Biography
Sam Taunton is one of the most exciting new voices in Australian comedy.
Bursting onto the scene in 2017 he was nominated for the prestigious Best Newcomer award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, and has since gone on to perform comedy all over the world, culminating in winning this Pinder Prize at this year’s MICF.
Juggling stand up and various media projects including his role as number one idiot on Channel Ten’s ‘The Project’ his captive storytelling and quick-fire punchlines have seen him emerge as one of the most in-demand acts in the country.
After being a RAW National Finalist in 2015, handpicked by the Melbourne Comedy Festival for The Comedy Zone (2016), Sam smashed his first solo hour Taunts Down For What in 2017, earning him a MCF Best Newcomer nomination, a nomination for Best Comedy at Perth Fringeworld, and a highly coveted ABC TV Comedy Next Gen recording.
With his most recent solo show, Straight From The Shoulder Sam charmed Australian audiences, selling out rooms around the country, won the Pinder Prize at Melbourne International Comedy Festival and firmly cemented himself as one of the hottest young voices on the Australian comedy circuit.
Sam has toured with the Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow throughout Australia, Asia, and India and performed at Splendour In The Grass and the nationwide Falls Festival. He’s performed at the Sydney Opera House as part of Just For Laughs and been seen and heard on Channel Ten’s The Project, ABC2’s Comedy Up Late, Comedy Next Gen, MTV, SBS, Channel [V], ABC Radio, HIT Networks, NOVA and Triple J.
He also hosted a television show about Geordie Shore which he is not proud of and asked the producers to bury.
In 2022, he performed a solo show at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival, and Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Sam currently co-hosts the podcast “The Good Stuff”.
