Short Biography

Paul Hogan AM (born 8 October 1939) is an Australian Golden Globe-winning actor and comedian most famous for his role as Crocodile Dundee. Hogan was born in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales and went on to become a rigger working on the Sydney Harbour Bridge before rising to fame in the early 1970s after a comical interview on A Current Affair. Hogan followed this with his own comedy sketch programme, The Paul Hogan Show, which he produced, co-wrote, and in which he played a panoply of characters with John Cornell. The series, which ran for 60 episodes between 1973 and 1984, was popular both in his native country and in the UK and Ireland, and showcased his trademark lighthearted but laddish "Aussie Ocker" humour. In 1985, Hogan was awarded Australian of the Year and was also appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

Hogan married his Dundee co-star Linda Kozlowski in 1990 after he and first wife Noelene were divorced after 28 years of marriage. He has five children from his first marriage and one from his second marriage. He resides in California, United States. In Australian media, he is reported as a tax evader, accused of refusing to pay over AU$300 million worth of taxation. In an interview with the Australian edition of 60 Minutes, when asked if the Australian Taxation Office would file an arrest for him, he replied, "Come and get me, you miserable bastards." On 29 October 2008, it was revealed that Paul Hogan scored a major victory in his tax fight with the Australian Crime Commission, who were forced to stump up millions of taxpayer dollars to pay his legal bills. In a humiliating backdown, the ACC has returned tens of thousands of personal financial documents to Hogan.

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