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GuyWilliams

  • Comedian
guy williams

After a couple of years in stand-up comedy, Guy Williams "hit the jackpot" when he won the Dai’s Protégé Project competition — through Jono’s New Show — which saw him opening for Dai Henwood during the NZ International Comedy Festival. The following year Williams found himself working with Jono Pryor on his TV show The Jono Project. He took home the Billy T James comedy award in 2012 before joining radio station The Edge in 2014. He has since worked on various shows including a regular slot on Jono and Ben, narrating Come Dine With Me New Zealand, and hosting 2019 comedy news show New Zealand Today.

Screenography

2020 Performer Television
2020 Subject Series
Taskmaster NZ
2020 - 2026 Subject Series
2019 Subject Television

Awards

2024 New Zealand Television Awards / Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Best Entertainment Programme: New Zealand Today
Nominated for Best Presenter - Entertainment: for New Zealand Today

2012 Billy T Award (New Zealand Comedy Trust)
For Outstanding Comedy

“I felt real proud of Wellington comedy culture, even though I wasn't from Wellington, I was from Nelson. I was stoked to be a part of it, and I was hoping that I could be the next generation to follow in their footsteps, so it was weirdly grandiose. And meanwhile, I was just bombing at a karaoke bar.”

Guy Williams on starting out as a stand-up comedian in Wellington, in his extended interview for 2019 TV series Funny As: The Story of NZ Comedy