Max Gillies

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Max Gillies AM born 16 November 1941 in Melbourne is an Australian actor Gillies was a founding member of the experimental theatre company the Australian Performing Group which was active throughout the 1970s In 1984 and 1985 he hosted the television program The Gillies Report on the ABC This was followed in 1986 by Gillies Republic and in 1992 by Gillies and Company He was famous for being able to dress up and parody mercilessly a wide range of political figures both in these television series and in two live solo theatrical performances he delivered later The Big Con and Youre Dreaming In July 2008 Gillies resurrected his caricatures of Australias former Prime Ministers in a in a live production of No Country for Old PMs An Evening with Max Gillies at the Noosa Long Weekend festival He said in an interview with The CourierMail that he and cowriter Guy Rundle were also watching Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a possible new caricature in a new production being developed Im watching him closely he said Gillies became a Member of the Order of Australia in 1990 Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Gillies licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia