Leigh Hart

Leigh Hart (born 20 July 1970) is a New Zealand comedian, radio announcer and performance artist who is also known as "That Guy". He has made various appearances on New Zealand television, including SportsCafe and his own show, Moon TV.

Early life and education Hart was born in Greymouth. He lived overseas with his family for ten years, including four years in Peru. His family returned to New Zealand when he was eleven. Returning to Christchurch, Hart enrolled in film and television school, where he began a satirical newspaper titled The Moon.

Career In the mid-1990s, Hart moved to Auckland and began working in television production for Greenstone Pictures. He was a writer on early episodes of The Zoo. The show parodied different television shows, and featured interviews with New Zealand celebrities.

In 2010, Hart presented Leigh Hart's Mysterious Planet, which he described as an "epic TV disaster extravaganza". Prior to the show airing, Hart wrote a humorous piece for the New Zealand Herald entitled "That Guy: Let's hear it for the Maori sasquatch", about his experiences attending a conference on Bigfoot. Hart later said that he had experienced criticism from attendees after the column was published: "Because it's all online they went nuts. They've been tearing me to bits and abusing me [since]. I'm public enemy number one."

In 2012 he presented Olympico, a three episode series with Jeremy Wells and Jason Hoyte which lampooned the London Olympics. In 2013 he presented an episode of the documentary show Descent from Disaster, in which he looked back at the Strongman Mine disaster in 1967 which shook New Zealand, particularly the West Coast, and interviews his friends and family who were directly affected. In 2017 he and collaborator Jason Hoyte co-hosted Screaming Reels, an unscripted fishing comedy show. It was mistakenly screened by the Seven Network in Australia as a documentary series.

On Radio Hauraki Hart and Hoyte hosted a drive-time show called Daily Bhuja, from 2015 to 2019. Hart also wrote a column for the Herald on Sunday from 2007 to 2011, and worked for the television show Fair Go.

In 2020, Hart appeared on the first season of the New Zealand series of Taskmaster. A review by The Spinoff said Hart was "the stand-out performer, largely because you can’t quite pin down what he’s thinking or what he’s going to do next".

Wakachangi beer In July 2013, Leigh released his own brand of beer, Wakachangi, brewed by Harrington's Breweries. It was initially marketed to students having big parties around the country (notably in Dunedin) and sold in 2-litre bottles.

Appearances

Television series SportsCafe (screened 1996–2006 and 2008, starred 2001–2006 and 2008) Pulp Sport (2007) That Guy's World Cup (2007) on TVNZ OnDemand Leigh Hart's Mysterious Planet (2010) Olympico (2012) on Comedy Central NZ and WatchMe (Season 2). The DNA Detectives (2015) on TV One (one episode) Rude Tube (2016) episode "Feasts of Fury", where his short "Fastest chef in the world 1" was ranked 16. Terry Teo (2016) on TV2 (one episode) as "Tom Hagar" Hamsterman from Amsterdam (2016) on WatchMe, a spinoff of the Moon TV character. Screaming Reels (2017) Taskmaster (2020) Jono and Ben at Ten.

Live appearances Hart is a regular speaker and M.C. at public events. In 2011 in Shanghai, he helped raise nearly half a million dollars for the Christchurch earthquake relief fund.

Film You Move You Die (2007) as a police officer. Gary of the Pacific (2017) as a pilot. Scott's World of Cheese

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