Name Augie T. | Role Comedian | |
Movies Augie T: Live at Hawaii Theatre, Lolo No Ka 'Oi: The Best of Hawaii's Comedians | ||
Augie t
Augie T. (born Augusto Tulba in 1968) is a Filipino/Caucasian comedian based in Hawaii. He started his career in comedy in the 1990s but came to prominence in the 2000s. He is influenced by Rap Reiplinger. Augie T also does voice-over work for local radio and television advertisements.
Contents
Augie T - Live at Hawaii Theatre [2004]
Filmography
Baywatch (TV series) 2000–2001 Augie/Plays himself - Boiling Point (2001) ... Augie - Dream Girl (2000) ... Augi - Stone Cold (2000) ... Augie
The Sand Island Drive-In Anthem (Short) 2005 Plays Bobby
Horsepower (Short) 2008 Plays Harold
Hawaii Five-0 (TV series) 2010-2011 Plays Kekipi, helicopter pilot - Ke Kinohi (2011) ... Kekipi - Lanakila (2010) ... Kekipi
Get a Job 2011 Plays Cousin Bully
Augie plays himself in the 2012 movie Hang Loose, filmed on Oahu, Hawaii.
Na Ali'i of Comedy: The Movie Cast
Personal life
Augie was born in 1968 and is the second oldest of six children. He grew up in the Kamehameha IV Housing Project (known to Hawaii residents as "Kam IV Housing"), in Kalihi Valley, a working-class area in urban Honolulu. He became a Golden Gloves champion boxer at age 16. In 1991, Augie got his first taste of stand-up comedy, taking top honors during an open mic night at the old Honolulu Comedy Club. Augie developed his earliest material with help from local comedian Andy Bumatai, who taught him that it isn't always necessary to use profanity in order to get a laugh. The surviving members of Booga Booga (James Grant Benton and Ed Ka'ahea) also mentored him; Augie had performed with them in 1993.
Augie won the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award for Comedy Album of the Year with "Da Comedy Kahuna" in 1999. He won a second Hōkū Award in the comedy category with "Locally Disturbed" in 2003.
In 2002, Augie was voted Comedian of the Year as the funniest comic in Hawai'i by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and MidWeek newspapers. He is the only local comedian to sell out the Blaisdell Arena ("Augie T. - The Blaisdell Arena Show" DVD) and is recognized as one of Hawai'i's Top 100 Influential Filipinos with an exhibit at the Bishop Museum. He was the recipient of the prestigious Pacific Business News "Forty Under 40" award, and can be seen on multiple TV shows, commercials, and movies.