TOM CASHMAN
BIOGRAPHY
Comedian / Performer / Writer
Tom Cashman is a stand up comedian and writer with an analytical and comedically devastating style.
Tom is probably best known for his role as the assistant to the Taskmaster Tom Gleeson on Taskmaster Australia.
Tom has guested on shows like Question Everything, Celebrity Letters & Numbers, Planet America, Australia Debates and Tonightly with Tom Ballard. He also worked as a staff writer on ABC’s Planet America, Tonightly and Win the Week.
Tom was selected as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Comedy Zone showcase in 2017.
The 2021 lockdown forced Tom onto TikTok, where he’s racked up more than 120 million views. In 2022, Tom made international news after he asked a prospective landlord for a ‘landlord reference’ and his rental approval was immediately withdrawn.
Between 2022-23, Tom’s appeared regularly on The Project and The Hundred with Andy Lee, and featured in weekly radio segments on Triple M and Triple J breakfast.
In 2022, Tom sold out his show Graphs at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and toured the show throughout Australia & the UK.
Tom has embarked on a tour in 2024, throughout Australia with his new show, Everything and released his debut comedy special, PESTS, on YouTube.
REVIEWS
**** - If you like your comedy warm, affable and with a dash of geek, Tom Cashman falls squarely in the centre of your Venn diagram.
The Age
Tom Cashman is one of the most delightfully watchable comics I have seen.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman
The trajectory of Cashman’s career graph is definitely upwards.
Chortle