duo lano and woodley. ==lano and woodley==  lane performed with fellow comedian frank woodley as part of the duo lano and woodley for a period of almost 20 years. the two met through theatresports in the mid-1980s and first performed together at an open mike night at the prince patrick hotel in collingwood, victoria in 1987 along with their friend scott casley, calling themselves the found objects. over the next six years, the trio performed in venues throughout australia and at the edinburgh festival fringe. they became semi-regulars on abc tv's the big gig, a show known for boosting the careers of new comedy acts, had their own commercial radio show for six months and were part of the short-lived seven network sketch show the comedy sale. when in 1992 casley moved away to alice springs, woodley and lane decided to continue as a duo, drawing their name from childhood nicknames. as lano and woodley, the two adopt humorous onstage personas, with woodley playing a "goofy innocent" who is frequently bullied by lane's pompous, controlling character. their first show as a comedy duo, "fence", debuted in 1993. it toured throughout australia, winning the moosehead award at the melbourne international comedy festival for best act and was eventually taken the edinburgh festival fringe in 1994, where it won the prestigious perrier comedy award. subsequent live productions have included "curtains", "glitzy", "slick", "bruiser", "the island" and their 2006 farewell show, "goodbye
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