Television In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Gyngell appeared in
The Comedy Company and developed several popular characters, one of whom,
Col'n Carpenter, went on to have his own sitcom. Gyngell also appeared (as Carpenter) in a series of public service announcements for the
Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand. Gyngell was a regular on Australian comedy series
Full Frontal during the mid-1990s, where he starred alongside
Eric Bana before Bana attained
Hollywood fame. His most notable characters included; 'Leon' (an art critic who used to frequently utter the word 'crap'); and as characters sending up
Kerry O'Brien and
John Laws. After
Full Frontal, Gyngell had guest roles, in comedy programs
The Micallef Program and
Pizza, and on drama series’
The Secret Life of Us,
CrashBurn,
Love My Way and
Underbelly. From 2007, Gyngell played Father Harris in the comedy
The Librarians. In 2012, he performed in Sydney Theatre Company's production of
Pygmalion. ==Personal life ==