1. Todd McKenney was born on 31 May 1965 and is an Australian dancer, theatre performer and TV personality.
22 Facts About Todd McKenney
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Todd McKenney is best known as a judge on the Australian television talent show Dancing with the Stars.
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Todd McKenney began his entertainment career on a children's television show as Percy Penguin.
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Todd McKenney represented Australia in ballroom and Latin American dancing, and won many international awards.
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Todd McKenney has performed on stage since 1983 in productions including 42nd Street, The Pirates of Penzance, Camelot, La Cage aux Folles, Singin' in the Rain, and Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical.
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Todd McKenney rose to fame in 1998 when he created the lead role of Peter Allen in the Australian production of The Boy from Oz.
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Todd McKenney performed the role 766 times between 1998 and 2000.
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Outside musical theatre, Todd McKenney is best known as a judge on Australia's version of Dancing with the Stars.
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Todd McKenney has appeared on all fifteen seasons of the show since 2004.
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Todd McKenney took on his first non-musical role in 2006, starring as Michael Minetti in the Ensemble Theatre production of Richard Alfieri's two-hander play Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks with Nancye Hayes at the Playhouse Theatre in the Sydney Opera House.
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Todd McKenney performed his Casting Couch production at the Ensemble's Kirribilli premises in 2016, interviewing Queenie van de Zandt, Georgie Parker, and Simon Burke in different performances.
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In 2006, Todd McKenney hosted the television game show You May Be Right, which was cancelled after a month on air.
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Todd McKenney hosted the breakfast program on Sydney radio station Mix 106.5 with Dancing with the Stars co-host Sonia Kruger, as well as Andy Grace, from January 2008 until September 2009.
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On 19 May 2010 and on 27 December 2010, Todd McKenney guest co-hosted The Morning Show alongside Kylie Gillies, while regular male presenter Larry Emdur was on holidays.
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In 2011, Todd McKenney portrayed Lord Evelyn Oakley in a limited showing of Anything Goes in Melbourne, alongside Amanda Harrison.
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Todd McKenney has a daughter, Charlotte Wood, who lives in Melbourne with her mother, Anne Wood.
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Todd McKenney has said his first girlfriend, at twelve years of age, was dancer and presenter Sonia Kruger.
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Todd McKenney is a student of Auslan sign language and has worked within the deaf community all around Australia.
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Todd McKenney is a keen supporter of The Grace Centre For Newborn Intensive Care at the Children's Hospital at Westmead and the Cerebral Palsy Alliance.
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Todd McKenney was painted by Australian artist John Klein with his greyhound 'Nancye Hayes' as Klein's entry in the 2024 Archibald Prize.
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Todd McKenney then forged a partnership with Everyday Market from Woolworths in order for small-medium-sized Australian businesses to have a space to sell their products on the new marketplace, offering an unprecedented opportunity for these businesses to grow.
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Todd McKenney was breath-tested and blew a reading of 0.05.