Australian comedian, actor and screenwriter best known for his first feature film, Crocodile Dundee and it’s sequel, Crocodile Dundee II, both of which he penned and both of which became huge hits after the first one opened in Australia on 22 April 1986. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Before making the grade as a superstar with his success in Crocodile Dundee, he had worked some 40 jobs. He was a top comic in Australia from his appearance on a talent show called New Faces in 1971. From there, he went on to do The Paul Hogan Show from 1977-1982 in Australia, which was syndicated in some U.S. cities. He became widely known through Australian tourist ads by saying “G’day,” and his plugging of the Aussie brew, Foster’s Lager.
Soft-spoken and somewhat shy, his IQ has been tested at 180. Until his huge success, he had lived north of Sydney with his wife, Noeline, whom he married in his teens on 27 December 1958; they had five kids. After his “Crocodile” success, he divorced and married his co-star, Linda Kozlowski. In August 1998, he and Linda had a baby boy, Chance.
Paul Hogan suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on 4 June 1986 which required a period of rehab for recovery to occur.
In 2000, Hogan said G’Day to work on a third “Crocodile Dundee” film, 14 years after the huge success of the original. In 2001, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles was released.
In 2004, Hogan starred in the Australian-produced comedy film Strange Bedfellows, about two firemen pretending to be in a homosexual relationship for financial benefit. Strange Bedfellows was the highest-grossing Australian-made film of 2004.
In 2013, 2014 and 2015, Hogan embarked on live stand-up performances throughout Australia.
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