Personal info
Known for
Actor
Gender
Male
Birthday
26 November
Location
Victoria, Australia
Edit pageTom Ballard
Biography
Thomas Colin Ballard (born 26 November 1989) is an Australian comedian, and radio and television presenter.
He was a three-time Class Clowns National Finalist and a Raw Comedy National Finalist in 2006. He performed in Upwey, Warburton, Healesville, and Lilydale as part of the Young Blood Comedy Tour in 2007 and was a guest entertainer in the 2007 Melbourne Comedy Festival's Eskimo Jokes show.
In December 2008, Ballard and Dyson were the presenters for the weekday summer lunch slot (10 am to 2 pm) and in 2009 moved to the weekend breakfast slot. On 23 November 2009, Triple J announced that Ballard and Dyson would take over as hosts of the 2010 Breakfast Show.
In November 2013, Ballard resigned from Triple J after 7 years with the station to focus on his stand-up comedy.
Ballard has appeared on Q&A, Celebrity Name Game, The Project, and Show Me the Movie! and Hughesy, We Have a Problem.
In 2014, Ballard hosted Reality Check, a panel discussion program about reality television. In 2015, he hosted 18 June and 26 October episodes of Q&A.
In 2016, Ballard was cast in the second season of the SBS TV series First Contact.
In 2017, Ballard was appointed host of a news and culture TV program on ABC Comedy, Tonightly with Tom Ballard.
Ballard appeared on the panel show Patriot Brains in 2021.
