Henry Stone is an Australian comedian, writer and director.
Career Originating from Brisbane, Queensland, Stone began performing live comedy in his home town in 2009, the same year he also formed sketch comedy group, 'Skills in Time', with friends Greg Larsen and Sam Campbell. In 2015, Skills in Time produced a pilot for SBS Television, titled Looking Back.
In 2011, as a stand-up comedian Stone performed as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's "Comedy Zone", alongside Luke Heggie, Jennifer Wong, Ronny Chieng, and Daniel Connell.
In 2014, Stone and his new sketch group, 'Fancy Boy', wrote and performed Fancy Boy Variety Show, which went on to win the Golden Gibbo award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In 2016, Fancy Boy were commissioned to create a TV sketch show for ABC TV and Seeso.
Stone commenced work as a screenwriter and director for his online-produced material, including the web series Dirty Bird, and moved into short film and television work for various programs on the ABC, SBS, Comedy Central and Channel 10.
In 2026, Stone was a director on Urzila Carlson's new sketch comedy television series Urzila.
Awards and nominations Year Work Award Category Result Ref 2014 Fancy Boy Variety Show Melbourne International Comedy Festival Golden Gibbo Award 2016 Grubby Festival Campsite Australian Writers Guild Laugh Out Loud Best Comedy Writing 2017 Fancy Boy AWGIE Award Best Writing of a Sketch Comedy Program 2018 The Checkout AACTA Award Best Lifestyle Program 2019 Be Your Own Boss ADG Award Best Online Comedy Direction 2020 At Home Alone Together AACTA Award Best Comedy Series 2021 A Life In Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron Chen ADG Award Best Direction in a Web/Online Comedy Series Episode 2021 A Life In Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron Chen AACTA Award Best Short Form Comedy 2023 The 2IC Sydney Film Festival Dendy Award for Best Australian Short Film 2023 Blood Sugar Sex Yowie Sydney Underground Film Festival Renegade Best Short Film Award 2023 Square Mo-gal Webin-ya ADG Award Best Commercial Content Direction 2024 Aaron Chen – If Weren't Filmed Nobody Would Believe AACTA Award Best Direction in Nonfiction Television 2026 Dashcamera Obscura Melbourne International Comedy Festival Funny Shorts Best Short Film
Filmography
Film
As performer Year Title Role Type Ref 2013 Heidi Fires Everyone Bianca Short film 2014 Ad Nauseam Misha Feature film 2015 The Gig at Helmswood Hall Mick Short film 2016 The Tail Job Pinball Geek Feature film 2017 Animal Awareness John Short film 2019 The Push Henry Short film 2021 Blood Sugar Sex Yowie Terpy Short film 2023 The 2IC Dancer Short film 2026 Dashcamera Obscura Road Tradie Short film
As writer / director / producer/ editor Year Title Director Writer Producer Editor Type Ref2017 We Punched a Nazi Short film Shifting Piss Short film Animal Awareness Short film The Push Short film 2021 Gym Rat Short film 2022 Aaron Chen: If Weren't Filmed, Nobody Would Believe Short film 2022 Blood Sugar Sex Yowie Short film 2023 The 2IC Short film Dashcamera Obscura Short film 2025 Furore Short film 2026 Mr Adidos Short film
Television
As performer Year Title Role Notes Ref2014 Crazy Bastards Mortimer Schweppes 1 episode SBS Comedy: Hunger Games Peeta 2014; 2016–2017 Fancy Boy Alien / Various characters 7 episodes 2015 Dirty Bird Henry 4 episodes Fully Furnished Customer Looking Back Shannon Tackle Fresh Blood Pilot Season Young Mark Chapman 1 episode 2016 Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am The Letdown Waiter TV movie 2017 No Experience Necessary Self 3 episodes 2019 Australia's Best Street Racer Kyle 1 episode 2020 At Home Alone Together Covid Spokesman 1 episode 2023 Expanded Minds Only 1 episode 2025 Westerners DJ Op Shop 1 episode
As writer / director / producer/ editor Year Title Director Writer Producer Editor Type Ref2015 Dirty Bird 2 / 4 episodes Looking Back 2016–2017 Fancy Boy 6 episodes 2017 Share This No Experience Necessary 6 episodes 1800 Success Miniseries, 3 episodes 2018 The Checkout 12 episodes Fresh Blood: Be Your Own Boss 1 episode Tonightly with Tom Ballard 61 episodes The Set 5 episodes 2019 Saturday Night Rove 1 episode (segment: "The Filter Couple") Celebrity Name Game 2020 At Home Alone Together 9 episodes A Life in Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron Chen TV short 2021 Big Lake Documentary 2022 Sam Campbell – Companion TV special 2023–2024 Fairbairn in the City 6 episodes 2024 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee 8 episodes Taskmaster 11 episodes Melanie Bracewell – Forget Me Not TV special Tom Cashman – Pests TV special 2026 Aaron Chen: Funny Garden TV special Urzila 6 episodes
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