PROFILE
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 also hosts 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.
