Matt Okine
Matthew Okine (born 12 April 1985) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, author, rapper and radio presenter of Ghanaian and European descent living in Sydney. Okine was a co-host on the breakfast show on Triple J with Alex Dyson from 2014 to 2016. Career. Okine has performed stand-up on "Rove", at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Sydney Comedy Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival (for which he won award for best newcomer). He has appeared on numerous TV shows, including "This is Littleton", "Legally Brown", "Would I Lie to You?" and "Hughesy, We Have a Problem  and as a guest contributor on Dirty Laundry Live", "Can of Worms" and "The Agony of Modern Manners". In 2012, he released a DVD entitled "Being Black n Chicken n Shit". He cites Aziz Ansari and Dave Chappelle as influences and has supported them when they toured Australia. Okine appeared as Laurie in "". In 2014, Okine replaced Tom Ballard as co-host on the breakfast show on Triple J after Ballard resigned to pursue stand-up comedy. In 2016, Okine and Dyson both left Triple J to pursue other interests. He co-hosts "How Not to Behave", which premiered on  ABC in July 2015. At the 2015 ARIA Awards, he won Best Comedy Release for "Live at the Enmore Theatre". In 2017, Okine wrote and starred in "The Other Guy" on Stan. Personal life. Okine grew up in Brisbane. His father, Mack Okine, is Ghanaian. His mother, Roslyn, died of breast cancer when he was 12 years old. Awards and nominations. ARIA Music Awards. The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987. ! Matt