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Australian <a href="/biography/chris-lilley">actor</a> <a href="/biography/chris-lilley">Christopher Daniel Lilley</a> was born on November 10, 1974 in Sydney, Australia. He grew up in a big family with two sisters and a brother. All his siblings were older than he, and he had no lack of care, not just from his parents, but also from his siblings.

Since Chris was five, he struggled to be a vegetarian, and continues the attempts until now. His first education, Chris Lilley got in Turramurra where he studied in Pymble Public School. After school, he moved to Hornsby (26 kilometers from Sydney) in order to get bachelor degree. He entered Barker College which he successfully graduated in 1997.

His first earnings after graduation, Lilley received from his stand-up performances. Apart from this, he worked on other part-time jobs as childcare worker and shop assistant.

When he was 29, the luck smiled to him and he got a part in sketch comedy television series Big Bite. This was his breakthrough. In the series he played <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_G">high-school teacher</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_G">Mr</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_G">G</a>. This series met huge success, received a nomination as Best Television Comedy Series on Australian Film Institute Awards. Despite this series didn’t win the award, Chris Lilley has already become famous, and his career as a professional actor has begun.

He not just participated in different films and TV series, but he created his own project - mockumentary TV series We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian of the Year. He built this series almost by himself. He wrote the script, and played a numerous characters: Daniel Sims (17-year-old guy), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ja'mie_King">Ja'mie King</a> (16-year-old girl), Pat Mullins (47-year-old housewife with skeletal dysplasia), Phil Olivetti (former police officer) and Ricky Wong (23-year-old Chinese physics student). The series aired on ABC from 27 July 2005 to 31 August 2005.

In 2006 this series brought him a nomination for Best Comedy Series and Best Lead Actor in Television (Australian Film Institute Awards). He also was the <a href="/biography/chris-lilley">winner</a> of Best New Talent award, Most Outstanding Comedy Program award (Logie Awards) and Best Male Comedy Performance (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_d'Or">Rose d'Or</a>).

Inspired by success of “We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian of the Year”, Chris Lilley in 2007 created new show – “Summer Heights High”, where he also played all the characters. With this series, aired on ABC, he met amazing success, overtook his previous series. For this project, Chris Lilley was nominated for four awards. He won the Logie Award as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logie_Award_for_Most_Popular_Actor">Most Popular Actor</a> and for Most Outstanding Comedy Program. After Summer Heights High followed his TV series Angry Boys, Ja'mie: Private School Girl and Jonah from Tonga.

All this projects gained him net worth about four million dollars, international fame and love of millions women. Though, according to the open sources, he is still single. There were rumors about his affairs with Milly Gattegno, but they are unproven.

Because of such fame, almost every TV show, newspaper or web site, who write about celebrities, wanted to get an interview with him. Most of his interviews are available on the internet, so you can read or watch more about his outstanding TV series and his life in general.

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