Paul Ego

Paul Ego (birth name Paul Jones; born 12 March 1966) is a Billy T Award winning New Zealand comedian. He is best known both for his past role as leader of Team One on the New Zealand comedy current affairs panel show 7 Days, and as the voice artist of the Stickman in television advertisements for PAK'nSAVE supermarket. In the mid-1980s, Ego was the singer in an Auckland-based band called The Yes Men, and he also worked as a signwriter.

Ego's first comedy gig was in London in 1994, and upon returning to New Zealand in 1995 he soon became a regular sight on the pro-comedy skyline. He performed his show Paul Ego's Show in 1999 in Auckland and Christchurch. Ego was nominated for the Billy T Award in 1999, and won the award in 2000 for his show Cool. His radio career began in 2000 with his role on the Kim & Corbett Breakfast Show on Auckland's More FM, and in 2006 he moved to NZ's Rock Network and became one quarter of The Morning Rumble.

In the early months of 2013 he co-starred alongside Jeremy Corbett in a comedy show called The Radio. In 2022, Ego was a contestant on Taskmaster New Zealand. Ego has been married to his wife Janine for 25 years and has two sons; he lives in the North Auckland suburb of Devonport. His inspirations include Eddie Izzard.