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17 Facts About Jamie Dunn

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For three decades Jamie Dunn has been the voice and personality of children's character Agro.

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Jamie Dunn is the narrator of the Animal Planet series Snake Boss.

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Up until 2005, Jamie Dunn was a member of a radio breakfast show in Brisbane.

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Jamie Dunn was an original member of the B105 Morning Crew, along with Donna Lynch and Ian Skippen when the station was first launched on the FM band in 1990.

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Whereas originally Jamie Dunn performed on B105 as Agro, over time he came to be credited as himself, often playing dual roles as himself or the puppet.

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Jamie Dunn performed stunts such as dressing in a gold string bikini as a meter-maid for a stroll around town, dressing as a bride for the "Bridezilla" competition, performing a cheerleader routine during the halftime break at a Broncos game, being scrubbed head to toe in a portable dog wash, and a nude dash across a stage.

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Jamie Dunn raised money through the station for the Royal Children's Hospital.

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Jamie Dunn promoted the annual Christmas Appeal, including taking part in the 'K's for Kids' walk that stretched across Brisbane.

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Jamie Dunn has been an active ambassador for the conservationist organisation, Wildlife Warriors.

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In 2009 Jamie Dunn began broadcasting a talk-back show on 1116 4BC, departing on 29 October 2010.

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Jamie Dunn returned to Brisbane radio nearly a decade later to host an hourly Saturday morning show on the Triple M network.

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Jamie Dunn's early performing days were spent as a singer-songwriter and as drummer for the Brisbane band Hands Down.

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Jamie Dunn co-starred in the film True Love directed by Robert Braiden for which he won the first Runner-up Best Actor Award at the 2012 Picture Start Film Festival in New York.

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In 1996, Jamie Dunn created the children's television series Spuds In Duds, a parody of Bananas in Pyjamas with potatoes.

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Jamie Dunn co-wrote, produced and co-starred in the series with longtime creative partner Ian Calder.

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Between 2012 and September 2014, Jamie Dunn was the subject of a stalker responsible for online harassment and threats of violence.

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Jamie Dunn pleaded guilty to stalking in Caboolture Magistrates' Court in December 2014, and was fined $1000 and put on a two-year good behaviour bond, with no conviction recorded.