Shane Bourne

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Shane Bourne (born 24 November 1949 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian stand-up comedian and actor.

Bourne was a well-known comedic face throughout the 1980s, with roles on the Australian version of Are You Being Served? and Hey Hey It's Saturday. In the mid 1990's, Bourne hosted a revived Blankety Blanks, which lasted two seasons.

In recent years Bourne has made the change to dramatic acting and has been critically acclaimed. After a two episode guest appearance on Blue Heelers in 2000, Bourne took the lead role of lawyer "Happy" Henderson, starring alongside Kerry Armstrong in MDA. For the role, he was nominated for three Australian Film Institute awards, in 2002, 2003 and 2005, the latter two of which he won. The show ended after its third season, in September 2005.

Bourne is now hosting the series Thank God You're Here for Channel Ten.

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