Zachary Ruane

Actor

December 15, 1989 (36 years)

Biography

Zachary Thomas Ruane is a writing and performing member of Aunty Donna, a host of the Aunty Donna Podcast and main cast member in Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun. Outside of Aunty Donna, he has appeared in True Story with Hamish and Andy and This Is Littleton. He has a podcast with Mish Wittrup called Mish and Zach's Leguizamarama, previously Recaps with Mish and Zach.

Filmography

7.9

Have You Been Paying Attention?

Self - Guest Quizmaster

Topical comedy-quiz show featuring five guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. A fast-paced, funny look at international affairs, politics, sport and entertainment news, we test just how well our contestants have been paying attention.

7.2

Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun

Himself

Comedy trio Aunty Donna showcase their uniquely absurd and offbeat style through an array of sketches, songs and eclectic characters.

5.1

Drag Race Down Under

Self - Special Guest

Drag queen contestants compete in an elimination-style contest and strut their stuff in a variety of challenges - all to prove that they’ve got what it takes to be Down Under's next Drag Queen Superstar!

7.6

The Cheap Seats

Self

Major news stories, not-so-major news stories, stories involving cats, entertainment, sport and viral videos, it’s a Reader's Digest of world events for a generation who simply don’t want to read.

4.3

Lesbian Space Princess

Larry (voice)

A space princess is thrust out of her sheltered life and into a galactic quest to save her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from evil incel aliens.

8.1

Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe

Zach

Starring Aunty Donna's Mark Samual Bonanno, Broden Kelly, and Zachary Ruane, the high octane and unpredictable series follows the story of three best mates running a trendy cafe down one of Melbourne's less-than-iconic laneways.

9.0

The Most Upsetting Guessing Game in the World

Self

The 'Most Upsetting Guessing Game' is a comedy/improv guessing game based on 'Party Quirks' from the Aunty Donna Podcast. Each week a 'party host' is selected and tasked with guessing what 'characters' are attending their party. Sounds simple enough? It's not... it's cooked.

9.5

Aunty Donna: Glennridge Secondary College

Zach / Various

Comedy group 'Aunty Donna' present a sketch show set in Glennridge Secondary College, a quintessential Australian public school.

9.0

Trope RPG

A show where chaotic comedians roleplay through your favourite movie genres.

N/A

Melbourne Comedy Festival

Self - Host

After a less-than-hilarious 2020, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival will be back, delivering COVIDSafe laughs and comedy good-times to Melburnians and the world.

8.7

Finding Yeezus

FINDING YEEZUS is a six-part investigative comedy web-series starring comedians and pop-culture detectives Cameron James and Alexei Toliopoulos. The pair embark on an action-packed investigation to find out who made ‘Kanye Quest 3030’ – an infamous RPG game that went viral in 2013 after a hidden level was uncovered with potential links to the cult ‘ascensionism'.

N/A

Shaun Micallef's Eve of Destruction

Self

It’s a talk show like no other: one question, two guests and the man everyone agrees is this country’s least experienced interviewer. The question? If your house was about to be destroyed, what two things would you save?

10.0

Aunty Donna: 1999

Sketch group Aunty Donna's limited workplace comedy web series

7.0

This is Littleton

Various Characters

Littleton's Town Hall is the centre of activity for its community. In this 4-part Australian sketch comedy, we meet the lovable but flawed people of Littleton: council employees, councillors and a very grand Lord Mayor.

N/A

Aunty Donna's Dungeons and Dragons

Captain Santa Ratatouille

Aunty Donna dives into D&D with their signature absurdism. Expect outlandish characters, unexpected tangents, and a playful disregard for the Player's Handbook.

7.5

Hug the Sun

Frankie Yabbiebait

BJ, Trent, Linda and (occasionally) Trina host Australia's favourite religious variety hour that is most certainly NOT for children. Praise Oxtos.

N/A

Aunty Donna: New Show

Himself

A cheeky taping of Aunty Donna's singular award winning "New Show". Filmed at the famous Enmore Theater in Sydney, and featuring all three of the Aunty Donna boys, "New Show" is legally a 'comedy'.

10.0

Aunty Donna - The Album Tour

Himself

Australian comedy trio Aunty Donna, along with Michelle Brasier and Tom Armstrong, perform songs from their debut album at Max Watts in Melbourne. Haven't they done well?

N/A

After All

Flynn

Flynn and Marshall are two mutant filmmakers who dream of making a Hollywood blockbuster, and they won't let living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland get in their way.

N/A

Aunty Donna's X-MEN but better and more accurate

Magneto / Jean Grey / Senator Robert Kelly / Robber 1

Avengers Doomsday is rumored to be costing upwards of 500 million dollars and has taken Disney over 4 years to get it into theaters. We adapted the Dark Phoenix saga in ONE day for only 250 thousand dollars; ANYTHING is possible. It's time for Hollywood to wake up.