Michael Hing
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Hing performing in 2013
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| Born | (1985-05-16) May 16, 1985 (age 39)[1] Sydney Australia |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
| Known for | The Project, Hobba and Hing, Celebrity Letters and Numbers, Where Are You Really From? |
| Spouse | Humyara Mahbub (2023–present) |
Michael Hing is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, podcaster and actor from Sydney, Australia. Hing is currently a co-host on Network Ten’s The Project. He previously co-hosted Triple J's drive program Hobba and Hing with Lewis Hobba.
Hing was born in Australia to Chinese Australian parents who were both doctors.[2][3] His mother's family grew up in Walgett and Lightning Ridge in northern New South Wales, while his father is from Maitland and Thursday Island.[4]
Hing grew up in Illawong, in the Sutherland ShireofSydney.[5] He attended Trinity Grammar School and Caringbah High School.[6] He also worked at a bottle shopinChinatown, Sydney.[2]
From 2015 to 2016, Hing was a host on the ABC programs Good Game: Pocket Edition and Good Game Well Played.[7]
In 2017, he portrayed the character Sam Wu on the Stan comedy television series The Other Guy, which starred comedian Matt Okine.[8]
From 2018 to 2020, he was the host of the SBS documentary series Where Are You Really From?.[9][4][5][10] In 2019, he made multiple appearances on SBS's The Feed.[11][12][13][14][15]
In 2020, it was announced that Hing would be joining Triple J to replace Veronica Milsom and to become a host of the drive radio show Hobba and Hing alongside Lewis Hobba, who had been in the hosting position since 2015.[16][17]
In 2021, Hing was announced as a co-host of the SBS panel game show Celebrity Letters and Numbers, alongside David Astle and Lily Serna.[18][19]
In December 2022, it was announced that Hing would be joining Network 10's current affairs news program The Project in 2023 as a co-host to replace Tommy Little. He hosts the show on Friday and Sunday nights alongside Hamish Macdonald, Georgie Tunny and Sarah Harris.[20][21]
In July 2023, it was announced that Hing and his radio co-host Lewis Hobba would be leaving Triple J, therefore ending their radio show.[22] The duo hosted a podcast together on ABC Listen called Silver Bullet for the remainder of 2023.[23]
In February 2024, Hobba and Hing starting to release a weekly self-produced podcast simply titled the "Hobba and Hing Podcast" after they announced in "Ep.-3 Piss Pig" that Silver Bullet had been cancelled by the ABC 'despite its ongoing success' after 16 episodes.[24]
Hing was one of 30 Australian men to be nominated for Cleo's Bachelor of the Year in 2015.[25]
