Dave Thornton has built a reputation as one of our country’s best stand-up comedians.  

With over 20 years in the game, he’s spent more than half his life doing what he loves, performing to crowds across Australia, and globally including Edinburgh, Montreal Singapore and New York.  

A regular co-host of The Project, Dave’s TV credentials also include hosting Channel 9’s 20 to 1 and Network 10’s This Week Live appearances on ABC TV’s Spicks and Specks and Agony Uncles, Channel 9’s The Hundred’s with Andy Lee and Network Ten’s Would I Lie To You Australia and Hughesy We Have a Problem. 

Dave is also a go to in the world of sport, hosting AFL quiz show The Beep Test on Fox Footy, a format developed by fellow comedian Michael Chamberlin, which returned for a second season in 2019. Continuing to combine work and pleasure, Dave has been a regular guest panellist all through 2022 for Fox Sports’ The Back Page.  

He’s also an accomplished actor, appearing in Channel Nine’s House Husbands, ABC TV’s Upper Middle Bogan, and Network Ten’s Five Bedrooms. Basically, if there’s catering, Dave will be there. 

With a voice as familiar as his face, Dave is one of Australia’s most beloved broadcasters, co-hosting Fox FM’s breakfast radio show alongside his good friend Fifi Box for many years, and regularly guest appearing on every major radio network in the country. He is also an in-demand voice over artist for notable brands such as Uncle Toby’s and HBF.  

Dave is also a prolific figure online, with his stand-up clips garnering millions of views from around the world, He is back on tour in 2024 with his new show Nothing’s Unpossible, exploring fatherhood and family life, in a way that only he can.