Maurie Annese (born July 1971, Adelaide) is an Australian actor and producer. He most recently starred in and co-produced I Can't Believe it's Not Countdown, it's a Musical Comedy, in collaboration with Brian Mannix and Crown Entertainment. In 2002 during Melbourne’s Mid Summer Festival he produced the sell out hit musical “I Should Be So Luck” at Chapel Off Chapel in collaboration with writer, director and co-producer David Knox. He has appeared in a number of films, most notably Bodymelt (1993), Love and Other Catastrophes(1996) and My Brother Jack(2001).