Timothy Dorcen Langbene Ferguson was born in the mid-1960s. His father, an eminent political correspondent, travelled frequently due to the nature of his work, taking his family with him to various parts of the globe. Tim consequently attended nine different schools, and was taught at one time by celebrated Australian author John Marsden at All Saints College in Bathurst NSW.

After finishing his final year in high school, Tim began writing and eventually formed a theatre company with some friends, hooking up with Richard Fidler and later on with Robert Piper to form the original Doug Anthony Allstars, a comedy trio specialising in parodies of various songs. When Robert left the band in pursuit of other things, Paul McDermott joined and the band found its feet, going on to become one of the most successful musical comedy trios in the world.

In the mid 1980s, Tim married his wife, Victoria, a nurse, after a whirlwind six-week courtship, and has three children with her, two sons and a daughter.

The Doug Anthony Allstars called it quits in 1994, and the following year Tim joined former D-Generation members in Funky Squad, playing Grant. Funky Squad was an hilarious spoof television cop show which parodied similar shows from the 1970s.

After Funky Squad had finished, Tim began his two-year contract with Channel 9, during which time he co-wrote and hosted the irreverent Logie-winning game show, Don't Forget Your Toothbrush. The show was unfortunately cancelled after one season, despite extremely high ratings, due to high production costs. Tim finished the remainder of his contract piloting various other shows and doing behind-the-scenes production work, and eventually left the network.

During his time with Channel 9, however, Tim also found time to write his first novel, Left, Right and Centre, a political satire, which was published in 1997 to critical acclaim.

In 1998, Tim was commissioned for the role of Frank'n'furter in a stage production of the New Rocky Horror Show, a character which he played with great aplomb. He is arguably one of the greatest actors to have ever played the role.

In 1999, Tim joined the Channel 10 network and was asked to host the outrageous clip show, Unreal TV. The show was so popular and rated so highly that it produced its own spinoff the following year, Unreal Ads, which Tim also hosted.

2000 saw Tim working on the comedy drama Shock Jock, which was contracted to TV1 and first aired in April 2001. The success of Shock Jock's first season meant that a second series was procuded, which aired in June the following year.

Tim also insists that he is still in the process of completing his long-awaited second novel, Madhouse. We look forward to its release with breathless anticipation!