Biography

Waleed Aly is known for The Project (2009), City Homicide (2006) and Offspring (2010). He has been married to Susan Carland since 2002. They have two children.

[Dedicating his 2016 Logie Award win to those with an "unpronounceable name"] It matters to them for a particular reason. That reason was brought home ... not so long ago actually when someone who is in this room, and I'm not going to use the name they use in the industry, came up to me, introduced themselves and said to me, 'I really hope you win. My name is Mustafa. But I can't use that name because I won't get a job'. He's here tonight. And it matters to people like that that I am here. I know it's not because of me. I know that.

[on winning the 2016 Gold Logie] There's nothing wrong with the picture. If you are in the room I'm sure there's an Instagram filter to return things to normal. It will be fine. This is happening.

[Paying respect to wife Susan] If she had my job she'd be much better at it than me. She's sharper, wittier, funnier and infinitely more charming and likable and I'm really glad she doesn't have my job because otherwise I'd definitely wouldn't have it.

[on social media] I think it's a disaster. I've never been on it, and I have no interest in being on it. And I think it's one of the worst things humans have invented in the last 50 years.