Joel Ozborn

Corporate Comedian

Joel has honed a distinctive style that combines daring physical comedy with sharp observational humor. Whether on stage, at a corporate event, or online, Joel guarantees laughter, connection, and a memorable experience for any audience.

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Joel Ozborn is a clean, clever, and highly professional comedian whose unique brand of humor has made him a favourite with corporate clients and festival audiences alike. He has entertained global brands including Qantas, Heinz, Budweiser, and Toyota, and has sold out shows at major comedy festivals and national theatre tours.

Joel’s career began in the streets of Sydney’s Circular Quay, where he developed a bizarre and original style of comedy that earned him the 1998 Street Performer of the Year award at the Sydney Opera House. He later moved to the United States to work with internationally renowned comedian and magician The Amazing Johnathan, performing across nearly all 50 states and entertaining large crowds on Venice Beach with his fearless and inventive street comedy.

Returning to Australia in 2004, Joel has toured extensively with top comedians such as Arj Barker and Akmal Saleh, performed at all major Australian comedy festivals—including Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Sydney Comedy Festival, and Brisbane Comedy Festival—and headlined in clubs and solo theatre shows. His global performances have taken him across South East Asia, the USA, and Las Vegas, consistently earning acclaim for his wit, timing, and engaging stage presence.

Joel also brings his comedy to the digital stage, offering online performances that connect teams and audiences in virtual settings such as product launches, awards nights, team-building events, or online catch-ups, delivering laughter and engagement wherever it’s needed.

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As you can imagine, a business awards ceremony can sometimes be a bit dry, however as a host, Joel Ozborn’s comedic wit, enthusiasm and fresh jokes meant our guests were in stitches all night long, while also staying focused on the proceedings of the evening. His ability to think quickly on his feet was tested when an impromptu charity auction was sprung on us. In literally a minute, Joel transformed from MC to auctioneer. His professionalism, adaptability and ability to work under pressure have been a blessing to us all, which has made working with Joel a delight. Cumberland and Courier Newspapers
People were rocking backwards and forwards, holding their stomachs and letting out shouts of laughter. The Advertiser
He’s disarming; he’s accessible without being common, articulate and clever without being smug … bloody funny. The Age
His flair for improvisation left the crowd in stitches. The Program
Joel Ozborn created a great fun atmosphere. Overall we had a great corporate night with our sales and marketing teams. Having an HR brief that afternoon we were a little anxious, however Joel delivered a great fun performance that had our HR manager, and the sales and marketing teams in stitches. Virbac Animal Health
Joel was great, very entertaining especially with a difficult to please guests. He definitely won over a tough crowd of older male dealers. He was great in engaging the audience and it was a definite value-add that he went around the room and spoke to as many of the guests as he could. We would definitely recommend him and would absolutely use him for another event! Toyota
Thank you so much for your brilliant work with us on our Futsal Premier & Super League Dinner. Your dedication and attention to detail was outstanding, going above and beyond to get all the award winners’ names correct! Ever obliging, your professionalism is an asset to any event. Thanks again, we hope to work with you in the future. Football NSW
Joel was a pleasure to work with and was very accommodating in his time to meet virtually to prepare with us before his shows. Joel was very professional and engaging to our needs. He was very enthusiastic, keen and also did his research on our company, even writing a song about PwC. He is very humorous and had us in laughter, while making it very entertaining. Thanks for the laughs Joel. PWC
We recently had Joel perform at our Christmas Party and he was fantastic. He was the most-talked about and enjoyed part of the Christmas Party and had everyone in stitches. His ability to act in the moment and adjust his performance to suit the circumstances whilst remaining professional was astounding. I would definitely recommend Joel for any corporate function. Arcadia Meats
Joel was absolutely fantastic yesterday! His set was perfect for our hybrid event, he was able to engage with both people in the room as well as online seamlessly. I would not hesitate to work with Joel again – he was so professional and an absolute pleasure to work with. Thank you for helping us end 2020 on a high! KPMG
Just wanted to say a big thank you for Joel yesterday- he was amazing. He certainly met the brief for what we were hoping to achieve in adding some humour to our online launch and that extra touch to make the event a bit more unique. He was a pleasure to work with, nothing seemed to difficult and was flexible with rehearsals etc. Konica Minolta
Joel’s comedy act was very entertaining! Joel was great in engaging the audience, he read the group very well and ensured that the content was appropriate and humorous. Would highly recommend him and have him perform again. CPA Australia
That was so much fun and I’ve already had a number of people message me and say how much they enjoyed Joel - I quote - “One of the best Iress sessions ever!” Awesome job. Great to work with Joel on this. Iress