Tim Harding Biography
He has a knack for putting smiles on children’s faces, not just in his native Australia but across the globe. As one-fifth of the original Hi-5 formed in 1998, Tim has delighted young fans with unforgettable children’s entertainment and live performances, bagging ARIAs five times and the Logies three times. He has been instrumental as a member of the only act in history to have won five consecut ive awards in the same category and has outsold notable Aussie exports such as Kylie Minogue and AC/DC at London’s famous Apollo Theatre.
A natural entertainer as a child, Tim immediately took to acting and performing as a professional musician with his band Compos Mentis once he left high school in 1995 until he was earmarked to be part of Hi-5 three years later. Tim has since leveraged his Hi-5 celebrity status for worthy causes and public service campaigns such as RTA Drink Driving educational video, entitled “ A Time To Choose” and CentreLink’s Youth Allowance Campaign.
His performing career was put on hiatus in 2007 when Tim was involved in a serious motorcycle accident but while recuperating, he helmed a new startup, Obsidion Productions, as writer, director, producer as well as business manager. Life after Hi-5 has seen Tim with writing, directorial and presenter credits on 2significance Ethos Program as well as co-producing and presenting TVS pilot for “The Ride”.
Working under the alias, Psylo, Tim is currently fronting UK alternative rock band, Pangaea. Their debut album is due to be realeased in July 2012 === copied from facebook ===
