- Tahir Bilgiç
Tahir Bilgiç (born
December 12 1970 ) is anAustralian comedian of Turkish descent. Tahir labels himself as Australia's only Turkish stand-up comedian.http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/10/1041990055960.html Young Turk] . Tahir features as the Lebanese character Habib in thePizza (TV series) and movie. Habib enacts the ethnic stereotype of drug-dealing, obnoxious, womanising migrant. The stereotypes of the Fat Pizza characters are ballooned to ridicule the stereotype itself.Bilgiç has appeared in Rove Live,
The NRL Footy Show , Laughing Stock, Recovery,FOXTEL ,Comedy Channel , theSBS documentary series - Aussie Jokers and the Australian improvisational comedy series,Thank God You're Here . [http://www.tahir.com.au/blog/about/ Tahir Online - Biography]Career
* Sydney Comedy Store 1995
* Voted Sydney Comedian of the Year 1996http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/10/1041990055960.html Young Turk]
* Pizza TV series 2000-2007
* 2003
* Lord of the Kebabs: The Fellowship of the Hommous 2003
* Show us you Roots 2004
* Hollywood Kebabs 2004References
ee also
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Turks in Australia External links
* [http://www.tahir.com.au/ "Tahir Online" Tahir Bilgiç Official Website]
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