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Austen Tayshus is the stage name of Jewish Australian comedian Alexander Jacob Gutman. He is best known for the 1983 comedy single "Australiana", a spoken word piece written by comedian Billy Birmingham, which is filled with Australian puns; it is Australia's best-selling single ever.
Birth Name
Alexander Jacob Gutman
Born
Wednesday, 17 March 1954
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Stop Laughing... This Is Serious | Self | 2015 |
| Absolutely Modern | Ern Malley | 2014 |
| Q&A | Self - Panellist | 2008 |
| Australian Pie | Professor Brothers | 2005 |
| Enough Rope with Andrew Denton | Self | 2003 |
| The Potato Factory | Abraham Van Esselyn | 2000 |
| Pizza | Comedian | 2000 |
| Holy Smoke | Stan | 1999 |
| Strange Planet | Old Hippie | 1999 |
| Somewhere in the Darkness | Burt (as Austen Tayshus) / Burt | 1999 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Stop Laughing... This Is Serious | Self | 2015 |
| Absolutely Modern | Ern Malley | 2014 |
| Q&A | Self - Panellist | 2008 |
| Australian Pie | Professor Brothers | 2005 |
| Enough Rope with Andrew Denton | Self | 2003 |
| The Potato Factory | Abraham Van Esselyn | 2000 |
| Pizza | Comedian | 2000 |
| Holy Smoke | Stan | 1999 |
| Strange Planet | Old Hippie | 1999 |
| Somewhere in the Darkness | Burt (as Austen Tayshus) / Burt | 1999 |
| According to Occam's Razor | (as Austen Tayshus) / Austen Tayshus | 1999 |
| Wildside | Bludger Gordon | 1997 |
| Sliver | Ted Weisberger / Ted Weisberge | 1993 |
| Grievous Bodily Harm | Austen Tayshus | 1988 |
| Who Killed Baby Azaria? | Austen Tayshus | 1983 |
