Paul Hogan

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Nationality: Australian
Birthdate: 10/08/1939
Birthplace: Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia

biography

If Australia has a human face in the American popular mind, it may well be the smiling, deeply lined visage of Paul Hogan. Less as an actor than a personality, this lean, tanned and weathered- looking former construction worker--nicknamed "Hoges"--represented the Land Down Under in a series of ads for the Australian Tourist Commission that enticed more than 600,000 Americans abroad. Audiences found him earnest, likeable and down-to-earth. Hogan parlayed these qualities into international stardom as the co-writer and star of "'Crocodile' Dundee" (1986), a hugely successful comedy adventure Continued

Credits

Characters as Source Material
2001
Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee
2001
Porter
1996
Michael J "Crocodile" Dundee
1986
screenplay
1986
from original story
1986
Producer
Paul Hogan
Lightning Jack Kane
Mick "Crocodile" Dundee
Terry Dean
Charlie McFarland
screenplay
screenplay
screenplay
Screenplay
Executive Producer
Executive Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised outside of Sydney, Australia
 
Dropped out of school at age 15
 
Worked as a rigger, rigging scaffolding on construction sites
1971 
Entertainment debut at age 31, appeared on the Australian TV talent show, "New Faces" (date approximate)
1972 
Co-founded JP Productions
Continued

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