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Kym Gyngell (usually spelled Kim Gyngell) (born Kimberly Gyngell, 15 April 1952 in Melbourne) is an Australian AFI award winning comedian and film, television and stage actor. His second cousin is Nine Network CEO David Gyngell. In the late 1980s, he appeared in The Comedy Company and developed several popular characters, a few of which survived beyond The Comedy Company. One of his characters, Col'n Carpenter (who neglects to pronounce the letter 'i' in his name Colin), is a slow Australian with unique speech mannerisms. Col'n went on to have his own sitcom that ran for two seasons, in... MORE

Kym Gyngell (usually spelled Kim Gyngell) (born Kimberly Gyngell, 15 April 1952 in Melbourne) is an Australian AFI award winning comedian and film, television and stage actor. His second cousin is Nine Network CEO David Gyngell. In the late 1980s, he appeared in The Comedy Company and developed several popular characters, a few of which survived beyond The Comedy Company. One of his characters, Col'n Carpenter (who neglects to pronounce the letter 'i' in his name Colin), is a slow Australian with unique speech mannerisms. Col'n went on to have his own sitcom that ran for two seasons, in the early 1990s. Also in the early 1990s, Gyngell appeared in a series of public service announcements for the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand. Gyngell was a regular on the popular Australian series Full Frontal during the mid-1990s, where he starred alongside Eric Bana before Bana attained Hollywood fame. His most notable characters included; "Leon" (Art critic who used to show up on talk shows and say the word "Crap"); and as characters sending up Kerry O'Brien (host of the ABC's The 7.30 Report) and John Laws (former 2UE radio broadcaster). Once he left Full Frontal, he had a few guest LESS