Charles Firth has been a writer of fine satire and superior comedy for ten years. He is the author of best-seller blockbuster American Hoax (2006) and founder of the multi-Logie-award-winning comedy team, The Chaser.

Charles is currently the US correspondent for The Chaser's War on Everything (2006-7). He was a presenter and writer on CNNNN (2002-3), The Chaser Decides (2004) and The Election Chaser (2001). With the team, he has also written five Chaser Annuals and produced 89 editions of their satirical newspaper, The Chaser.

Aside from his Chaser work, Firth has co-written (with Andrew Hansen) the Short Film Garbage Man (2005), which won a Tropfest Award and also an award at the Ohne Kohle Film Festival in Vienna. On more serious topics, Charles Firth has also written articles in a number of publications including The Monthly, GQ, The Sydney Morning Herald, Griffith Review, Limelight, HQ, Sunday Life, Madison and, best of all, The Australian Worker Magazine.

Charles has been living in the United States for the last couple of years, and has decided to adopt the Robert Hughes Method of Being Pretentious Ex-Pat. This will lend him a silent air of superiority over everyone else at the Festival and you can expect him to "tsk" every time someone mentions Australia's refugee policy.

Charles is a prodigious drink driver.