Thomas Edmund Gleisner was born on 24 October 1962 and is an Australian comedian, television presenter, producer, director, writer, occasional actor and author.
14 Facts About Tom Gleisner
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Tom Gleisner attended the University of Melbourne in the 1980s, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in 1987.
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Tom Gleisner wrote and performed in the 1985 Melbourne University Revue Too Cool for Sandals.
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Tom Gleisner was credited as a writer on The D-Generation but not as a regular performer.
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Tom Gleisner did appear on numerous occasions as a guest star, and on the album The Satanic Sketches.
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Tom Gleisner went on to perform in the D-Gen's late-eighties Triple M radio show, and then starred in, and wrote for, ABC TV's The Late Show.
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Tom Gleisner's best-remembered performances in The Late Show included the newsreader of Late Show News, the co-host of Countdown Classics with Jane Kennedy and the interviewer of stuntman Rob Sitch in Shitscared, although he appeared in various other sketches.
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Tom Gleisner hosted and co-executive produced the popular Network Ten program The Panel.
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Tom Gleisner has appeared with Rob Sitch as a presenter of the ABC TV fly-fishing documentary A River Somewhere.
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Tom Gleisner has appeared in his Warwick Todd persona in guest appearances on TV.
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Tom Gleisner has written a number of fly fishing books along with Rob Sitch.
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Tom Gleisner is married to Mary Muirhead and they have two children, a son and a daughter.
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Tom Gleisner is the chairman of Challenge, an Australian cancer support organisation.
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Tom Gleisner is passionate about raising autism awareness, co-founding Learning For Life, a centre that provides early intervention to autistic children, with his wife in 2004.