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Tim Ferguson

Timothy Dorcen Langbene Ferguson (born 16 November 1963) is an Australian comedian, film director, screenwriter, author and screenwriting teacher.

Timothy Dorcen Langbene Ferguson grew up in Singapore, and later on a rural property near the town of Perthville, New South Wales. He is the son of Tony Ferguson, who was a Vietnam War correspondent, the first reporter to release news of the Tet Offensive to the world media. Tony became executive producer of This Day Tonight and Four Corners at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and network liaison for the ABC's managing director, David Hill.

Tim spent three years at All Saints College, Bathurst, before moving to Canberra, where he attended the radical free-school School Without Walls and Narrabundah College.

Ferguson's first major appearance was as a member of the musical comedy trio Doug Anthony All Stars, along with Richard Fidler and Paul McDermott, on the UK Channel 4 television show Friday Night Live, Viva Cabaret, 'DAAS Love' (BBC), where they quickly gained a following. DAAS starred in Australian comedy television show, The Big Gig. This was soon followed by their sci-fi sitcom DAAS Kapital.

In 1995–96, Ferguson appeared in Funky Squad on ABC Television.

He hosted the Logie Award-winning series Don't Forget Your Toothbrush on the Nine Network. In 1998 he hosted the pilot for Little Aussie Battlers.

Ferguson's novel, Left, Right and Centre: A Tale of Greed, Sex and Power was published by Penguin in 1997.

Ferguson starred in Australian commercials advertising the video game console Nintendo 64.

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