Ryan Shelton
Ryan Shelton | |
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| Occupation(s) | Comedian, actor, radio host, television presenter, writer |
| Known for | Co-creator and performer in Hamish & Andy (2004), Real Stories (2006); co-writer of We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year (2005); cast member of Rove; participant in Thank God You're Here; co-producer and actor in True Story with Hamish & Andy; minor role in Ricky Stanicky (2024) |
Ryan Shelton is an Australian entertainer known for his work as a comedian, actor, radio host, television figure, presenter, and writer.
Biography
Shelton attended St Leonards College, where he first connected with Hamish Blake. He launched his media career within Melbourne’s community access platforms, producing and hosting content for RMIT University's student TV group RMITV, Channel 31, and the campus radio station SYN. Additionally, he participates in mixed netball competitions.
Television
Together with Hamish Blake and Andy Lee, Shelton co-created and performed in Hamish & Andy (2004) and Real Stories (2006). He contributed as a co-writer to the acclaimed We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year (2005) by Chris Lilley. In 2007, Shelton joined the regular cast of Rove, featuring in segments such as Rydeas, Investigationing, and Philosophisationing.
Shelton also took part in the improvisational comedy series Thank God You're Here produced by Working Dog Productions, and appeared on Hamish and Andy's Gap Year with his own segment titled "100 second New York lesson'd". He briefly acted in the series TwentySomething.
In 2017, Shelton co-produced the show True Story with Hamish & Andy, appearing as storyteller Emidio Boto in its fourth episode. More recently, in 2024, he played a minor role in the Amazon Prime movie Ricky Stanicky.
Radio
Shelton occasionally co-hosted the program Get This and featured on Melbourne’s Fox FM show Red Hot Go. During December 2007, he was part of the Summer Fling breakfast broadcast on Austereo’s Today Network, alongside Jules Lund and Tamsyn Lewis. In February 2008, he began co-hosting Nova FM’s Saturday morning show Ryan & Monty with Katie Dimond ('Monty'). From January 2009 until 2010, Shelton hosted Nova FM’s weekday drive time slot on Ryan, Monty & Wippa, alongside Dimond and Michael "Wippa" Wipfli. The program featured voiceovers by Lachy Hulme.
Podcasts
In 2011, Shelton launched a brief podcast series called For One Minute Only, which humorously addressed speculation about his podcast intentions. Beyond this short project, he has appeared on podcasts including The Hamish & Andy Show, Little Dum Dum Club, Josh Speaking, and The Binge Podcast. He is also a co-host of The Imperfects podcast, which is part of The Resilience Project alongside Hugh and Josh van Cuylenburg.