Mark Bonanno

Mark Bonanno

Mark Samual Bonanno is best known for his general silliness within comedy troupe Aunty Donna, one of Australia's biggest comedic acts who have garnered a huge international audience both live and online.

Since studying Acting at the University of Ballarat Arts Academy, Mark's work has won and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy in 2017, Best of The Fest at Sydney Comedy Festival in 2018, and across the last few years, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble and Best Comedy Web Series at the Melbourne International Web Festival.

Mark's work directing Demi Lardner's 2017 and 2018 stage shows also saw award attention, winning both the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Director's Choice Award and Pinder Prize in their respective years.

In 2020, Mark has co-written/created the six part sitcom Why Are You Like This, which will be coming to the ABC (Australia).

Mark also live streams weekly on Twitch under the name VeryPoliteGamer.

Movies for Mark Bonanno...

Always Room for Panettone
Title: Always Room for Panettone
Character: Mark
Released: December 19, 2023
Type: Movie
No matter how much espresso and cigarettes you have, there is always room for panettone.
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Title: The Most Upsetting Guessing Game in the World
Character: Self - Host
Released: May 8, 2023
Type: TV
The 'Most Upsetting Guessing Game' is a comedy/improv guessing game based on 'Party Quirks' from the Aunty Donna Podcast. Each week a 'party host' is selected and tasked with guessing what 'characters' are attending their party. Sounds simple enough? It's not... it's cooked.
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Title: The Most Upsetting Guessing Game in the World
Character: Self
Released: May 8, 2023
Type: TV
The 'Most Upsetting Guessing Game' is a comedy/improv guessing game based on 'Party Quirks' from the Aunty Donna Podcast. Each week a 'party host' is selected and tasked with guessing what 'characters' are attending their party. Sounds simple enough? It's not... it's cooked.
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Title: Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe
Character: Mark
Released: April 12, 2023
Type: TV
Starring Aunty Donna's Mark Samual Bonanno, Broden Kelly, and Zachary Ruane, the high octane and unpredictable series follows the story of three best mates running a trendy cafe down one of Melbourne's less-than-iconic laneways.
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Title: Finding Yeezus
Character: Self
Released: September 26, 2022
Type: TV
FINDING YEEZUS is a six-part investigative comedy web-series starring comedians and pop-culture detectives Cameron James and Alexei Toliopoulos. The pair embark on an action-packed investigation to find out who made ‘Kanye Quest 3030’ – an infamous RPG game that went viral in 2013 after a hidden level was uncovered with potential links to the cult ‘ascensionism'.
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Title: Hug the Sun
Character: The Shädow Män
Released: May 6, 2021
Type: TV
BJ, Trent, Linda and (occasionally) Trina host Australia's favourite religious variety hour that is most certainly NOT for children. Praise Oxtos.
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Title: RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under
Character: Self - Special Guest
Released: May 1, 2021
Type: TV
Drag queen contestants compete in an elimination-style contest and strut their stuff in a variety of challenges - all to prove that they’ve got what it takes to be Down Under's next Drag Queen Superstar!
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Title: Melbourne Comedy Festival
Character: Self - Host
Released: March 24, 2021
Type: TV
After a less-than-hilarious 2020, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival will be back, delivering COVIDSafe laughs and comedy good-times to Melburnians and the world.
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Title: Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
Character: Himself
Released: November 11, 2020
Type: TV
Comedy trio Aunty Donna showcase their uniquely absurd and offbeat style through an array of sketches, songs and eclectic characters.
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Title: Aunty Donna: Glennridge Secondary College
Character: Mark / Various
Released: February 20, 2019
Type: TV
Comedy group 'Aunty Donna' present a sketch show set in Glennridge Secondary College, a quintessential Australian public school.
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Aunty Donna - The Album Tour
Title: Aunty Donna - The Album Tour
Character: Himself
Released: February 7, 2019
Type: Movie
Australian comedy trio Aunty Donna, along with Michelle Brasier and Tom Armstrong, perform songs from their debut album at Max Watts in Melbourne. Haven't they done well?
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Always Room for Christmas Pud
Title: Always Room for Christmas Pud
Character: Mark
Released: December 19, 2018
Type: Movie
This sketch is about how no matter what you eat at Christmas lunch or dinner, there's always room for christmas pudding. While this sketch is specific to christmas it really can be applied to any type of dessert based situation. It's a comment on greed and gluttony in our modern age. not really I'm just trying to think of stuff to say in the description but it hardly seems worth it because I dont think anyone reads them, please let me know in the comments if you actually do read these descriptions please. Thanks love u. merry xmas lol.
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Aunty Donna: New Show
Title: Aunty Donna: New Show
Character: Himself
Released: February 14, 2018
Type: Movie
A cheeky taping of Aunty Donna's singular award winning "New Show". Filmed at the famous Enmore Theater in Sydney, and featuring all three of the Aunty Donna boys, "New Show" is legally a 'comedy'.
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The Aunty Donna LIVE Spooktacular
Title: The Aunty Donna LIVE Spooktacular
Character: Himself
Released: October 30, 2017
Type: Movie
It's here, our third Aunty Donna special...the "Aunty Donna LIVE Spooktacular" filmed live at Stupid Old Studios in Brunswick.
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Title: Aunty Donna: 1999
Released: February 11, 2016
Type: TV
Sketch group Aunty Donna's limited workplace comedy web series
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Title: The Wizards of Aus
Character: Skulldrich
Released: January 19, 2016
Type: TV
Fed up with the Magical Realm's obsession with large-scale fantasy warfare, Jack the Wizard decides to migrate to the sanest place he can think of: Melbourne's Western suburbs. After accidentally causing Flinders Street Station to turn ever so slightly into a giant Fish monster, his existence (and that of his fellow magical immigrants) is revealed to the Australian public. Fearing a backlash against himself and his kind, Jack swears off using magic in a bid to better assimilate into human life. But of course, fitting in was never going to be easy when people tend to get a bit 'explode-y' whenever you sneeze...
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Title: Have You Been Paying Attention?
Character: Guest Quizmaster
Released: November 3, 2013
Type: TV
Topical comedy-quiz show featuring five guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. A fast-paced, funny look at international affairs, politics, sport and entertainment news, we test just how well our contestants have been paying attention.
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Title: Thank God You're Here
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Each episode involves performers walking through a door into an unknown situation, greeted by the line "Thank God you're here!". They then had to improvise their way through the scene. At the end of each episode a winner was announced.
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The Comedian
Title: The Comedian
Character: Simon
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A want-to-be stand-up comedian uses comedy routines to spark a connection with a Chinese girl. They are surrounded by an empty, urban landscape, yet an intimacy grows.