Gary Eck

An accomplished stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, author, film director and MC. Gary Eck has the ability to tailor material and ad-lib with the audience making him extremely flexible for a variety of events. 

A graduate of Canberra University with a BA in Marketing and Advertising, Gary Eck began his foray into comedy as a writer for 2DayFM’s Morning Crew, graduating to host his nightly programme – The Late Show with Gary Eck. 

Gary has worked alongside some of the biggest companies in Australia. His fun, affable style and sharp wit makes him a perfect choice to MC your next awards dinner, conference or roadshow.

Gary offers a Keynote presentation “Adaptive Comedy – How Stand-Up Comedy Can Make You an Effective and Adaptive Leader.” And runs comedy team workshops. Or, if you’re just want an after dinner comedy show or even a hoax…Gary does that too!

Apart from a successful stand-up and corporate career Gary has ventured into film and TV. He co-wrote and co-directed Happy Feet Two with Academy Award winner George Miller, voicing several characters in the film.

Gary won the world’s largest short film competition, Tropfest, with his short, The Money. Eck co-wrote and starred in the cult hit You Can’t Stop the Murders (now being turned into a stage musical!) and featured in the film Boytown alongside Mick Molloy and Glen Robbins.

He co-created the hit global kids animation series, VEGESAURS which is now in its fifth season on ABC TV. Logie nominated, it is the number 2 show on BBC just behind Bluey! Gary also writes and episode directs the series.

Gary has written two children’s picture books, Wake Up Sleepyhead and The Day the Moon Came to Stay published by Scholastic.

And to top it off he has two feature comedy films in development, The Comedy and Tragedy of George Batten (Studio Canal) and Three Fools (optioned by George Miller).