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| Born | Greg Pead (1953-07-27)27 July 1953 (age 71) Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Years active | 1988–2000 |
| Spouse | Lulu Serious (c. 1988 – 2007) |
| Website | yahooserious |
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Yahoo Serious (bornGreg Pead;[a][1] 27 July 1953) is an Australian actor. His films include the comedy filmsYoung Einstein (1988),Reckless Kelly (1993), andMr. Accident (2000). Serious writes, directs, produces, stars in, and has composed the scores for his movies.
Serious, born Greg Pead, was born on 27 July 1953 inCardiff, New South Wales. He attended Glendale East Public School and Cardiff High School, then worked as a tyre fitter to pay for his tuition at theNational Art School inSydney, but was expelled.[2]
After being expelled from art school, Serious co-wrote, co-produced, edited and directed at age 21 his first film,Coaltown, "with the assistance of theAustralian Film Institute".[3] Released in 1977,[3]Coaltown explores the social and political history ofcoal mining.
In 1988, Serious co-wrote, produced, directed, and played the title role inYoung Einstein as a young apple farmer inTasmania who derives the formulaE=mc² while trying to discover a means of creating beer bubbles, splitting the beer atom in the process. After leaving Tasmania for Sydney on the mainland to patent his discovery, he goes on to develop rock music and surfing, romancesMarie Curie, and saves Paris from an atomic bomb.[4] The film's popularity propelled Serious to stardom which saw him appear on the cover ofTIME magazine and the Australian edition ofMad magazine, and even get his ownprimetime slot onMTV.[5] The movie was a success in Australia but a critical and commercial flop upon receiving a wide release in the United States.[6][7][8]
In 1993, Serious released his next film,Reckless Kelly, a satire about a modern descendant of the notorious Australian bank robberNed Kelly who also becomes a movie star inHollywood. WhileReckless Kelly was a hit in Australia, it failed outside of the country and ended Serious's bid for mainstream international popularity. In 2000, Serious released his third film,Mr. Accident, about the most accident-prone man in the world. LikeReckless Kelly, the film was not a commercial success outside Australia.[9][10]
Serious is a director of theKokoda Track Foundation, a humanitarian organisation focused onPapua New Guinea.[11]
In 2019, in a rare Q&A session at Sydney'sHayden Orpheum Picture Palace, Serious stated in response to a question about what he had been doing recently, “I have been writing and I hope to continue to make some more movies.”[12]
Serious received anhonorary doctorate from theUniversity of Newcastle in 1996.[13]
Serious was a guest celebrity for the opening of the2000 Sydney Olympics.[14]
Shortly after the production ofYoung Einstein, Serious marriedLulu Pinkus. Their relationship ended in 2007.[15]
In July 2020, Serious was evicted from his Sydney rental property and ordered to pay $15,000 in rent arrears to the landlords. Serious stated that he was unable to pay due to the impacts of theCOVID-19 pandemic, but was unable to substantiate this claim.[16][17]
In March 2025, Serious was accused of refusing to leave the home of an elderly man who had found him homeless and sleeping in his car.[18]
In August 2000, Yahoo Serious sued the search engineYahoo! fortrademark infringement. The case was thrown out because Serious could not prove that he sells products or services under the name "Yahoo" and therefore could not prove that he suffered harm or confusion due to the search engine.[19]
1977, English, Video edition: Coaltown [motion picture]: Newcastle Australia / written & edited by Greg Pead; filmed & produced by Greg Pead & David Roach; with the assistance of the Australian Film Institute.
... Australian comic named Yahoo Serious who starred in the 1988 Warner Brothers flopYoung Einstein ...
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