Peter Jason Matthew Helliar

Peter Helliar (born Peter Jason Matthew Helliar on 16 June 1975 in Melbourne) is an Australian comedian, actor, television and radio presenter, writer, producer and director. He is best known for his work as a former regular co-host of The Project on Network Ten from January 2014 to December 2022, replacing Dave Hughes to host alongside Carrie Bickmore, Waleed Aly and Lisa Wilkinson. He initially worked the Melbourne comedy circuit in the mid-1990s, performing at various venues and the annual Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and was nominated for the Gold Logie in 2017.

Helliar rose to national attention in 1999 when he became a regular sidekick to Rove McManus on Rove, which aired until late 2009, and earlier appeared with McManus on The Loft Live from 1997 to 1998. In Before the Game he appeared as his alter ego Bryan Strauchan. In 2003 and 2004 he was part of the ensemble cast of the sketch program skitHOUSE on Network Ten. In 2013 he created, wrote, co-produced and co-directed his own comedy series It's a Date, which won the Best Scripted Format Award at the International Format Awards at MIPCOM 2013 in Cannes and earned a second season.

In November 2018 the comedy series How to Stay Married, a spinoff of It's a Date created and co-written by Helliar, was released, in which he starred as Greg Butler alongside Lisa McCune; it aired for three series. He appeared as a contestant in the ninth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2023, was a contestant on Taskmaster Australia, and in 2024 took part in the eighth season of The Amazing Race Australia with his wife Bridget. He also performed in numerous television advertisements, most notably for Fernwood Fitness.