17 Facts About Ed Kavalee

Edward Robert Kavalee was born on 30 June 1979 and is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, podcaster, radio and television presenter and association football commentator.

Ed Kavalee has hosted a number of television shows, including TV Burp and various sports-themed comedy shows along with Santo Cilauro and Sam Pang.

Ed Kavalee had been involved in running Theatresports workshops at the University of New South Wales, and for a number of years, he hosted Theatresports at the University of Sydney.

Ed Kavalee appeared in more than 20 episodes of the show in 2006 and remained a member of the ensemble cast in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th series.

In 2006, Ed Kavalee joined with co-host Tony Martin and panel operator Richard Marsland for the Triple M radio comedy show Get This which featured comedy sketches, celebrity guests and banter on trivia and current affairs.

In 2008, Ed Kavalee joined The Wrong Way Home with Akmal Saleh and Cal Wilson on the Nova Network.

Ed Kavalee hosted TV Burp on the Seven Network in mid 2009, which was the Australian TV series that was based on the original version of the UK's TV series Harry Hill's TV Burp.

Ed Kavalee was reunited with his former co-host on Get This, Tony Martin, for The Joy of Sets on the Nine Network.

In December 2011, Ed Kavalee resigned from Nova 100 to focus on TV and film work.

Ed Kavalee was a regular guest on the TV show Agony Uncles.

Ed Kavalee worked on the comedy film Scumbus in which he starred, co-wrote, co-produced and largely self-funded.

In November 2017, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Ed Kavalee would be joining Em Rusciano to co-host breakfast on 2Day FM replacing Harley Breen.

Ed Kavalee will stand in alongside Dave Hughes until at least the end of 2019.

Ed Kavalee's surname is Thai-Chinese, and he has stated that "one area of [his] family is Thai Chinese".

Ed Kavalee's Sydney-born father Charles Keith Hyland moved to Bangkok after serving in World War II, and established a duck feather processing plant in Cho Lon, Vietnam, where he was imprisoned by the Viet Cong in 1968.

Ed Kavalee, born in 1979, identified his mother as a former model who raised him as a single parent, and did not know his father's identity until he died in 1989.

In 2014, Ed Kavalee married celebrity trainer, fitness promoter and writer Tiffiny Hall.