Born in Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia. Paul Hogan became a worldwide success with his irresistible comic performance in "CROCODILE" DUNDEE (1986), which he created and co-wrote. It earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor as well as an Oscar® nomination for Best Screenplay. The versatile actor got his start in Australian television in a recurring role as comic relief on "A Current Affair" (1971). An expanded version entitled "The Paul Hogan Show" (1973) premiered on Australia's Nine Network and quickly propelled him to the top of the ratings chart. American audiences also remember Hogan from his now legendary commercials for the Australian Tourist Commission in which he invited us to say "g'day" and come "down under" so he could "slip another shrimp on the barbie." His dramatic role in the critically acclaimed television mini-series "Anzacs" (1985) and his work in promoting Australia worldwide invested him into the Order of Australia and led to his appointment as "Australian of the Year" in 1985. Hogan was also the executive producer/writer/star of the feature films "CROCODILE" DUNDEE II (1988), ALMOST AN ANGEL (1990), LIGHTNING JACK (1994) and CROCODILE DUNDEE IN LOS ANGELES (2001), and he starred in FLIPPER (1996), FLOATING AWAY (1998), and STRANGE BEDFELLOWS (2004). He divorced his first wife, Noelene, in 1989 after 28 years of marriage (including a 1982 re-marriage). He married "CROCODILE" DUNDEE co-star Linda Koslowski in 1990. They have a son and live in a renovated Victorian farmhouse near Santa Barbara, CA.  Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay written directly for the screen) 1986: "CROCODILE" DUNDEE (w. Ken Shadie & John Cornell) 1 nomination