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Todd McKenney was born on 31 May, 1965 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, is an Australian dancer and TV personality. Discover Todd McKenney's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

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Occupation Dancer · singer · theatre performer · TV personality · host
Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 31 May 1965
Birthday 31 May
Birthplace Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nationality Australia

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1965

Todd McKenney (born 31 May 1965) is an Australian dancer, theatre performer and TV personality.

He is best known as a judge on Australian television talent show Dancing with the Stars.

As a theatre performer, he has appeared in numerous productions, but is most renowned for his portrayal of singer Peter Allen in the theatre production The Boy from Oz.

McKenney grew up in Perth, where his father was a jail warden and his mother a dance teacher.

They separated when he was 9.

He began his entertainment career on a children's television show as Percy Penguin.

McKenney trained in jazz, tap, acrobatics and ballroom dancing.

He represented Australia in ballroom and Latin American dancing, and won many international awards.

1983

McKenney has performed on stage since 1983 in productions including 42nd Street, The Pirates of Penzance, Camelot, La Cage aux Folles, Singin' in the Rain, and Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical.

1992

In 1992, he played the role of ballroom dancer Nathan Starkey in Baz Luhrmann's film Strictly Ballroom, alongside his future Dancing with the stars Australia co-star Sonia Kruger, as well as Paul Mercurio.

1998

McKenney rose to fame in 1998 when he created the lead role of Peter Allen in the Australian production of The Boy from Oz.

He performed the role 766 times between 1998 and 2000, however when the production went to Broadway in 2003, Hugh Jackman landed the role over McKenney.

Outside musical theatre, McKenney is best known as a judge on Australia's version of Dancing with the Stars.

2004

He has appeared on all fifteen seasons of the show since 2004.

2005

In 2005, McKenney released an album, Just a Gigolo.

The title track was a duet with Maggie Kirkpatrick.

Seven of the twelve tracks were Peter Allen compositions.

The album also included "I Don't Care Too Much", a Kander and Ebb song that was dropped from Cabaret.

2006

McKenney took on his first non-musical role in 2006, starring as Michael Minetti in the Ensemble Theatre production of Richard Alfieri's two-hander play Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks with Nancye Hayes at the Playhouse Theatre in the Sydney Opera House.

The play remains the most successful in the Ensemble Theatre's history, and the pair reprised these roles ten years later at the Concourse Theatre, Chatswood, reuniting with Sandra Bates for her final directorial role.

In 2006, McKenney hosted the television game show You May Be Right, which was cancelled after a month on air.

2008

He hosted the breakfast program on Sydney radio station Mix 106.5 with Dancing with the Stars co-host Sonia Kruger, as well as Andy Grace, from January 2008 until September 2009.

2010

On 19 May 2010 and on 27 December 2010, McKenney guest co-hosted The Morning Show alongside Kylie Gillies, while regular male presenter Larry Emdur was on holidays.

2011

In 2011, McKenney portrayed Lord Evelyn Oakley in a limited showing of Anything Goes in Melbourne, alongside Amanda Harrison.

2012

In 2012, he played the role of Rooster in the hit musical Annie alongside Anthony Warlow, Nancye Hayes and Alan Jones.

2013

McKenney plays Teen Angel in the 2013-2014 Australian National Touring Company production of the hit musical Grease, starring alongside Bert Newton, John Paul Young, Rob Mills, and Gretel Scarlett.

Although he is on stage for less than four minutes, critics have said he "steals the show."

McKenney released a tribute album to Peter Allen on Friday 22 November 2013, called Todd McKenney sings Peter Allen.

2016

McKenney performed his Casting Couch production at the Ensemble's Kirribilli premises in 2016, interviewing Queenie van de Zandt, Georgie Parker, and Simon Burke in different performances.

2019

In 2019 he headlined a production of Barnum.

In 2022 he was in a production of Cinderella.

Beginning in 2023 he was in a production of Wicked as The Wizard.

McKenney is openly gay.

He has a daughter (who was conceived via IVF), Charlotte Wood, who lives in Melbourne with her mother, Anne Wood.

McKenney has said his first girlfriend, at twelve years of age, was dancer and presenter Sonia Kruger.

He is a student of Auslan sign language and has worked within the deaf community all around Australia.

Todd is also a keen supporter of The Grace Centre For Newborn Intensive Care at the Children's Hospital at Westmead and the Cerebral Palsy Alliance.

Another of Todd's passions is his greyhounds and for the past four years he has been the face of the Greyhounds As Pets National Adoption Day, and more recently a GAP NSW Ambassador.

During the COVID-19 Pandemic beginning in 2019, Todd McKenney launched a website, Todd Creates, in order for members of the theatrical and entertainment communities to pivot their skills in order to make face masks and continue to earn an income while all theatres were closed.

He then forged a partnership with Everyday Market From Woolworths in order for small-medium-sized Australian businesses to have a space to sell their products on the new marketplace, offering an unprecedented opportunity for these businesses to grow.