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Peter Jason Matthew Helliar (born June 16, 1975)
is an Australian comedian and television
personality.

== Early Career ==

Peter Helliar initially worked the Melbourne
Stand-up Comedy circuit in the mid nineties,
performing in various venues and the annual
Melbourne International Comedy Festival. 

In 1998 he became a regular on Melbourne Community
Television Channel 31|Channel 31's weekly variety
show The Loft, hosted by Rove McManus and
including other well known Melbourne comedians
such as Dave Hughes, Kim Hope, and Dave Callan. He
appeared as a live on-screen guest as well as
scripting and recording skits for live playback.

== Commercial Television ==

In 1999, television station GTV9 signed Rove
McManus to host a weekly live program called Rove,
based largely on the comedy / talk show model
developed on The Loft. Comedians Corinne Grant and
Dave Callan were used as "sidekicks". The show
received lukewarm reviews, and was discontinued
after one season.

Network Ten picked up the show in 2000, now called
Rove Live and with Peter Helliar in place of Dave
Callan. His role includes appearing in segments
such as My Charader, and other live and
pre-recorded "bits".

Peter Helliar also appears in two other programs
created by Roving Enterprises:

:Skithouse|SkitHOUSE; a half hour weekly sketch
comedy show,

:Before the Game|After The Game (2004) with Peter
Helliar as host, screening after the AFL Football
match on Saturday nights. An earlier timeslot was
used from 2005, and consequently the program
adopted the new name Before the Game. The program
also has regular panel members: comedians Dave
Hughes and Lehmo, and sports commentators Anthony
Hudson and Sam Lane.

== Commercial Radio ==

In 2002 the Austereo radio network signed Peter
Helliar to appear alongside TV colleagues Rove
McManus and Corinne Grant on the weekly program
Rove Live Radio|Saturday Morning Rove,
broadcasting from Fox FM every Saturday from 10AM
to Midday having been pre-recorded the day before.
In 2004 the program moved to Friday mornings
allowing live phone callers, and was re-titled
Rove Live Radio. It was discontinued at the end of
2004.

In 2004 Peter Helliar was signed to do the
breakfast shift on Austereo|Austereo's Sydney
station 2Day FM with Judith Lucy and Kaz Cooke.
The program was discontinued after its first year.

Still signed to Austereo, Peter also appeared on
the Melbourne based The Arvo Show, a daily program
broadcast out of Fox FM between 4PM and 6PM and
networked to other capital cities. It was
discontinued in June 2005.

As of July 2005, Peter Helliar was still currently
contracted Austereo but without a full time on-air
role.