Lehmo

A multi-talented and highly experienced performer, Lehmo has worked on radio, television and the stage for over two decades. He is also one of Australia’s most well-travelled comedians who has worked in all corners of the globe. Lehmo’s live work has seen him headline at comedy clubs in the USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand.

Lehmo is a regular on the festival circuit having performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (1996 and 1997), the Adelaide Fringe Festival (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 to 2011 and 2017) and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (1998, 2002 to 2017). Fun Fact: Lehmo also once held the Guinness World Record for the most jokes told in an hour (549).

Lehmo has also become Australia’s number one ‘combat comic’, having completed seven ‘tours of duty’ performing for our troops abroad. Up there with the greats like Bob Hope and Steve Martin, these tours have seen Lehmo perform around the world in army bases and not unlike Cher, several naval ships.

A very polished and professional presenter, Lehmo has performed at many corporate events, both big and small throughout Australia and southeast Asia. These functions have included AGMs, team bonding days, Christmas dinners, conferences and the list goes on. Having spent ten years working in the corporate world as a chartered accountant Lehmo is perfectly qualified for any such function. Lehmo knows exactly what it takes to put a smile on a corporate face. He’s even completed a festival show on the subject, the very successful, “Taxing Lyrical”.

Lehmo hosted the highly rated Gold 104.3 breakfast show with Jo Stanley. They finished up at the station whilst they were the number 1 FM breakfast show in Melbourne. Prior to Gold 104.3 Lehmo was at Mix FM Melbourne with Brigitte Duclos, the national drive show on Triple M with Wil Anderson. Most recently he was one part of SAFM’S Breakfast show, Bec, Cosi and Lehmo. In 2023 he joins Dead Set Legends on Triple M. Having been in radio for over 20 years, Lehmo has interviewed everyone from Prime Ministers and Premiers to award winning actors and rock n’ roll legends. These days he is part of the Triple M family regularly appearing on the breakfast and drive shows.

Lehmo was an OG panellist on the very popular Network 10 news comedy program The Project, and the host of AFL comedy quiz show, The Beep Test on Fox Sports. Lehmo was also a host on the hugely popular AFL show Before The Game with Dave Hughes, Mick Molloy, Andy Maher and Neroli Meadows. The show aired for 11 years and was nominated 9 times for a Logie for best sports show.

No stranger to the camera, Lehmo has appeared on many TV shows including, Have You Been Paying Attention?, The Cheap Seats, The John Cleese Roast, Hughesy, We Have A Problem, Good News Week, Rove Live, Studio 10, The Circle, The Glasshouse, Stand Up Australia, 11am, Hey Hey It’s Saturday and Stand Up Live (UK tv). Lehmo has also played cameos in two feature films, including the latest Working Dog film Any Questions For Ben?, played a guest role on Neighbours (as himself) and has starred in a string of TV ads. He also stars in the Logie winning and critically acclaimed Working Dog TV production Utopia which airs on the ABC and Netflix.