JB
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Australian actor
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Male
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Birth:
18 August 1960(Australia)
The details
Biography
Introduction
John "Johnny" Boxer is a television and film actor from the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia, best known for his role as Bobo Gigliotti in Pizza.
Education
He attended Belmore High School, where he excelled in his studies as well as in athletics, cross-country, and water polo.
Career
Boxer worked as a brick layer at Bondi Pavilion before being spotted by casting agents at an Eastern Suburbs pub in the ‘80s. He has appeared in E Street, Pizza, Fat Pizza, Water Rats, Home and Away, and FINK! and has done voice-overs for various commercials, including for the Australian Cricket Team. He recently finished filming Smooth Criminal featuring fellow Australian actor Michael Bray.
Works
Filmography
| Year | Movie |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Over Exposed |
| 1994 | Cody: The Tipoff |
| 1997 | Dangerous Pizza (short) |
| 2000 | The Goddess of 1967 |
| 2003 | Fat Pizza |
| 2005 | Meat Pie |
| 2005 | Fink! |
| 2006 | The Ancient Rite of Corey McGillis (short) |
| 2006 | Solo |
| 2008 | The Plex |
| 2009 | A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne |
| 2009 | Dark Horse (short) |
| 2010 | Hobby Farm |
| 2011 | Bedlam (short) |
| 2012 | Short Beach |
| 2012 | Mutiny (short) |
| 2014 | Fat Pizza vs. Housos |
Television
- Water Rats (as Bouncer, S01E04 & as Commando #1, S04E20) (1996, 1999)
- Pizza (as Bobo Gigliotti) (2000–2007)
- The Potato Factory (as Hobart Trooper) (2000)
- Home and Away (as Hoon, S13E12) (2000)
- Pizza Live (as Bobo Gigliotti) (2004)
- World Record Pizza (as Bobo Gigliotti) (2006)
- The Da Vinci Cup (as Bobo Gigliotti) (2006)
- Two Twisted (as Bill, S01E09) (2006)
- Swift and Shift Couriers (as Bobo Gigliotti, S02E05) (2011)
- Underbelly: Badness (2012)
- Housos (as Bobo Gigliotti, s02E04) (2013)
Stage
- Pizza: The Stage Show (as Bobo Gigliotti) (2002)
Personal life
Boxer is married with a child.