Glenn Robbins
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Glenn Robbins (born 1957) is an Australian comedy performer/writer. He is a graduate of Drama and Media at Melbourne State College and first moved into performing in 1981.
Glenn's many television sketch comedy shows include:
- The Eleventh Hour (1985)
- While You're Down There (1986)
- The Comedy Company (1988-89)
- Fast Forward (1991-92)
- Full Frontal (1993)
- Jimeoin (1994-95)
- Something Stupid (1998)
Whilst many characters were performed by Glenn throughout these shows, his most popular sketch character remains "Uncle Arthur".
Glenn's two most recent characters are his most popular to date: Russell Coight in All Aussie Adventures (2001-) and Kel Knight in the smash hit Kath & Kim (2002-).
Since 1998, Glenn has been a regular host on the popular television talk show The Panel, which he also co-produces.
In 2001 Glenn played the role of Pete O'May in the award-winning Australian film Lantana. In 2006 he co-stars with Mick Molloy in the comedy feature BoyTown as an eighties pop star making an ill-advised comeback.