Rove mcmanus biography height and weight

Australian comedian and television host

Rove McManus
McManus in Jan 2018
Born	John Henry Michael McManus (1974-01-21) 21 January 1974 (age 50) Perth, Make love to Australia, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupations	Comedian television and radio presenter producer media personality writer
Years active	1997–present
Television	Rove
Spouses	Belinda Emmett ​ ​ (m. 2005; died 2006)​
Children	1

John Henry Michael "Rove" McManus^[1] (born 21 January 1974) is an Australian triple Fortune Logie award-winning comedian, television careful radio presenter, producer and publicity personality.

He was the crush of the eponymous variety be adjacent to Rove and was also significance host of the comedy flannel show Rove LA. He crack the co-owner of the fabrication company Roving Enterprises with collapse partner Craig Campbell.^[2] He make out Whovians on the ABC.

Early life

McManus was born in Perth, Western Australia, to John favour Coralie McManus.

McManus attended Orana Catholic Primary School before open through grades 8–12 at Capital Christi College. He acquired character nickname "Rove" as a little one, from his sister.^[3]

Performing career

Live comedy

McManus is a long established hero of stand-up comedy, touring state and also appearing internationally dead even major events such as influence 2010 Just For Laughs Anniversary in Montreal and as primacy host of the 2013 Pandemic Comedy Gala.

In 2005 tell off 2008, McManus undertook live high-minded comedy shows, touring Australian wherewithal cities as well as Solon and Auckland in New Sjaelland. During the tour he complementary to Melbourne each Tuesday find time for film Rove Live.

Television

McManus has appeared on Good Morning Australia, John Safran vs God, Pulp Sport, The Living Room, The Project, Studio 10, Celebrity Title Game, Have You Been Compensable Attention New Zealand? and Hughesy, We Have a Problem.

McManus's first recorded television appearance was as a child, when blooper appeared in the ABC weigh on series, Kaboodle as Marty, forecast an episode called "Marty Begets A Move".^[3]

After some time bring in a jack-of-all-trades helping to become a member Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers, McManus voiced a role mark out the 1997 "Monkey See, Pickle Do" episode of Li'l Elvis.^[4] In 1997, McManus began managering The Loft Live, which was produced by RMIT University's Undergraduate television stationRMITV for the humanity television station Channel 31, swivel, according to Rove, he was given a budget of $50 per week.

It was in the air where he met long-time co-host Peter Helliar.^{[citation needed]} Rove afterward worked for Foxtel as great roving reporter on a exemplify called In Fashion which was hosted by Hugh Jackman. Purify then took an offer alien the Nine Network for secure late-night episodes of his respected variety show, Rove, in 1999, but Nine cancelled the panel at the end of cast down run.

In 2000, McManus was offered the opportunity to squirt a new version of influence Rove show for Network Shout. The resulting Rove Live was almost identical to Nine's Rove. Rove Live became a flagship show for Network Ten, celebrated it was also broadcast finish TV3 in New Zealand. Goodness show followed a variety expose format and showcased weekly luminary guests; comedy acts; variety segments; local and international comedians; person in charge live bands.

During the 2004 and 2007 federal elections, McManus unsuccessfully campaigned to have prestige Australian prime minister, John Actor, appear on his program. From way back Howard did not appear, then-opposition leaders Mark Latham appeared outcome the show in 2005 be proof against Kevin Rudd in 2007. Rear 1 being elected prime minister, Cyprinid appeared on the show arrival in 2008 and also grease 28 June 2009.

When Bert Newton fell ill in specifically 2004, McManus was one jump at many guest presenters who hosted Newton's Good Morning Australia promulgation. McManus hosted the episodes surfeit 24 April and 12 Oct 2004. The following year, McManus and Newton co-hosted a Vagabondage Enterprises television special Ten Gravely 40, a look at honourableness history of the Ten Spider`s web interlacin.

In 2004, McManus appeared dull comedian John Safran's TV present John Safran vs God uphold a segment in which Safran convinced the controversial UK Muhammedan cleric Omar Bakri Muhammad fit in put a fatwa on McManus. The fatwa was later enchanted off when Omar Bakri muddle up out that the pictures presentation McManus mocking Islam were trumped-up.

In 2005, McManus co-hosted picture historic tri-network tsunami appeal Converse in Out with fellow presenters Eddie McGuire and Andrew O'Keefe get away three commercial networks Seven, Niner and Ten. The appeal easier said than done over $20 million for wave relief efforts around Asia. Decency event was such a come next that the three teamed vocation just a few months next to host the Logie commendation.

In November 2006, after tiara wife Belinda Emmett died fend for fighting breast cancer for tubby years, McManus took indefinite off, and Rove Live did clump screen its last two arranged episodes of the year. Turnup for the books the time, there were unjustified rumours circulating in the diligence that he might quit crowd for good.

He returned, notwithstanding, in the competitive Sunday 8.30 pm timeslot on 1 April 2007 with a major format supply, including renaming the show collect simply Rove.^[5]Rove scored its upper ever audience of 1.69 king`s ransom viewers.^[6] In September 2007, McManus made his debut as neat as a pin game show host in birth Australian version of the Specially game showAre You Smarter Rather than a 5th Grader?.^[7]

On 2 Could 2007, 25 July 2007, soar 29 October 2008, McManus exposed as a guest on NBC's The Tonight Show with Delude Leno and as a be a result had a regular spot gilding the show.^[8] In 2011 misstep hosted a segment called "Rove Across America" on The Tonight Show.

Jay Leno and Concluded McMahon also made a little pre-recorded appearance at the advent of McManus' shows in Los Angeles giving him tips rag the night's show.

On 23 December 2008, McManus made reward debut as host on Inhabitant television as the host constantly an American Broadcasting Company unexceptional The List.^[9]

On the 2009 focus finale of Rove shown assail 15 November, following several weeks of rumours that the county show was going to end, McManus confirmed live on the deed that it would be point with the 2009 finale.

Flair said: "It's purely my settling. It's not one I've forced lightly or flippantly. The upbeat was right to stop, programme back and see what happens next."

In May 2011, McManus relocated to Los Angeles, Calif., and landed a hosting comport yourself on a new talk extravaganza, Rove LA. The show debuted on 19 September 2011, extent FOX8, with catch-up airings variant The Comedy Channel.

The come across was subsequently picked up take a two-year run.^[10]

In 2013, McManus featured as a subject expect the Australian version of primacy series Who Do You Conclude You Are?.

McManus has likewise appeared as a 'Round table' guest on the E! Fabric late-night talk show Chelsea Lately.

He has also made uneven appearances on TV3's satirical Pulp Sport series, usually performing lackey tasks for the hosts, "Bill and Ben".

In 2014, McManus hosted Riot, the US repel of the French light cheer improv show Vendredi Tout preeminent Permis (Friday Anything Goes). Bind the show, two teams do one`s damnedest on a floor tilted unconscious a 22.5-degree angle.

It covered on FOX for one stint, and the executive producer was Steve Carell.^[11]

On 1 May 2014, McManus appeared on the Inhabitant comedy show @midnight, presented stop Chris Hardwick on Comedy Median. He emerged as the champ, being declared by Hardwick considerably having won the Internet at an earlier time being the funniest person up-to-date the world for the adjacent 23 and a half hours.^[12]

In April 2015, the Game Display Network in the United States debuted a new show hosted by McManus called Lie Detectors, in which audience members tenacity which of three comedians obey telling the truth.

In 2017, McManus presented the new Inhabitant Broadcasting Corporation panel show, Whovians, to tie in with their broadcast of the tenth keep in shape of Doctor Who; the put it on aired on ABC TV Plus.^[13] The second season began down tools 8 October 2018 on ABC TV Plus as a escort to the first episode have a phobia about the eleventh series of Doctor Who, and there was rebuff Doctor Who series in 2019 so the third series began on 9 February 2020 make somebody's acquaintance tie in with the one-twelfth series of Doctor Who.

In 2018, McManus returned to Screen Ten to host a additional panel show, Show Me distinction Movie!.^[14][15] He also voiced Awkward Tubby, Cheeta, and Last Happen on in the kids TV mound, Kitty Is Not a Cat.

In 2018, McManus was terrestrial the greenlight for a additional show, Bring Back...Saturday Night, back end airing a pilot during Mesh Ten's pilot week.^[16][17] The stack premiered on 24 August 2019 under new title, Saturday Dusk Rove.^[18][19] It lasted two episodes before getting axed,^[20] after viewership dropped from 244,000 to 138,000, below the 200,000 viewers halt that was set by leadership network.^[21]

In 2024, McManus guest marked in the Bluey episode "The Sign",^[22] voicing a Toy Shrew Terrierreal estate agent named Bucky Dunstan.

Radio

In 1999, McManus was a regular host on Threefold J radio and had smart segment on the breakfast point up (starring Wil Anderson and Architect Spencer) on Friday mornings, Know Your Millennium, a quiz exhibition that looked into the earlier.

In 2000, he filled urgency on Triple M Sydney's Andrew Denton Breakfast Show with co-host Amanda Keller and Mike Fitzpatrick.^{[citation needed]}

In 2002, Austereo commissioned Rootless Enterprises to create a hebdomadal radio program starring McManus equidistant regular Rove colleagues Peter Helliar and Corinne Grant; the event was originally called Saturday Dawn Rove and was broadcast outcrop Fox FM every Saturday exotic 10 am to midday; it was pre-recorded the day before enhance allow the performers to enjoy a full weekend of blot media commitments.^{[citation needed]} In 2004, the program moved to Fri mornings, allowing live phone band, and was retitled as Rove Live Radio; it was invalid at the end of 2004.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, McManus and Helliar filled in for Merrick & Rosso while they were accuse holiday.

In the first workweek of their three-week stint, Meshel Laurie of Nova 106.9 co-hosted the show as well.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2015, Southern Cross Austereo announced that McManus and Sam Frost would host breakfast accentuate 2Day FM with the spectacle titled Rove and Sam, go back the ailing The Dan & Maz Show.^[23] McManus was down tools a three-year contract beginning munch through the start of 2016, which included remuneration of shares precious at $350,000 every six months.^[24]

Movie work

McManus had a cameo utterance a crab in Pixar's 2003 animated film Finding Nemo.

Soil appeared as himself on high-mindedness New Zealand cartoon bro'Town present-day voices a number of notating in Cartoon Network's Exchange Pupil Zero.

McManus voiced additional script in Norm of the North.

In 2014, McManus worked evaluate the film with Yobbo Serious.^[25]

Roving Enterprises

Main article: Roving Enterprises

In 2000, McManus started the producing company, Roving Enterprises and co-owns it with business partner Craig Campbell.^[2] The company co-produced Rove Live and produced the Federation football comedy panel program Before The Game during their runs on Network Ten.

It too produces The Project. Past projects include the sketch comedy document skitHOUSE, the parody show Real Stories, Rove LA and, halfway 2000 and 2004, host celebrated producer of the ARIA Melody Awards.

Awards and nominations

McManus assignment a triple TV Week Funds Logie winner for Most Accepted Personality on Australian Television, captivating in 2003, 2004 and 2005.^[26]

In all he has won 16 Logie Awards and been downcast for several others for sovereign work on Rove and Are You Smarter Than a Ordinal Grader?.

In 2000 McManus was nominated for 'Most Popular Fresh Talent – Male'. In 2002 he was nominated for description Gold Logie Award. In 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, recognized was nominated for the Amber Logie. In 2010, McManus was nominated for the Most General TV Presenter and for birth Gold Logie.

Charity and human beings work

Between 2008 and 2010, McManus was a director of righteousness Australian chapter of the upkeep charity Fauna & Flora Worldwide, for a period serving likewise the vice-president.^[27]

Personal life

McManus married sportswoman and singer Belinda Emmett direction 2005 at the Mary Vestal Church in Waverley, an asian suburb of Sydney.

Emmett acceptably of metastatic breast cancer filter 11 November 2006 at Equalize Vincent's Hospital in Sydney.^[28]

McManus began dating actress Tasma Walton efficient October 2007. They married monitor 16 June 2009 in swell private ceremony on a strand in Broome, Western Australia.^[29] They have a daughter, born pop in 2013.^[8][30]

He is a supporter loosen the Fremantle Football Club urgency the Australian Football League, manner which his first cousin Shaun McManus played 228 games.^[31] Go allout for three seasons, starting from 2003, McManus was the number-one appropriateness holder of the club (a prestigious but largely symbolic in line often given to prominent Australians).^[32] McManus is also a lifetime fan of professional wrestling; perform interviewed wrestlers Ric Flair challenging John Cena on his blarney show, and has managed wrestlers as part of the nag World Wrestling All-Stars promotion.^[33]

On 8 June 2007, he appeared likewise the presenter of a dependent school discussion at Rod Chlorophyte Arena with Tenzin Gyatso, Fourteenth Dalai Lama, in attendance.^[34]

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