Mike King Advocate - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Apr 12, 1962 62 years old

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About Mike King Advocate

  • Michael King (born 12 April 1962) is a New Zealand mental health advocate, television personality, and former comedian.He is known in New Zealand as the spokesperson who marketed New Zealand pork, presenting 30-second TV commercials on cooking pork known as Mike's Meals until he disengaged from the pork industry.
  • King's television career began in 1997 with his debut in the New Zealand comedy show Pulp Comedy.
  • Before television, King worked as a stand-up comedian.
  • He was voted comedian of the year in 1997 by Metro magazine readers and nominated for the Billy T Award in the same year.
  • After his television debut, King began to appear on more prominent New Zealand television comedy shows, notably Comedy Central, Game of Two Halves and Strassman.
  • In 2002 he was nominated twice at the 2002 NZ Television Awards for his stand up show An Audience With the King.
  • He went on to host Mike King Tonight from 2003.
  • The show aired for only one season. He is well known for his work on mental health advocacy, which began in 2009 with his radio show, The Nutters Club.
  • It was broadcast on New Zealand's Radio Live and then Newstalk ZB.
  • He founded The Key to Life Charitable Trust, in 2012 which promotes suicide prevention and suicide awareness.
  • King was named New Zealander of the Year in 2019 for his mental health advocacy work.

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