Rodney Marks
Comedian, Corporate Comedy Impostor & Comic Hoaxer
Rodney Marks is a professional comedian, corporate comedy specialist, and character performer with over 30 years of experience and more than 3,500 live performances. Known for his “Hoaxes and Jokeses,” he brings over 350 characters, international experience, and intellectual humour to conferences, corporate events and professional gatherings worldwide.
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Rodney Marks is a professional comedian, corporate comedy specialist, and master of character-driven humour, with a career spanning more than three decades. Since 1991, he has delivered over 3,500 live comedy performances and has become renowned for his “Hoaxes and Jokeses” — performances that blend wit, satire and playful deception with razor-sharp insight.
Rodney has developed a repertoire of over 350 characters, each with distinct accents, dialects and professions, allowing him to tailor a unique persona for every event. His work has taken him on more than 30 international tours, entertaining audiences in the UK, USA, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Vanuatu, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and New Zealand.
A highly educated performer, Rodney holds degrees from the University of New England (UNE), the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at UNSW Business School, and Harvard University. He has also served as a visiting professor-at-large at UNSW and as artist-in-residence at Macquarie Dictionary, UNE, AGSM @ UNSW Business School, and Harvard.
Rodney’s unique combination of intellectual rigour, comic timing, and improvisational skill has earned him recognition in Who’s Who in Australia and the Concise Companion to Theatre in Australia. He is widely sought after for conferences, corporate events, and professional gatherings, where his performances combine entertainment with thought-provoking commentary.
