Tristan Jepson

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.