Tristan Jepson
- Actor
- Writer
An immensely talented young comedy writer/performer, Tristan began his
comedy career at the famed University of New South Wales Law Revues in
Sydney, before joining the cast of the popular Seven Network sketch
comedy program 'Big Bite' (2003-2004) at age 24. Tristan was best known
for his uncanny impersonation of Tom Gleisner in the show's acclaimed
parodies of 'The Panel' tv programme, many of which sketches Tristan
also wrote. Tristan's work helped the show earn an Australian Film
Institute Award nomination for Best Comedy Series in 2003, marking the
first time a tv comedy programme from an Australian commercial network
had ever been nominated for an AFI Award in any category. Tragically,
Tristan suffered from clinical depression, and despite his bright
prospects both as a comedy writer and as a lawyer (the field in which
he had trained), took his own life on Thursday October 28, 2004, at the
age of 26. His many friends among Australia's young comedy community
mourned his passing.