1. John Henry Michael 'Rove' McManus was born on 21 January 1974 and is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, producer and media personality who has received three Gold Logie awards.
41 Facts About Rove McManus
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Rove McManus was the host of the eponymous variety show Rove and the comedy talk show Rove LA, and is the co-owner of the production company Roving Enterprises with business partner Craig Campbell.
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Rove McManus was born in Perth, Western Australia, to John and Coralie Rove McManus.
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Rove McManus acquired the nickname 'Rove' as a child, from his sister.
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Rove McManus has performed stand-up comedy both nationally and internationally, appearing at events such as the 2010 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and hosting the 2013 International Comedy Gala.
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In 2005 and 2008, Rove McManus undertook live stand-up comedy shows, touring Australian capital cities as well as Wellington and Auckland in New Zealand.
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Rove McManus's first recorded television appearance was as a child, when he appeared in the ABC television series Kaboodle as Marty in an episode called 'Marty Makes A Move'.
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Rove McManus contributed to the production of the animated series Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers, voicing a character in the 1997 episode 'Monkey See, Monkey Do'.
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Later that year, Rove McManus began hosting The Loft Live, which was produced by RMIT University's Student television station RMITV for the community television station Channel 31.
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Rove McManus then appeared as a reporter on Foxtel's program In Fashion, hosted by Hugh Jackman.
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Rove McManus took an offer from the Nine Network for ten late-night episodes of his own variety show, Rove, in 1999; however, the series was cancelled at the end of its run.
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In 2000, McManus was offered the opportunity to produce a new version of the Rove show for Network Ten, launching Rove Live.
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Rove McManus Live became a prominent show for Network Ten, seeing broadcasts on TV3 in New Zealand.
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When Bert Newton fell ill in early 2004, Rove McManus was one of many guest presenters who hosted Newton's Good Morning Australia program, presenting its episodes on 24 April and 12 October 2004.
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In 2004, McManus appeared in comedian John Safran's TV show John Safran vs God in a segment where Safran convinced the controversial UK Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Muhammad to put a fatwa on McManus, showcasing pictures of McManus mocking Islam.
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In 2005, Rove McManus co-hosted the tsunami appeal Reach Out with fellow presenters Eddie McGuire and Andrew O'Keefe on television networks Seven, Nine and Ten.
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In November 2006, after his wife Belinda Emmett died of breast cancer, McManus took indefinite leave, and Rove Live did not screen its last two planned episodes of the year.
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Rove McManus returned in the competitive Sunday 8.30 pm timeslot on 1 April 2007 with a major format overhaul, including renaming the show to simply Rove.
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Rove McManus scored its highest ever audience of 1.69 million viewers.
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On 2 May 2007,25 July 2007, and 29 October 2008, Rove McManus appeared as a guest on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and as a result had a regular spot on the show.
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On 23 December 2008, Rove McManus made his debut as host on American television as the host of an American Broadcasting Company special The List.
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Rove McManus has made intermittent appearances on TV3's satirical Pulp Sport series, usually performing menial tasks for the hosts, 'Bill and Ben'.
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In 2014, Rove McManus hosted Riot, the US version of the French light entertainment improv show Vendredi Tout est Permis.
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On 1 May 2014, Rove McManus appeared on the American comedy show @midnight, presented by Chris Hardwick on Comedy Central.
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Rove McManus emerged as the winner, being declared by Hardwick as having won the Internet and being the funniest person in the world for the next 23 and a half hours.
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In 2017, Rove McManus presented the new Australian Broadcasting Corporation panel show, Whovians, to tie in with their broadcast of the tenth series of Doctor Who; the show aired on ABC TV Plus.
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Rove McManus voiced King Tubby, Cheeta, and Last Chance in the kids TV series, Kitty Is Not a Cat.
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In 2018, Rove McManus was given the greenlight for a new show, Bring Back.
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In 1999, Rove McManus was a regular host on Triple J radio and had a segment on the breakfast show on Friday mornings, Know Your Millennium, a quiz show that looked into the past.
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Rove McManus was on a three-year contract beginning from the start of 2016, which included remuneration of shares valued at $350,000 every six months.
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Rove McManus had a cameo voicing a crab in Pixar's 2003 animated film Finding Nemo.
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Rove McManus appeared as himself on the New Zealand cartoon bro'Town and voices a number of characters in Cartoon Network's Exchange Student Zero.
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In 2014, Rove McManus worked on the film Cookies From Outer Space with Yahoo Serious.
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In 2000, Rove McManus started the production company Roving Enterprises; he currently co-owns it with his business partner, Craig Campbell.
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Rove McManus co-produced Rove Live and produced the AFL football comedy panel program Before The Game during their runs on Network Ten.
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Rove McManus is a triple TV Week Gold Logie winner for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television, winning in 2003,2004 and 2005.
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In 2010, Rove McManus was nominated for the Most Popular TV Presenter and for the Gold Logie.
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Rove McManus married actress and singer Belinda Emmett in 2005 at the Mary Immaculate Church in Waverley, an eastern suburb of Sydney.
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Rove McManus is a supporter of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League, for which his first cousin Shaun McManus played 228 games.
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From 2003 to 2005, Rove McManus held the ceremonial position of the club's number-one ticket holder.