Jeff Fatt
Acting • Born 1953-07-21
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeffrey Wayne "Jeff" Fatt AM (born 21 July 1953 in Casino, New South Wales, Australia), is a Chinese Australian musician and actor. He is best known as a member of the children's band The Wiggles and the 1980s and 90s band The Cockroaches. As part of the Wiggles, Fatt became one of the "most popular Asian performers in the world". The son of Chinese parents who owned a large retail store in Casino, New South Wales, Fatt had aspirations to become an architect, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in industrial design. He opened a public address equipment business with his brother in Sydney when he began playing keyboard for the rockabilly band The Roadmasters, and was recruited by Anthony and Paul Field to join The Cockroaches. After The Cockroaches disbanded in the early '90s, Anthony Field asked Fatt, who was renovating his house at the time, to help them record The Wiggles' first album in 1991. Fatt reported, "I got this call from Anthony: 'Hello, Anthony. Go away, go away. I'm not interested,' you know. He's always got these ideas for things. He said, 'I've got this idea, come down to the studio.'" Fatt's response to Field's request was, "How long will it take?" As a Wiggle, Fatt wears a purple shirt. He originated the Wiggles character Henry the Octopus, and performed his voice when other actors took over the role. His schtick was sleeping at odd times, which led to a Wiggles' catch-phrase and the title of one of their songs, "Wake Up, Jeff!" Fatt is the oldest Wiggle and is well-known for his "laid-back personality". As Sam Moran has said, when referring to the development of The Wiggles' shticks, "Jeff really does fall asleep", and Fatt reported, "The irony is I'm a very light sleeper in the nighttime. I will invariably have a snooze before the show". Fatt was the only member of The Wiggles without a background in early childhood education; he stated that was the reason falling asleep was chosen as his shtick, "because it was a way of getting me involved in the shows without actually having to do anything". Fatt reports that it took twelve months to "learn the language of preschool", including addressing children using the inclusive "everybody", instead of "boys and girls", and that The Wiggles' first performances were traumatic for him because he was not used to being around children. Since 1990, Jeff has taken a photo a day documenting the most eventful thing that has happened to him. He is "a keen surfer". Fatt was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on 26 January 2010 for service to the arts, particularly children's entertainment, and to the community as a benefactor and supporter of a range of charities. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Fatt,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
73 credits
The Wiggles: Cold Spaghetti Western
Movie • 2004
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Live: Hot Potatoes!
Movie • 2005
Jeff
The Wiggles: Sailing Around the World
Movie • 2005
Jeff
The Wiggles: Big Red Car
Movie • 1995
Jeff
The Wiggles: Hot Poppin' Popcorn
Movie • 2009
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Wiggly Safari
Movie • 2002
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Sing a Song of Wiggles
Movie • 2008
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Wake Up Jeff!
Movie • 1996
Jeff
The Wiggles: Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas
Movie • 1997
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Top of the Tots
Movie • 2004
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
Movie • 2008
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: Wiggle Bay
Movie • 2002
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Santa's Rockin'!
Movie • 2004
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
Movie • 1998
Jeff
The Wiggles: Ukulele Baby!
Movie • 2011
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles - Big, Big Show!
Movie • 2009
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles Big Birthday!
Movie • 2011
Jeff Wiggle (Purple)
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Movie • 2006
Self
The Wiggles: Celebration!
Movie • 2012
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles : Surfer Jeff
Movie • 2012
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Here Comes the Big Red Car
Movie • 2006
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Splish Splash Big Red Boat
Movie • 2006
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles - Pumpkin Face
Movie • 2013
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles - Dorothy the Dinosaur's Party
Movie • 2007
Jeff
The Wiggles: Let's Eat
Movie • 2011
Jeff Wiggle
Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Memory Book
Movie • 2008
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: Go Bananas
Movie • 2009
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: Getting Strong!
Movie • 2007
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: The Wiggly Big Show
Movie • 1999
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Space Dancing
Movie • 2003
Jeff Wiggle / Zeezaps / Wags the Dog / Henry the Octopus (voice)
The Wiggles: It's Always Christmas With You
Movie • 2011
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles - Wiggledancing Live in Concert
Movie • 2007
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: Wiggles 15th Birthday
Movie • 2006
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: Wiggle Time!
Movie • 1998
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles Movie
Movie • 1997
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Racing to the Rainbow
Movie • 2006
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: It's A Wiggly, Wiggly World!
Movie • 2000
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: Wiggly TV
Movie • 2005
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action!
Movie • 2005
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Yule Be Wiggling
Movie • 2001
Jeff Wiggle / Henry the Octopus / Wags the Dog (voice)
Dorothy The Dinosaur - Travelling Show
Movie • 2011
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!
Movie • 2006
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!
Movie • 2003
Jeff Wiggle/Henry the Octopus (voice)/Wags the Dog (voice)
The Wiggles 25th Anniversary Reunion Show
Movie • 2018
Jeff Wiggle
Hot Potatoes! The Best Of The Wiggles
Movie • 2013
Jeff Wiggle
The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video
Movie • 1999
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Meet The Wiggles
Movie • 1999
Jeff Wiggle / Henry the Octopus / Wags the Dog (voice)
The Wiggles: The Wiggles Show
Movie • 2005
Jeff Wiggle / Henry the Octopus (voice)
The Wiggles: Wiggle Mania
Movie • 2003
Jeff Wiggle / Henry the Octopus / Wags the Dog (voice)
The Wiggles: Wiggly Giggly Adventures
Movie • 2006
Jeff Wiggle / Henry the Octopus (voice)
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Movie • 2023
Self
The Wiggles: Wiggledance!
Movie • 1997
The Original Wiggles Reunion Show For Bushfire Relief
Movie • 2020
ABC For Kids: Live In Concert
Movie • 1993
The Wiggles: Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party
Movie • 2001
Jeff Wiggle / Henry the Octopus (voice) / Wags the Dog (voice)
The Wiggles Live At Disneyland
Movie • 1998
The Wiggles Live in Concert 2006: Sailing Around the World
Movie • 2020
Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing!
Movie • 2011
Himself
The Wiggles: Big Red Car
Movie • 1995
Jeff Wiggle
Da Kath & Kim Code
Movie • 2005
The Wiggles
The Wiggles: Here Comes The Big Red Car
Movie • 2006
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: Pop Go the Wiggles!
Movie • 2007
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: Splish Splash Big Red Boat
Movie • 2006
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: Toot Toot
Movie • 1998
Jeff Fatt
The Wiggles: Hoop-Dee-Doo! It's A Wiggly Party!
Movie • 2001
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Wiggle Time!
Movie • 1993
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
Movie • 1994
Jeff Wiggle
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
Movie • 2002
Self
Rove
TV • 1999
Self
The Wiggles
TV • 1998
Jeff Wiggle
The Wiggles
TV • 1998
Wiggle & Learn
TV • 2008
Jeff Wiggle
The New Years Eve Early Night Show
TV • 2015
Jeff Wiggle