Michael Hing is a comedian, broadcaster, actor, improviser and podcaster. Along with being a host of Network Ten’s The Project, and Celebrity Letters & Numbers (SBS) Michael is also a former host of triple j’s Drive Show as one half of Hobba & Hing. He hosted the acclaimed docu-series Where Are You Really From? (SBS) and ABC’s Good Game, as well as appearing on Spicks & Specks (ABC) & the Stan Original Series The Other Guy.
Michael’s political comedy featured regularly on SBS’s The Feed, where his videos have amassed over 20 million views online, and won an Australian Writer’s Guild Award for Best Comedy Writing in 2020. He also briefly tried to run for the Senate before SBS’ lawyers made it very clear that what he was doing was illegal.
As a fixture of the stand-up comedy scene, Michael has performed at home and abroad, being hand-picked to open for Marc Maron on his Australian tour. He also studied improv at UCB in Los Angeles and New York, is a regular performer at Improv Theatre Sydney.
Michael co-hosts the biggest Dungeons and Dragons podcast in Australia, Dragon Friends and was invited to perform in US by the creators of Dungeons & Dragons. He is also one half of Free To a Good Home, a podcast where he invites guests to sift through the best and worst of newspaper classifieds with him.
2023 – Long Live The Hing
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Canberra Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Newcastle Comedy Festival
2022 – Coming Out of My Cage and I’m Not Doing Well
Adelaide Fringe Festival
2021 – Kill-Hing In The Name Of
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival
2018 – The Ethics of Punching a Nazi
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival
2016 – Unbearable Whiteness of Being
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2015 – Much Ado About Not Hing
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival
2015 – Practical Tips on Becoming a Satanic Overlord
TEDx Talk Sydney
2014 – Bildungsroman at 28
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival
2013 – Occupy White People
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival
2012 – An Open Letter To Rich White People Concerning Their Roll in the Downfall of Civilisation
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival
2022 – 2024 – The Project – Co-Host, Network TEN
2021 – 2022 – Celebrity Letters & Numbers – Host, SBS
2018 – 2020 – The Feed – SBS
2018 – 2020 – Where Are You Really From? – Host, SBS
2017 – 2019 – The Other Guy – Actor, STAN
2017 – Comedy Next Gen: Michael Hing – Stand Up Special, ABC
2015 – 2016 –Good Game – Host, ABC
2020 – 2023 – Drive – Co-Host, triple j
2024 – Hobba and Hing – Co-Host
2023 – Silver Bullet – Co-Host
2017 – 2023 – Dragon Friends – Co-Host
2014 – 2023 – Free to a Good Home – Co-Host
Michael Hing is available to perform, facilitate a panel discussion or host your next corporate event.
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