Anh Do

Anh Do (born 2 June 1977) is an Australian author, actor, comedian and painter. He has appeared on Australian television shows such as Thank God You're Here and Good News Week, and was runner-up on Dancing with the Stars in 2007. He studied a combined Business Law degree at the University of Technology, Sydney, and is the brother of film director Khoa Do, having acted in several of Khoa's films, including Footy Legends, which he co-wrote and produced. From 2016 to 2021 he hosted Anh's Brush with Fame on ABC TV, in which he concurrently interviews and paints a portrait of prominent Australians.

Anh Do was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and his family fled to Australia as refugees in 1980. In his 2010 autobiography, The Happiest Refugee, he recounts how his family survived five days in a leaky fishing boat just nine and a half metres long, packed with 40 Vietnamese refugees, during which they were attacked by two bands of pirates before being rescued by a German merchant ship. The family settled in the Sydney suburb of Yagoona, and Do attended St Aloysius' College in Milsons Point. Six months before finishing his degree, he opted to take up stand-up comedy instead of accepting law firm jobs.

His memoir The Happiest Refugee won multiple awards, including the 2011 Australian Book of the Year, Biography of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. Since 2013, Do has cut back on comedy to focus on painting, and was a finalist in the Archibald Prize in 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2022, winning the People's Choice Award in 2017 for his portrait of Jack Charles. He is married to Suzanne (Suzie) Do, whom he met at university, and they have three sons and a daughter.