Full Name Greg Gomez Pead Name Yahoo Serious | Website www.yahooserious.com Years active 1988–present Parents Terry Pead, Alice Pead | |
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Role Film actor · yahooserious.com Nominations AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Movies Young Einstein, Reckless Kelly, Mr Accident Similar People Lulu Pinkus, Albert Einstein, Odile Le Clezio, Warwick Ross, Ned Kelly | ||
Yahoo serious
Yahoo Serious (born 27 July 1953), born Greg Gomez Pead (name-change by deed poll in 1980), is an Australian film actor, director, and score composer. He is best known for his 1988 comedy film Young Einstein. He also created Reckless Kelly in 1993 and Mr. Accident in 2000. Serious writes, directs, produces, stars in, and has composed the scores for his movies.
Contents
- Yahoo serious
- Young Einstein Trailer
- Early life
- Career
- Honours and awards
- Other interests and pursuits
- Personal life
- Lawsuit against Yahoo
- As himself
- Filmography
- References
Young Einstein Trailer
Early life
Pead was born in Cardiff, City of Lake Macquarie in the Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia. He attended Glendale East Public School and Cardiff High School, then worked as a tyre fitter to pay for his tuition at the National Art School in Sydney but was expelled.
Career
After being expelled from art school, Serious co-wrote, co-produced, edited and directed at age 21 his first film, Coaltown, "with the assistance of the Australian Film Institute". Released in 1977, Coaltown explores the social and political history of coal mining.
In 1988, Serious co-wrote, produced, and directed Young Einstein, an intentionally inaccurate movie portraying Albert Einstein as a young farmer in Tasmania who derives the formula E=mc² while trying to discover a means of creating beer bubbles, splitting the beer atom in the process. After leaving the Apple Isle for Sydney on the mainland to patent his discovery, he goes on to develop rock music and surfing, romances Marie Curie, and saves Paris from an atomic bomb. The film's popularity propelled Serious to stardom which saw him appear on the cover of TIME and Mad magazines, and even get his own primetime slot on MTV. The movie was a success in Australia but a critical and commercial flop in the United States.
In 1993, Serious released his next film, Reckless Kelly, a satire about a modern descendant of the notorious Australian bank robber Ned Kelly who also becomes a movie star in Hollywood. While Reckless Kelly was a hit in Australia, it failed outside of the country and ended Serious's bid for mainstream international popularity. In 2000, Yahoo Serious released his third film, Mr. Accident, about the most accident-prone man in the world. Like Reckless Kelly, the film was not a commercial success.
Honours and awards
He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Newcastle in 1996.
Serious was a guest celebrity for the opening of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Other interests and pursuits
Serious is a director of The Kokoda Track Foundation, a humanitarian organization focused on Papua New Guinea.
Personal life
Shortly after the production of Young Einstein, Yahoo Serious married Lulu Pinkus. Their relationship ended in 2007.
Lawsuit against Yahoo!
In August 2000, Yahoo Serious tried to sue the search engine Yahoo! for trademark infringement. The case was thrown out because Serious could not prove that he sells products or services under the name "Yahoo" and therefore could not prove that he suffered harm or confusion due to the search engine.