Rove McManus - Information Profile

John McManus

21st of January, 1974

Television host, comedian, Australian TV personality, producer, Director of 'Roving Enterprises', Co-founder of ‘National Free Sauce Week’ campaign (with Peter Helliar)

Willetton, Perth

Melbourne, Victoria

Rove

Orana Catholic Primary, Corpus Christi College (Western Australia)

173 cm

Currently engaged to Belinda Emmett

- Luke McManus (brother - Employed as Merchandising Manager on Rove Live)
- Shaun McManus (cousin – Fremantle Dockers AFL player)

Fremantle Docker’s (AFL) & Australian Republican Movement

- Became a house-hold name through the rise in television & media

- Immersed in a bathtub of tomato sauce, Guinness Beer & SPC Baked Beans in the name of comedy

- Behind the production company ‘Roving Enterprises’ which are responsible for Rove Live, ARIA Awards, SkitHouse, Before the Game etc.

- Being hit in the head with a guitar in a WWA wrestling match

- Film appearances include: ‘The Wannabes’ & ‘Finding Nemo’

- High fived the Pope as a child

Cats, cockroaches, cinnamon, annoying Big Brother contestants, rude guests, hecklers

WWE programs, merchandise, events and wrestlers, Toys, Prez dispensers, maintaining a clean house, animal documentaries, socialising privately with family and friends

“What the... ?”

Television

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Radio career:

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Rove Live (Host & producer)
The 18th Annual ARIA Awards (Host & producer)
Before The Game (Co-executive producer, casual appearances)
Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton (Guest appearances)
TV Week Logie Awards (Nominated winner)
The 17th Annual ARIA Awards (Host & producer)
Sports Tonight – ‘Play of the Day’ (1 x segment host)
After The Game (Co-executive producer, casual appearances)
Rove 99 DVD Highlights – One hour special (Co-host)
Finding Nemo - (Disney/Pixer film) (Additional voice)
Chaos TV (Guest appearance)
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (Guest appearance)
TV Week Gold Logie (Guest presenter/winner)
SkitHouse – series 1 & 2 (Co-executive producer)
Rove Live – series 4 (Host & producer)
The 16th Annual ARIA Awards (Host & producer)
Rove presents Silverchair: Inside the Diorama (Host & producer)
International Comedy Festival Great Debate (Debater)
Secret Life of Us – (As himself) (Guest appearance)
TV Week Logie Awards (Guest)
Rove Live – series 3 (Host & producer)
The Panel (Guest appearance)
WWA Inception - Sydney (Guest wrestler/announcer)
Rove Live – series 2 (Host & producer)
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (Co-host)
The Bob Downe Show (Himself)
Big Brother Pantomime Live (Co-Host)
Cleo Bachelor of the Year (Interviewed contestant)
The Gap – series of Olympics segments (Host)
TV Week Logie Awards (Guest)
Rove Live – series 1 (Host & producer)
The 14th Annual ARIA Awards (Host)
Melbourne Comedy Festival Debate (Debater)
The 10:30 Slot (Himself)
Nine’s Millennium New Year’s Eve Telecast (Co-Host)
Rove (Host & producer)
Simply The Best – Television (Panellist)
The Super Debate (x 3) (Debater)
The Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala (Host)
Good News Week (Regular panellist)
The Loft Live (Host & producer)
Headliners (Himself)
InFashion (Reporter)
Something Hot Before Bed (x 2) (Stand up)
Kaboodle – Marty Makes a Move (Actor)
Physical Milk Advertisement (Actor)
Solo Advertisements – series (Actor/Roving reporter)

Nominated & winner: ‘Hottest On TV’ (male) – Month of August, September, October on hottestontv.com.au
Nominated & winner: TV Week Gold Logie - ‘Most Popular TV Personality on Australian Television’
Nominated & winner: ‘Most Popular Light Entertainment Program’ Logie for Rove Live
Nominated & winner: Silver Logie – ‘Most Popular TV presenter’
Nominated as ‘Australia’s preferred next Governor-General’ by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph readers
Nominated & winner: TV Week Gold Logie - ‘Most Popular TV Personality on Australian Television’
Nominated & winner: ‘Most Popular Light Entertainment Program’ Logie for Rove Live
Nominated & winner: the Silver Logie – ‘Most Popular TV presenter’
Nominated - TV Week Gold Logie ‘Most Popular TV Personality on Australian Television’
Nominated & winner: Silver Logie – ‘Most Popular Light Entertainment Program’ for Rove Live
Nominated - SuperText Award for ‘Program of the Year’ (Rove Live)
Nominated - ‘Best New (male) Talent’ Logie
Nominated & winner - GQ magazine’s ‘TV Personality of the Year’
Nominated – GQ magazine’s ‘Man of the Year’
Nominated contestant – ‘Cleo Bachelor of the Year’

Quidam premiere - (Guest)
Fremantle Dockers game - (Honorary coin tosser)
‘Cold Mountain’ movie premiere - (Guest)
Rove 99 DVD promotional appearances
Oaks Day - (Guest)
‘The Lion King’ Australian premiere - (Guest)
‘Kill Bill’ movie premiere - (Guest)
‘Down with Love’ movie premiere - (Guest)
WWE Ruthless Aggression Tour - (Fan)
Attended Fremantle/Sydney Swans AFL match - (Fan)
The Golden Stave charity lunch – (Host)
‘The Hulk’ movie premiere - (Guest)
The 50th Sydney Film Festival - (Guest)
World movie premiere of ‘Ned Kelly’ - (Guest)
Melbourne Fashion Festival - (Guest)
The KISS Symphony
Australian Open – (Guest)
The 2002 Emirates AFIA Awards – (Guest)
Melbourne Cup Day – (Guest)
‘Dirty Deeds’ movie premiere – (Guest)
Australian DVD Awards – (Host)
Microsoft’s Window’s XP launch – (Host)
TV Week Logie Awards - (Nominated Guest)

18th Annual ARIA Award nomination announcement – MC
Business Review Weekly’s annual survey of top Australian celebrities
Australian republican ambassador - representing Victoria
The 17th Annual ARIA Award nomination announcement
Cameo appearance in film ‘The Wannabes’ (as himself)
Named Fremantle Docker’s #1 Ticketholder for 2003
Channel Ten’s mid year programming launch – (Host)
Charlie’s Angels Full Throttle Party – (Guest)
Silverchair’s ‘Across the night’ tour
The 25 Most Intriguing People of 2002 – Who Weekly
WHO's #1 Most Successful Australian Entertainer 2002
Name added in ‘Who’s Who in Australia 2003’
GQ magazine’s ‘TV Personality of the Year’ – (winner)
Starred in college production of 'Oklahoma'

Rove [Live] Live - With Corinne Grant & Peter Helliar
Rove [Live] Live - With Corinne Grant, Dave Callan & Peter Helliar
Rove - Live As - Solo show
The Cast Of Rove Live - With Corinne Grant, Dave Callan & Peter Helliar
Waiting For Munro - With Corinne Grant
Shame: The College Years - With Kim Hope & Adam Richard
Shame - With Kim Hope & Adam Richard,
Superhero Street - With Duff & Kynan Barker
Duff & Rove - With Duff
Fitzroy Lounging Off - With various artists

+ ARIA Music Awards - Australia's music industry awards
+ Before the Game (formerly known as 'After the Game') - Weekly AFL panel show shown on Saturdays
+ SkitHouse - Australian sketch comedy show
+ The Live Show - Comedy show
+ Rove [Live] - Weekly variety late-show
+ Rove Live Radio - Weekly 2 hr morning show on Fridays
+ Silverchair: Beyond The Diorama
- Coming in 2005... Rove Live UK version (Channel 5)

Roving Enterprises is headed by host & producer Rove McManus and Creative Director/Executive Producer Craig Campbell and is managed by Kevin Whyte