Rob Sitch
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Robert Ian Sitch (born March 17, 1962), is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
Sitch attended St Kevin's College and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Melbourne. He practised medicine for a short time.
Sitch is currently a member of the Working Dog production company which produced the television shows Frontline, A River Somewhere and The Panel; and also the movies The Castle and The Dish. Sitch co-wrote and directed both of these movies. In 2006, to mark 50 years of television in Australia, the Nine Network special 50 Years 50 Stars listed Rob at the 39th greatest living television star in Australia. Several of Rob's programs, including the D-Generation and Frontline, were included in the earlier special; 50 Years 50 Shows coming in at 50 and 22 respectively.
Jane Kennedy and Sitch have been a couple for many years and have five children together. The pair seldom comment publicly on their relationship. Sitch's brother Greg is a high-profile lawyer who also served as executive producer of The Mick Molloy Show.
Rob is often a guest host on the Triple M morning radio show Get This.
Sitch is a supporter of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.
He is also a co-author of the Jetlag Travel Guides to Molvanîa, Phaic Tăn and San Sombrèro.
Sitch became a national pop-culture hero in 1998 when he uttered the word "fuck" during an episode of The Panel.[1]
Television roles have included:
- The Panel (1998–2004) - Himself (also executive producer)
- A River Somewhere (1997–98) - Himself (also director/writer/producer)
- Frontline (1994–95, 97) - Mike Moore (also director/writer/producer)
- The Late Show (1992–93) - Himself/Various (also writer)
- The D-Generation Goes Commercial (1988) - Various
- The D-Generation (1986–87) - Various (also writer)
Movies:
- The Dish (2000), director, producer, and screenwriter
- The Castle (1997), director and screenwriter
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Rob Sitch at the Internet Movie Database
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