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Toyota Avanza

The Toyota Avanza and Daihatsu Xenia are a series of multi-purpose vehicles (MPV) developed by Daihatsu and marketed by both Toyota and Daihatsu, mainly sold with three-row seating. The Avanza and Xenia were developed as an entry-level MPV marketed mainly for the Indonesian and other emerging markets, and mainly produced in Indonesia by Astra Daihatsu Motor. Avanza's spiritual predecessor was the Kijang, whose model program has since been split into two different models (the other being the larger Kijang Innova) to expand Toyota's reach in the MPV sector.

In addition to Indonesia, the Avanza is sold throughout Southeast Asia, Mexico, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Middle East, Caribbean, Egypt, South Africa and other various African countries. A rebadged version of the car was sold in China under the FAW badge until 2016.

In 2021, the Avanza spawned another twin model called the Toyota Veloz, which the "Veloz" name was previously used for Avanza's flagship grade level for some markets between 2011 and 2021. The Avanza also served as a basis for the second-generation Perodua Alza, which was introduced in Malaysia in 2022.

The Avanza was the best-selling passenger car in Indonesia between 2006 and 2019, and then in 2021. At the peak of its popularity in 2013, the Avanza made up 17 percent of total car sales in Indonesia (22 percent combined with the Xenia). By November 2018, around 2.75 million units of Avanza/Xenia had been sold globally.

Etymology
The name Avanza is derived from the Spanish word avanza which means 'get moving' and the Italian word avanzato, which means 'advance'. The name Xenia is derived from the Greek term Xenia, a concept of hospitality. The name Veloz is taken from the Spanish word veloz, meaning 'fast'.

Development
The Avanza and Xenia were both conceived by Toyota, Daihatsu and its Indonesian subsidiaries in the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. At the time, the price of the best-selling Kijang had skyrocketed, while the economy in the country had just recovered from the crisis. Feasibility studies started in 1999 when Toyota-Astra Motor proposed for a more affordable vehicle under the Kijang for the Indonesian market. Toyota Motor Corporation handed the development and manufacturing of the vehicle to Astra Daihatsu Motor due to Daihatsu's expertise on low-cost vehicles in Indonesia. Toyota and Daihatsu invested a total of US$90 million for the project.

The project was also referred by Toyota as the U-IMV (Under-IMV) project, a reference to the Innova that sits in a segment above the Avanza which rides on the IMV platform. Unlike the Kijang and the succeeding Kijang Innova that both utilised full body-on-frame chassis, the first two generations of Avanza/Xenia used a semi-unibody chassis where the front half of the chassis used body-on-frame construction, while the rear half used monocoque construction. This hybrid-type chassis made it possible for the vehicle to retain the rear-wheel-drive layout from the previous generations of Kijang along with its ability to handle heavier loads. According to journalists, it also came with several downsides such as unstable ride during high speeds and unrefined NVH levels.

The second-generation model retained the same platform as the original model and took 4 years of development. Toyota and Daihatsu invested 900 billion IDR for the project.

The third-generation model ditched the semi-unibody chassis with rear-wheel-drive layout in favour of the full unibody construction of the Daihatsu New Global Architecture with front-wheel-drive layout. According to Toyota and Daihatsu, the switch was made as the infrastructure quality had improved in Indonesia, along with efficiency, performance and comfort benefits of the front-wheel-drive layout.

The first-generation Avanza/Xenia was assembled at the first Indonesian Daihatsu plant in Sunter, Jakarta. Between 2008 and 2011, Toyota also manufactured the car in Karawang under contract to meet the high demand. The second-generation model is assembled at the same plant as the first-generation model and also at the second Daihatsu plant in Karawang, West Java, from April 2013 to an unspecified period. For the third-generation model, production in Indonesia is split between the Daihatsu plant in Sunter for the Avanza and Xenia, and at the Toyota plant in Karawang for the Avanza and Veloz. It was also contract assembled in Malaysia by Perodua for the first models to be sold by Toyota with the Avanza badging. Vietnamese assembly for the third-generation model is also carried out via CKD method. The Malaysian market Veloz is fully manufactured in the country since 2022, sharing the assembly line with the similar Perodua Alza.

Indonesia
The Avanza was unveiled on 11 December 2003 and released on 15 January 2004. The car emerged from the first collaboration project between Toyota and Daihatsu in Indonesia with development led by Toyota chief engineer Kaoru Hosokawa, product planning leader of Toyota Commercial Vehicle Development Centre. It was manufactured at Astra Daihatsu Motor's Sunter assembly plant, with 61 percent of its parts were sourced locally.

While Toyota targeted a total sales of 30,000 for the year 2004, in January, a total of 25,000 bookings for the car had been received, leading to the increase of production capacity. It sold 43,936 units in that year, which made it the third best-selling car in Indonesia. The Avanza emerged as the best-selling car there from 2006, replacing the Kijang Innova which held the title in 2005.

At launch, the Avanza was initially available with two grade levels: the 1.3 E and 1.3 G, both powered with a 1.3-litre K3-DE four-cylinder engine mated to a 5-speed manual transmission. Starting from July 2004, the limited-production 1.3 S grade with a 4-speed automatic transmission was available to the Indonesian market. Similar to the export models, the 1.3-litre engine was upgraded to use variable valve timing (VVT-i) technology and individual direct ignition coils, while changing the designation to K3-VE. The variant also included the anti-lock braking system and extra sound dampening materials. For the first time, a black exterior colour option was also added at the same time.

In July 2006, it received its first facelift with a redesigned grille, bumper, beige interior colour and updated tail lights. The 1.3 E and 1.3 G grades were upgraded to use the K3-VE 1.3-litre VVT-i petrol engine, complied with Euro 2 standards. In October 2006, the flagship 1.5 S grade was introduced. It is powered by a 3SZ-VE 1.5-litre VVT-i petrol engine along with dedicated front bumper, rear bumper, side skirts and grille designs.

The Avanza received an update on 14 October 2008 with an updated ceiling with grooves to improve airflow, a revamped interior and steering wheel with four spokes. It received a front bumper mesh grille, added fog light garnish and a chrome accent in the rear window. On 17 November 2009, the 1.3 E and 1.3 G grades received a 4-speed automatic transmission option.

Malaysia
In Malaysia, the Avanza was unveiled on 7 October 2004 and launched on 29 October 2004. Sold through UMW Toyota distribution network, it was available with a 1.3-litre engine mated to either a manual or an automatic transmission. It was assembled by Perodua by importing CKD kits from Indonesia. In October 2006, the Avanza received its facelift in Malaysia. Two newer grades were offered: 1.3 E and 1.5 G. In 2008, the Avanza received another minor update with the introduction of 1.5 S grade.

In 2006, the Avanza makes up 40 percent of Toyota total sales in Malaysia and around 140,000 units were sold in the country by 2012.

Philippines
In the Philippines, the first-generation Avanza had been on sale since 2006. It was available in two grade levels: the J grade with a 1.3-litre engine, having no power windows and locks, and only available with a manual transmission, while the G grade has a 1.5-litre engine, and available with a five-speed manual transmission and a four-speed automatic transmission respectively. In 2008, the J grade was made available without the third row seat. This particular grade is popularly used as metered taxicabs in the Philippines. The Avanza was also updated in 2008 with an updated ceiling with grooves to improve airflow to the rear and an updated interior colour scheme.

Thailand
In Thailand, the first-generation Avanza had been on sale since mid-2004.

Daihatsu Xenia
A twin model called Daihatsu Xenia also offered as a more affordable alternative to the Avanza in Indonesia. Generally, the Xenia is equipped with less safety equipment than the Avanza, while offering more dealer-installed accessories options such as front bumper guards, rear spoiler, or side body moulding to attract consumers. In Indonesia, the Xenia was available in three grade levels: 1.0 Mi, 1.0 Li and 1.3 Xi. Several accessories package was offered to the Li and Xi variants, including Plus, Deluxe, Family and Sporty. In November 2009, the automatic transmission option for the 1.3 Xi grade was launched.

It is powered by the same 1.3-litre engine found in the Avanza and additional 989 cc EJ-DE (before 2006) and EJ-VE three-cylinder engines with power and torque rating at 57 – at 5,600 rpm and 9.2 kgm at 3,600 rpm. To minimize the weight and the workload to the engine, the 1.0-litre variant was not available with double blower air conditioner and is fitted with 13-inch wheels. Throughout its production, the 1.0-litre Xenia was only offered with a 5-speed manual transmission.

Apart from Indonesia, the Xenia was also sold in China. It was previewed by the "D-01" crossover prototype at the Auto China in November 2006, and went on sale in June 2007. Seven-seat and five-seat models (with two rows of seats), either with a 1.3-litre or a 1.5-litre engine, were available. It was produced by FAW Jilin Auto and was also sold as the FAW Senya M80. It was discontinued January 2010 when Daihatsu pulled out from Chinese market and the joint venture for auto parts also dissolved in 2010. However, it continued to be produced and sold under license carrying the FAW marque.

FAW Senya M80/S80
In China, Daihatsu together with First Automobile Works (FAW) launched the first-generation Xenia as the FAW Senya M80 on 21 June 2007. The Senya M80 was originally simply called the FAW Senya, but later developed a whole range of products based on the Senya platform and was soon renamed to Senya M80. The crossover-styled version called the Senya S80 was introduced later. Production in China was carried out at FAW Jilin Auto until 2010.

The Senya S80 was revealed during the 2010 Beijing Auto Show. Starting from the M80 and S80 of the Senya series, FAW Jilin started the Chinese brand Senia (森雅), which later became a brand focusing on crossovers. A later facelift changed the front and rear ends of the Senya S80 which departs it from the Daihatsu-derived designs.

FAW sold 223,461 units during its production until the Senya M80/S80 was discontinued in 2016.

A rebadged Senya S80 was also sold in North Korea by Pyeonghwa Motors as the Ppeokkuggi 1059 since 2013.

Second generation (F650; 2011)
The second-generation Avanza was launched on 9 November 2011 in Indonesia with development led by Toyota chief engineer Kaoru Hosokawa.

According to Toyota's South African division, the second-generation Avanza has been made approximately 20 kg lighter. Along with the use of low rolling resistance tyres, enhanced air conditioner regulation and electric power steering, the vehicle was reported to have achieved a substantial increase in fuel efficiency.

The second-generation Avanza was engineered with a 25 mm wider track and wider wheels to enhance its stability. The MacPherson strut suspension at the front and the four-link design with a lateral control rod at the back have been revised to improve ride quality and suppress swaying when changing direction. In the cabin, the second-generation Avanza has thinner seatbacks to enhance knee room in the second and third rows. Additionally, the depth of the boot area was expanded by 18 mm due to its longer body.

Indonesia
The second-generation Avanza is available in three grade levels: 1.3 E, 1.3 G, 1.5 G, and 1.5 Veloz (replaced the S grade).

On 15 May 2013, dual SRS airbags and front seatbelts with force limiter and pre-tensioner became standard in all Avanza models.

The Avanza received its first facelift on 12 August 2015 with development led by chief engineer Kazuhiko Yamashita. The changes consist of a newer engine, where the previous K3-VE engine replaced by a 1.3-litre 1NR-VE Dual VVT-i unit, while the 3SZ-VE engine replaced by a 1.5-litre 2NR-VE Dual VVT-i unit. Other changes includes an updated front and rear fascias, interior colour, head unit and ABS/EBD as standard (previously only available on Veloz grade). The Veloz grade also received a 1.3-litre engine option, which can be equipped with either manual or automatic transmission. Drive-by-wire system became standard in all models. The "Avanza" branding was omitted in marketing materials for the Veloz grade.

The Avanza received its second facelift on 15 January 2019 with development led by chief engineer Kazutoshi Sakamoto. The front fascia was redesigned with a split-styled headlights, while the side mirrors is shared with the F800 series Rush. The rear fascia also received an update. LED headlights became standard on all variants, along with shark fin-type antenna, updated alloy wheel design and interior colour, digital air conditioner controls, auto retractable outer mirror (for G and Veloz grades), keyless entry system with push start engine button (for Veloz grade), and revised suspension tunings.

The GR Limited variant for the Veloz grade was launched on 9 August 2021, which also replaced the regular model. It came with a Gazoo Racing-branded bodykit, with black-coloured mirror cover and alloy wheels. No changes were made to the interior. Powertrain options also remain the same with 1.3-litre and 1.5-litre engines. Production lasted until October 2021 with 3,805 units sold.

Transmover
In November 2016, Toyota-Astra Motor introduced the Toyota Transmover (downgraded Avanza below the E grade) for fleet usage in the market. It also replaces the Vios-based Limo sedan for taxicab usage. After the 2019 facelift for the Avanza, the Transmover retained the previous front fascia while received improvements from the second facelift Avanza such as retuned suspension, digital air conditioner controls, and shark fin-type antenna.

Between November 2021 and January 2023, with the sale of the third-generation Avanza, the Transmover was the sole second-generation Avanza variant sold for fleet markets.

Malaysia
The second-generation Avanza was launched in Malaysia on 11 January 2012. Unlike the first-generation model, the car was not assembled in Malaysia in favour of the first-generation Perodua Alza. It was initially available in four grade levels: 1.3 E, 1.5 E, 1.5 G and 1.5 S (known in Indonesia as the Veloz). The 1.3-litre models was powered by the K3-VE VVT-i engine with a 5-speed manual transmission. while the 1.5-litre models was powered by the 3SZ-VE VVT-i engine with a 4-speed automatic transmission. The facelift version was launched in October 2015. In February 2018, the 1.5 X grade was added to the range and positioned above the 1.5 S. It had several aesthetic add-ons to give the exterior a more rugged, crossover-inspired appearance. The second facelift Avanza was launched in Malaysia on 17 May 2019, with all models received the front fascia from the Indonesian market Veloz. Three grade levels were offered: 1.5 E, 1.5 S and 1.5 S+. The blind spot monitor and rear-cross traffic alert safety equipment was offered on the 1.5 S+ grade. It was replaced by the W100 series Veloz in 2022.

Philippines
The second-generation Avanza was launched in the Philippines on 13 January 2012. It was available in three grade levels: 1.3 J, 1.3 E and 1.5 G. The first facelift was launched in September 2015 and the second facelift in May 2019 respectively. In October 2017, the fourth grade was added to the line up: 1.5 Veloz. In the 2019 facelift, the G and Veloz grades received a 6.8-inch infotainment screen.

The van version of the Avanza was also offered which was set below the base variant that has only two seats, without radio, no speaker (with radio and 2 speakers, optional) and has steel wheels. The second and third row seats are removed to make room for the cargo area. It was only offered in white colour and powered with a 1.3-litre engine (with 5-speed manual transmission only).

Singapore
The second-generation Avanza was available in Singapore from November 2013, slotting in the MPV segment as a more affordable choice below the Wish. Only the 1.5 S grade was available with a four-speed automatic transmission. The Avanza later received a facelift in early 2016 but was discontinued in November that year with the launch of the Sienta.

Thailand
The second-generation Avanza was available in Thailand from 10 January 2012 in three grade levels: the 1.5 E; available with a 5-speed manual transmission, 1.5 G and 1.5 S; available with a 4-speed automatic transmission. It received facelifts in 2015 and 2019, and was replaced by the W100 series Veloz in 2022.

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Daihatsu Xenia
Alongside the Avanza, Daihatsu also launched the second-generation Xenia on 9 November 2011 for sale in Indonesia only. It remained to serve as a more affordable alternative to the Avanza.

The Xenia was initially available in four different grade levels: 1.0 D, 1.0 M, 1.3 X and 1.3 R. The D, M and X grades came with the 5-speed manual transmission, while the R can have either a 5-speed manual or a 4-speed automatic unit. The D and M grades came powered with a 989 cc EJ-VE three-cylinder engine, while the X and R grades came powered by a 1.3-litre K3-VE four-cylinder unit. Both engines came equipped with Toyota's electronic fuel injection with VVT-i. Like the previous generation, the Xenia had accessories packages that acts as sub-variant, including Plus, Deluxe, Family and Sporty packages. Between 2011 and 2014, a flagship variant called R Attivo was offered. It offered a rugged body kit and the roof rails, giving a crossover-inspired look.

In May 2013, the Xenia was updated along with the Avanza to include improved safety and comfort equipment. Dual SRS airbags and seat belt warning indicator became standard in the lineup.

The Xenia received its first facelift in August 2015. The changes were the same as the Avanza, which consist of an updated fascia, headlights and taillights, and two-tone brown interior colour. The X and R grades received a newer engine, both became powered by a 1.3-litre 1NR-VE Dual VVT-i engine. The 1.0-litre engine option remains unchanged.

In August 2016, the 1.0-litre Xenia models were discontinued in favour of the smaller, front-wheel-drive Sigra.

A crossover-styled variant called the Custom was launched in November 2017, based on the R grade.

In January 2019, the Xenia received its second facelift. Like the Avanza, it consists of an updated front fascia with LED reflector headlights, side mirrors, and rear fascia. Other changes includes digital air conditioner, digital media head unit, auto retractable mirrors and revised suspension tunings. The keyless entry system with push start/stop engine button is not available on the Xenia. Alloy wheels were standard in the lineup. For the first time, the Xenia received a 1.5-litre 2NR-VE Dual VVT-i engine option, exclusive to the R Deluxe variant.

Similar to the Transmover, the base 1.3 X grade with manual transmission is the sole variant of the Xenia sold alongside the third-generation model since November 2021. Production of this model ended in January 2023.

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Safety
The African version of the Avanza with no ABS received 4-star safety rating for adult occupants and 2 stars for infants from Global NCAP in 2019.

ASEAN NCAP test results for the 2013 Toyota Avanza 1.3 E M/T (RHD): ASEAN NCAP test results for the 2013 Daihatsu Xenia 1.3 R M/T (RHD):

Third generation (W100/W150; 2021)
The third-generation Avanza was launched on 10 November 2021. Departing from the previous generations' rear-wheel-drive layout, it is based on the front-wheel drive-based Daihatsu New Global Architecture, riding on a full unibody chassis as opposed to the previous semi-unibody construction. Development was led by Daihatsu chief engineer Eiji Fujibayashi. Its exterior dimensions are longer by 205 mm and wider by 70 mm, creating a significantly larger footprint compared to the previous generations. The wheelbase has been increased by 95 mm, and the interior space is longer by 160 mm. Despite the longer body, its turning radius only slightly increased to 4.9 m and its weight is claimed to decrease by around 45 kg.

The 1.3-litre 1NR-VE and the 1.5-litre 2NR-VE engines received upgrades which increased their outputs by 1.5 kW. A split-gear CVT system called the "Dual-Mode CVT" (D-CVT) developed by Daihatsu has been adopted for automatic transmission models.

Indonesia
For the Indonesian market, grade levels for the Avanza consists of 1.3 E and 1.5 G, both available with either a manual transmission or CVT. Until September 2023, the 1.5 G grade was also available with advanced driver-assistance systems package branded as Toyota Safety Sense as an option.

Philippines
The third-generation Avanza was launched in the Philippines on 7 March 2022 and is offered in 1.3 J (manual only), 1.3 E (manual and CVT), and 1.5 G (CVT only) grade levels.

Vietnam
The Vietnamese model was launched on 22 March 2022 and is marketed as the Avanza Premio to distinguish it from the previous generation. Exclusively available with the 1.5-litre 2NR-VE engine, it is offered with two transmission options: manual and CVT. The latter is equipped with six airbags, Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) and Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA).

Bangladesh
The Bangladesh market Avanza was launched together with the Veloz and Raize on 5 June 2022, it is offered in a sole variant, powered by a 1.5-litre 2NR-VE engine, with CVT as standard.

Mexico
The third-generation Avanza was released in Mexico on 14 March 2022. Powered by the 1.5-litre 2NR-VE engine as standard powertrain, it is offered in LE (manual only) and XLE (CVT only) grade levels.

Peru
The third generation Toyota Avanza was launched in Peru in June 2022, with 4 variants available, powered by a 1.5-litre 2NR-VE engine, options between a 5-speed manual or CVT.

Costa Rica
For the Costa Rica market, Avanza was launched on 26 July 2022, it is offered solely in High Line trim, powered by a 1.5-litre 2NR-VE engine, with CVT as standard.

Toyota Veloz
The Veloz flagship grade level from the previous generation Avanza for some markets was spun off into a separate nameplate as the Toyota Veloz, which is marketed as an upscale alternative to the Avanza. The front fascia has been redesigned to distinguish itself from the Avanza, gaining a redesigned bumper, front hood, front and rear quarter panels, and the addition of faux roof rails, creating a crossover-inspired look. The rear end is differentiated by the integrated taillight design and a distinct bumper design. It is wider by 20 mm compared to the Avanza due to the inclusion of aero kits and side claddings. The model is also equipped with rear disc brakes, an electronic parking brake with brake hold, wireless charging pad, blue ambient lighting, a digital instrument cluster with 7-inch information display, along with other equipment. The 1.5-litre 2NR-VE engine is standard.

First assembled at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia Plant 2 in Karawang, West Java, separated from the Avanza, it has also been assembled by Perodua in Rawang, Selangor, Malaysia since 2022 to be sold locally and in Vietnam since November 2022 alongside the Avanza Premio.

Indonesia
Grade levels of the Veloz in Indonesia consists of base (manual and CVT) and 1.5 Q (CVT only), with an optional Toyota Safety Sense package for the latter.

Thailand
The Thai market Veloz was launched on 24 February 2022, which replaced the F650 series Avanza. It is offered in Smart and Premium grade levels, with CVT as standard. Toyota Safety Sense is standard for the Premium grade.

Vietnam
The Vietnamese model was launched on 22 March 2022 and is marketed as the Veloz Cross. It is offered in base and Top grade levels, with CVT as standard. Toyota Safety Sense is standard for the Top grade.

Brunei
The Bruneian market Veloz was introduced on 24 March 2022. It is offered only in 1.5 Q grade, with CVT as standard.

Philippines
The Philippine market Veloz was introduced on 29 April 2022. Locally positioned as a "subcompact SUV", it is offered in 1.5 G and 1.5 V grade levels, with CVT as standard. Toyota Safety Sense is standard for the 1.5 V grade. In September 2023, the base E CVT grade was added to the lineup.

Bangladesh
The Bangladesh market Veloz was launched together with the Avanza and Raize on 5 June 2022, it is offered in a sole variant, powered by a 1.5-litre 2NR-VE engine, with CVT as standard.

Malaysia
The Malaysian market Veloz was introduced on 18 October 2022, which replaced the F650 series Avanza. It is assembled at the Perodua plant in Rawang, Selangor. The model is equipped with daytime running lights instead of front halogen fog lights. Available in a single grade, Toyota Safety Sense (with additional adaptive cruise control) is standard.

GCC
The Veloz for GCC markets was launched in UAE on 5 February 2023, which replaced the F650 series Avanza. Locally positioned as an "SUV", it is offered in sole GX grade level, with CVT and Toyota Safety Sense as standard.

Daihatsu Xenia
The third-generation Xenia was launched at the 28th Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show on 11 November 2021. Contrary to the previous generations, the Xenia received a differentiated front fascia. Grade levels available are 1.3 M, 1.3 X, 1.3 R, and 1.5 R. Astra Daihatsu Styling (ADS) package with aero kits and other accessories is available for the R grade, while the flagship 1.5 R is available with optional advanced driver-assistance systems package branded as Advanced Safety Assist (ASA).

Perodua Alza (W150)
The Avanza-based second-generation Perodua Alza was introduced on 20 July 2022. It is offered in X, H and AV grade levels with the 1.5-litre 2NR-VE engine with D-CVT as the sole powertrain option. ASA 3.0 advanced driver-assistance systems package is standard on all grades. The model received a lower and more driver-oriented suspension settings, which made the Alza sit lower than the Avanza by 45 mm with a ground clearance of 160 mm. It is assembled at the Perodua plant alongside the Malaysian market Veloz.

The second generation Alza has been launched in Brunei on 3 May 2024. It was offered in H and AV variants.

Toyota Transmover
The production of second generation of Toyota Transmover began around July 2023. Just like the older model, it is exclusively available for Indonesian market, especially for taxi or company fleet usage. This model is equivalent to J trim for export market, which is not available in Indonesia. Only 1.3-litre engine and 5-speed manual transmission is available for this model.

Recall
In January 2024, Toyota issued a recall notice on 6,630 units of the Philippine market Avanza and Veloz produced between 12 September to 13 December 2022, which both models involved a fault during assembly caused damage to the front disc brake slide pin boot. The company stated that the affected units may have had rust which may lead to the early wear of the brake pads if any water enters the slide pin boots. Several days later, a separate recall was issued for the same vehicle in Indonesia and Philippines, which both models received improper welding on the side impact beam of the right front door. These may cause the strength of the welding could be insufficient and thus, may not offer enough protection and cause worse injuries to the occupants on the occasion that a side impact collision occurs. A total of 4,378 units in Indonesia produced in November 2022 and 2,756 units in the Philippines produced between 3 and 24 November 2022 were affected.

In February 2024, another recall was issued for the Avanza and Veloz marketed in Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines alongside the Malaysian market Perodua Alza. These vehicles received an incorrect tightening of the front shock absorber nuts, which may cause damage to the vehicle posing risk to stability. A total of 163,654 units in Indonesia produced between October 2021 to September 2023 and 36,930 units in the Philippines produced between January 2022 to September 2023 were affected.

Sales
By October 2011, there had been around 1 million Avanza/Xenia units sold, including around 113,000 exported units. In 2012, the Avanza/Xenia was the second best-selling MPV model globally after the Chrysler minivans.

By November 2018, around 2,750,576 units of Avanza/Xenia had been sold globally. The sales consisted of 1,714,196 Indonesian market Avanzas, 393,380 exported Avanzas, and around 643,000 Xenias.

Indonesia
Between 2006 and 2019, and in 2021, the Avanza held the position as the best-selling passenger car in Indonesia, before being overtaken by Honda Brio in 2020 and 2022 respectively.

By December 2019, the Avanza had sold around 1.8 million units in Indonesia.

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Hamish Blake

Hamish Donald Blake (born 11 December 1981) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, actor and author. Since 2003, he has worked with Andy Lee as part of the comedy duo Hamish and Andy. The pair have performed live and on television and radio, most notably with their drive-time radio program Hamish & Andy. As a solo performer, Blake has appeared on various Australian television programs, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's televised 2008 Great Debate, and has been a regular guest on TV programs such as Spicks and Specks, Rove, and Thank God You're Here.

In April 2012, Blake and Lee won a Logie Award for their television program Hamish and Andy's Gap Year. Individually, Blake is a two-time winner of the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television, winning the award in 2012 for Hamish and Andy's Gap Year and in 2022 for Lego Masters. In 2022, Blake was the recipient of the TV Week Bert Newton Award for most outstanding presenter.

Early life
Blake grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley. He is a middle child; his older brother, Lachlan, is a solicitor, and his sister, Sophie, has completed an arts degree. His parents, Noel and Kerry, separated when Blake was 17, with his father eventually remarrying. As a child, Blake says he was a fan of British comedy such as Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and Blackadder; as a teenager, he "worshipped" comedians Tony Martin and Mick Molloy. Blake was a member of the National Boys Choir of Australia during the late 1980s. He attended primary school at Glen Waverley South Primary, while he went to high school at Caulfield Grammar School and later at St Leonard's College, graduating in 1999.

After a gap year, Blake enrolled at the University of Melbourne in a Science/Commerce double degree. Blake recalled, "I'm interested in artificial intelligence and computer science. That stuff still fascinates me," he says. However, a few weeks into the semester, he met Andy Lee: "That was the turning point. The wheels quickly fell off my academic career." Blake eventually dropped out of university to pursue a career in comedy alongside Lee. Blake's first experience with comedy was when he entered a competition at university. He was broke at the time, and he hoped to win the $500 first prize. His stand-up performance earned him third place and qualified him for a statewide universities' final, which he won.

Hamish and Andy

Hamish Blake has collaborated with fellow comedian Andy Lee as the duo Hamish and Andy since 2003, when they performed their breakout show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, a stage production about a trip they had taken to North Queensland in Blake's old car. Soon after, they trained with SYN Radio, gaining a drive-time shift, and created a show called Radio Karate for RMITV on community-access television station Channel 31, which they created in collaboration with Ryan Shelton and several other school friends. Radio Karate won an Antenna Award for best comedy program at the inaugural National Community Television Awards in February 2004, and one month later they were offered a national comedy program on Australia's Seven Network.

The Hamish and Andy Show premiered on the Seven Network in March 2005, but it failed to achieve ratings success and was cancelled after two weeks. Reviewers acknowledged the duo's talent but criticised the show as "poorly executed". Blake says that while working on the show was a fun experience, they had little control over what happened and the way it went forward. Following the cancellation of The Hamish and Andy Show, they created a short mockumentary titled The Greystone 2800 about a couple who accidentally bought an open display home after failing to read the fine print on a housing purchase. The film won the Melbourne Comedy Festival Short Film competition and attracted the attention of comedian Rove McManus. This led to some small spots on McManus's Network Ten show Rove Live.

McManus's company, Roving Enterprises, also helped the duo develop Real Stories, a mock current affairs show that aired on Network Ten in 2006. Blake says that the experience of creating Real Stories was much more enjoyable than The Hamish and Andy Show because they had greater control over the series. Blake and Lee wrote, acted, directed, filmed, and produced the show with input from Ryan Shelton and Tim Bartley.

In 2006, Blake and Lee debuted a national drive-time radio show titled Hamish & Andy on the Today Network. The show quickly gained popularity, finishing 2006 with almost one million Melbourne listeners, ahead of 3AW's popular radio host Derryn Hinch. By August 2008, Blake and Lee's show was rating number one in four out of Australia's five major capital cities. By the beginning of 2009, the show was broadcast in all capital cities as well as many regional centres across the country.

In September 2008, it was announced that they would make a guest appearance on Ten's Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, which was hosted by Rove McManus. In the same year they also made a guest appearance on the Australian soap opera Neighbours.

On Wednesday 19 November 2008, at 7.30 pm, Hamish and Andy aired their own one-time episode, brought to you by Rove: Hamish & Andy Re-Gifted: A Very Early Christmas Special. This was to re-present everything they had accomplished in 2008 on Rove.

Hamish and Andy have also appeared on Channel Ten's Good News Week and The Project several times.

He is a founding member of a "rock-insult" band, Coolboys and the Frontman, along with Andy Lee and Jack Post.

Solo work
Blake has appeared on various Australian television series, including Spicks and Specks, Thank God You're Here, Twentysomething, Australia's Brainiest Comedian, The Librarians, The Panel, Rove, Talkin' 'bout your Generation and The Footy Show. He has also featured in the British version of Thank God You're Here. In 2008, he was a speaker for the negative team in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's annual televised Great Debate.

He had a monthly column in the Australian women's magazine Cosmopolitan. He was also the winner of the TV Fugly Award for Spunkiest Male TV Personality in 2008. Hamish Blake was voted the comedian of the year in 2007 by the Eather corporation. His compatriot Andy Lee was placed 14th for 2007. Blake also came first in 'Television's most powerful celebrity' for 2009; Lee came 19th.

On 20 January 2010, it was announced Hamish would be writing a column for the Herald Sun.

Hamish, along with his wife Zoë Foster Blake, has written a book on dating called Textbook Romance.

After scaling back his daily radio show to a weekly radio show and podcast, Hamish took on several new side projects. In 2011, Blake made an appearance in the ABC comedy Twentysomething, starring real-life best friends Jess Harris and Josh Schmidt. He also co-starred in his first feature film with Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords, Two Little Boys, shot in New Zealand Hamish joked: "I don't feel comfortable about cheating on Andy but now it's all out there. We've always had an open comedic relationship, but it was for one-night stands only, with no exchange of phone numbers. I've heard them [Andy and Jemaine Clement, Bret's comedic partner] whispering on the phone, plotting to do their own movie to release on the same day to sink ours."

In 2019, it was announced that Blake would be joining Nine Network's brand-new reality competition series titled Lego Masters Australia, as the series host alongside judge Ryan McNaught. In 2021, Nine announced that Blake would hast a new Lego Masters Christmas special spinoff series, titled Lego Masters Bricksmas Specials, which saw celebrities be paired up with former Lego Masters contestant over two episodes, competing for a $20,000 donation to the Kmart Wishing Tree.

In October 2022, Blake launched a podcast called How Other Dads Dad with Hamish Blake. The first season saw guests such as fellow fathers Rob Sitch, Adam Hills, Stan Grant, Max Gawn, Dave Hughes, and Ben Lee.

Personal life
Hamish is married to Zoë Foster Blake in 2012. They have two children: Sonny and Rudy.

E. J. Whitten Legends Game
In 2008 and 2009, Blake and working partner Lee played in the E. J. Whitten Legends Game. Lee played for Victoria, while Blake played for the All-Stars. Blake scored the winning goal for the All-Stars in 2008, and he kicked an additional two goals in 2009.

Mr. New York State 2011
As part of a stunt for the TV series Hamish and Andy's Gap Year, Andy entered Hamish into the Mr. New York State bodybuilding competition in the Heavyweight division. Due to a technicality in which Blake was the only contestant over 200 lb—the minimum requirement for a Heavyweight contender—he was awarded the title of Mr. New York State 2011 in the Heavyweight division.

Awards and nominations
In the 2024 King's Birthday Honours list, Blake was bestowed a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) "for service to the arts as an entertainer, and to the community".

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Talk:List of converts to Catholicism

Comments from 2005
Added a bunch, took some out. Wallace Stevens conversion seems to have been on his deathbed and is fairly highly disputed. Personally I think it'd be good to limit this to people who's conversion was in least somewhat noted in their lifetime. Like Oscar Wilde was going in that direction years before his actual deathbed conversion. Also it's noteworthy now for a certain ironic element. (Contemporary Catholicism being stricter on homosexuality than contemporary Anglicanism) I put Laxness in as his years as a Catholic were well known and mentioned in most biographies of him.

I put in some names of people that are seen solely as Catholics, but were in fact converts. In some cases they converted before they became noteworthy. I've considered putting Tolkien in, wasn't he originally Anglican?--T. Anthony 07:27, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * On further reading I wonder if I jumped the gun on Jing, he may've been born/raised a Catholic as Catholicism had been in China for generations at that point. Anyone know?--T. Anthony 02:01, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Neat additions from what I think is a newcomer. The articles on them make it a bit unclear when Griffiths, McLuhan, Pachman, and Vermeer became Catholic. I might add a bit on Griffiths and Vermeer to clarify that.--T. Anthony 13:08, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Looking at the "see also" section of List of converts to Islam they don't have the List of Critics of Islam, which includes former Muslims. I'm thinking I might take off the link to the "ex-Catholics." Yeah I know they're related concepts, I might just expand the see also so it's even less prominent section, going in line with the Muslim list.--T. Anthony 10:36, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Time frame
What is the time frame of this article? While one may not want to add Paul of Tarsus and other first Christians, where is Saint Augustine and Emperor Constantine? -Acjelen 04:40, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Good question. For a variety of reasons I think it'd be best to avoid people from before 1054 AD. For example Emperor Constantine is as much recognized as Orthodox as a Catholic. Outside of that I'm not sure.--T. Anthony 05:27, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

This article should be reorganized by former religion
For consistency reasons, this article should be reorganized by former religion.--Sefringle 03:31, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Feel free to do so.--T. Anthony 07:20, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Add
Someone should add the Osanna of Cattaro to the list... --PaxEquilibrium 00:11, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Removals
I've made a few, but one I'll mention is Elias Nelson Conway. According to the "Encyclopedia of Arkansas"

"At the height of the Know-Nothing era, Elias Conway attended some services of the Roman Catholic Church and was enthusiastically criticized for it in the Arkansas State Gazette and Democrat. In suggestive terms, a commentary and poem of December 14, 1855, characterized Conway’s relationship with Johnson—“Miss Nancy Con-a-way” and “the organ grinder”—and implied that his association with the Catholic Church and Bishop Andrew Byrne might give Conway “false notions of ‘connubial felicity.’” This was possibly directed at Conway’s presumed sexual orientation. Conway never married, and he never joined a specific religious denomination."--T. Anthony 07:38, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

 * I had to remove a great many references to get off spamblock. I might add some someday. Or others can.--T. Anthony 23:28, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Title vs content inconsistency
Title says Catholicism. Text says Roman Catholicism. Pick one.LeadSongDog 19:32, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't see the problem here. They are synonymous. I'm not Catholic, and although we refer to our church as being the "One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church", nobody is going to read Catholicism and suppose that it means Greek Orthodoxy (etc.). Catholic, in popular usage, is unambiguous, and Catholicism is even less so. I don't think your concern is really warranted.--C.Logan 20:05, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Converts to Anglicanism
There are a large number of people who convert to churches in the Anglican communion, sometimes from the RC church. But the process is not as vigorous, and some people, eg Margaret Thatcher, just drift in without being confirmed. Also Anglicans are less good at public relations and are not liable to make such conversions high profile.

Having said that, I'll try to start an article and any contributions would be welcome. Ausseagull (talk) 09:47, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Beryl Bainbridge
Could someone please produce some evidence? Ausseagull (talk) 21:25, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
 * http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/30th-november-2007/3/graham-greene-persuaded-me-to-become-catholic-says She converted after reading Graham Greene's The End of the Affair.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.2.200.229 (talk) 00:45, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

--Nguirado (talk) 00:07, 18 March 2014 (UTC)==Cleanup== I think that any unreferenced persons should be removed from this list, paring it down would make reorganization (by prior religion) much simpler and quicker. Reply here or on my talk page to discuss. Ncboy2010 (talk) 14:08, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Below you will find all the unreferenced items that I removed from the list, please re-add as reliable sources can be added.

User Ncboy is a self-proclaimed atheist and his actions are not based on policy, rather hate.

Many of the exclusions are famous converts, which Ncboy could annotate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.2.200.229 (talk) 00:50, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

For examble L. Brent Bozell, http://www.nndb.com/people/014/000363919/   also  http://www.catholicsocialscientists.org/CSSR/Archival/1997/1997_323.pdf   see page 325 paragraph 2  "Brent Bozell himself was a convert in his adolescent years."

Anne of Cleves... OMG http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/ACleves.html

I suppose there needs to be a citation that sun came up today. Ncboy the self proclaim atheism should be banned from contributing to article for which he holds animus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.2.200.229 (talk) 01:03, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Why are famous converts like John von Neumann excluded? He was an agnostic for most of his life and converted when he was near death. That's documented in his Wikipedia entry. Could it be because the creator of this article has animus towards the Church? Please don't let your hatred mess up Wikipedia. --Nguirado (talk) 00:07, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

A-D

 * Approximately 400 Anglican priests in the UK, along with some politicians such as Ann Widdecombe and John Gummer who objected in 1993 to the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Church of England (see Graham Leonard, below).
 * Harold Abrahams: British athlete; won gold medal in 100m at 1924 Summer Olympics; featured in 1981 film Chariots of Fire (converted from Judaism in 1934, after his athletic career concluded).
 * Creighton Abrams: General in U.S. Army; tank commander in WWII (M1 Abrams main battle tank named after him); led U.S. forces in Vietnam from 1968–72.
 * Mortimer Adler: editor of the Great Books series; American philosopher
 * Mehmet Ali Ağca: Turkish born who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981. he became a Catholic during his time in prison (Citation? While he expressed interest, his actual conversion seems very much in doubt.)
 * Fadhma Aït Mansour: Algerian singer
 * James Alison: Catholic priest and theologian
 * Magdi Allam: Egyptian-born Italian journalist and writer
 * Pablo Alvaro: Spanish knight
 * Anne of Cleves: Fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England.
 * Hadley Arkes: Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions at Amherst College
 * Augustus II of Saxony: German monarch
 * Arthur Avalon: British orientalist
 * Johann Christian Bach: German composer, eleventh son of Johann Sebastian Bach.
 * Edward Lowth Badeley: English ecclesiastical lawyer.
 * Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly: French novelist and short story writer
 * Maurice Baring: English dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist
 * Barlaam of Seminara: Greek-Italian humanist, philologist, and theologian
 * Binnie Barnes: British American actress, converted for her husband, Mike Frankovich
 * Aubrey Beardsley: English illustrator, leading figure in the Aesthetic movement
 * Peter Benenson: founder of human rights group Amnesty International
 * Jean-Baptiste Belin: French painter
 * Lennox Berkeley: English composer; converted in 1928
 * Samuel-Jacques Bernard: French financier
 * Basilios Bessarion: Leading fifteenth-century Greek humanist scholar. A leading Eastern bishop who worked for the reunion of Eastern and Western Churches at the Council of Florence; remained in the west and was made a Cardinal.
 * Charles Bewley: Irish ambassador to Germany in period before World War II.
 * Conrad Black: Canadian-British businessman and writer
 * Félix Houphouët-Boigny: first President of Côte d'Ivoire
 * Robert Bork: Leading Constitutional Law scholar, Yale Law School professor, U.S. Solicitor General, nominated for the United States Supreme Court
 * John Boswell: American historian, writer, educator
 * L. Brent Bozell, Jr.: American conservative activist and writer
 * Walter Brandmüller: German historian and priest, now cardinal
 * David-Augustin de Brueys: French theologian and dramatist
 * Hermann Broch: Austrian writer
 * Ferdinand Brunetière: French writer and critic
 * John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg: Germanic aristocrat, converted from Lutheranism, who employed Gottfried Leibniz
 * Buffalo Bill: American Old West legend (deathbed conversion)
 * Ismaël Bullialdus: French astronomer
 * Andrew Burnham: English Anglican Bishop of Ebbsfleet who converted in 2011 and became Catholic priest
 * James Burnham: Leader of the Trotskiyite movement who later became a conservative
 * Christopher Butler: English Benedictine and scholar
 * Thomas R.D. Byles: English priest who remained on board the RMS Titanic as she was sinking, hearing confessions and giving absolution.
 * Judith Cabaud: American-born French writer and musicologist.
 * Kit Carson: American frontiersman
 * Diana Serra Cary: Child actor (known as "Baby Peggy") from the silent era, took the name Serra from Junípero Serra
 * John Chapman OSB: Benedictine scholar who had previously been an Anglican deacon
 * G. K. Chesterton: English writer
 * Florent Chrestien: French satirist
 * Queen Christina of Sweden: Seventeenth-century monarch, abdicated throne to embrace Catholic faith
 * Colin Clark: British economist who later moved to Australia, one of the first to advocate the use of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
 * Brian Cleeve: Irish writer and broadcaster
 * Emily Coleman: American-born expatriate writer
 * Cornelia Connelly: American educator, founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus
 * Gary Cooper: Oscar-winning American film actor
 * Jacques de Coras: French poet
 * Michael Coren: British-Canadian writer and broadcaster
 * Philippe de Courcillon: French officer and author
 * Amelia Curran: Irish painter
 * André Dacier: French classical scholar and editor of texts
 * John Dobree Dalgairns: English theologian
 * Marcel Dassault: French aircraft industrialist
 * Christopher Dawson: English historian

 * Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne: French military leader
 * Brita Sophia De la Gardie, Swedish noble
 * Jules Doinel: founder of the modern 'Gnostic Church', convert in 1895

 * John Dowland: English composer
 * Jonathan Downes: English Cryptozoologist
 * Ernest Dowson: English poet
 * David Paul Drach: French Talmudic scholar
 * Faye Dunaway: Oscar-winning American actress

E-K

 * Ferdinand Eckstein: Danish-born German philosopher and playwright

Ronald Knox, Anglican minister, son of an Anglican bishop, and one of the greatest Catholic writers of the 20th century

 * Mark Elliot: Canadian broadcaster
 * Shusaku Endo: Japanese novelist who was baptized when his mother converted and remained Catholic
 * Veit Erbermann: German theologian and controversialist
 * E. E. Evans-Pritchard: British anthropologist
 * Thomas Ewing: U.S. Senator from Ohio who served as Secretary of the Treasury and first Secretary of the Interior

 * Tsuguharu Foujita: Japanese painter who took the name Leonardo on baptism.
 * Elizabeth Fox-Genovese: Historian; feminist turned anti-feminist; Founder of the Institute of Women's Studies; wife of Eugene D. Genovese
 * Johann Jakob Froberger: German composer and organist
 * André Frossard: French writer and journalist, member of the Académie française from 1987 to his death
 * Álvar García de Santa María: Spanish historian
 * Julia Gardiner Tyler: First Lady of United States (1844–45), widow of President Tyler
 * René Gâteaux: French mathematician
 * Peter Geach: one of the foremost contemporary British philosophers
 * Eugene D. Genovese: Award-winning historian of the American South and American slavery; first Marxist president of Organization of American Historians; husband of Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
 * Fritz Gerlich: German journalist
 * August Friedrich Gfrörer: German historian
 * Eric Gill: British sculptor, typographer and engraver
 * Newt Gingrich: American history professor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and author
 * René Girard: Franco-American anthropologist, converted through his research in human sciences
 * Rumer Godden: English author of children's books, novels concerning India, and books on Catholic mysticism
 * Lady Valerie Goulding (née Monckton): British-born, Irish-based disabilities activist and humanitarian
 * John Gray: English aesthetic poet and translator
 * Julien Green: French novelist
 * Graham Greene: British novelist
 * Vivien Greene: English authority on dolls' houses
 * Bede Griffiths: cleric/mystic who bridged Catholicism and Hinduism by converting to Roman Catholicism, entering the Order of St Benedictine (OSB) and running a Catholic ashram
 * Sir Alec and Lady Guinness: British actor and his wife
 * Sir John Gummer: Conservative British politician, 1993
 * Fabrice Hadjadj: French writer
 * Theodor Haecker: German writer, translator and cultural critic
 * Scott and Kimberly Hahn: American theologian, author, professor and his wife. Former Presbyterian minister.
 * Margaret Radclyffe Hall: English poet and novelist
 * Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: She wrote about being raised Jehovah's Witnesses, converted in part due to inspiration of the Catholic Worker Movement.
 * Frederick Hart: (1943–1999) American sculptor, best known for his public monuments and works of art in bronze, marble, and clear acrylic (a technique he coined as "sculpting with light"). Notable work – Ex Nihilo maquette, Hart's winning design for The Creation sculptures on the National Cathedral, Washington D.C. See Wikipedia for Frederick Hart.
 * Robert Stephen Hawker: English poet and antiquarian
 * June Haver: American actress who considered becoming a nun after converting; became wife of Fred MacMurray
 * Susan Hayward: Oscar winning American actress, who converted with her second husband Eaton Chalkley
 * Anna Haycraft (aka Alice Thomas Ellis): British novelist. Raised as a Positivist she became a conservative Catholic critic of the Second Vatican Council
 * Carlton Hayes: Historian and United States Ambassador to Spain during World War II
 * Isaac Thomas Hecker: founder of the Paulist order, spent time at Brook Farm
 * Richard Heller-Nicholas, poet and author, converted to Roman Catholicism at 22 years of age.
 * Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse: German nobleman
 * Elisabeth Hesselblad: Swedish nurse and nun; she was beatified
 * Ernest Hemingway: American novelist, soldier and traveller
 * King Henry IV of France
 * Dietrich von Hildebrand: German theologian
 * James Hope-Scott: English lawyer connected to the Oxford Movement
 * Gerard Manley Hopkins: English poet and writer; Jesuit priest
 * Doc Holliday: American gambler and gunfighter

 * Bob Hope: Comedian and comic actor.
 * Mieczysław Horszowski: Polish pianist
 * Stephen Hough: British-Australian classical pianist
 * Albert Hourani: Anglo-Lebanese historian and orientalist
 * Thomas Howard: American writer and scholar

 * Joris-Karl Huysmans: French novelist
 * Laura Ingraham: American conservative talk radio host and author.
 * Princess Irene of the Netherlands: her conversion, related to her marrying a Carlist, became something of a national issue.
 * Levi Silliman Ives: Episcopal Church of the USA Bishop of North Carolina.
 * Władysław II Jagiełło: King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
 * James II of England: English monarch
 * Jiao Bingzhen: Chinese painter and astronomer
 * Jörg Jenatsch: Swiss political leader during the Thirty Years' War
 * Bobby Jindal: Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana
 * Casey Jones, American railroad engineer
 * Walter B. Jones U.S. politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives
 * Ernst Jünger: German writer and philosopher
 * Kim Dae-jung: 15th President of South Korea

 * Sheila Kaye-Smith: English poet (with her husband in 1929)
 * Katharine, Duchess of Kent: musical member of the British Royal Family
 * Willmoore Kendall: Trotskiyite activist who became a conservative political scientist
 * Joyce Kilmer: American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer and editor
 * Orest Kiprensky: leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism
 * Russell Kirk: American historian, moralist and social critic
 * Ronald Knox: English theologian turned Roman Catholic priest and monsignor
 * Dean Koontz: American novelist. Converted in college
 * Ozana Kotorska: Serbian mystic and Anchoress
 * Peter Kreeft: an apologist for Christianity, professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College, and author of many books
 * Fritz Kreisler: Austrian violinist and composer
 * Leopold Kronenberg: Polish banker
 * Albert Küchler: Danish painter
 * Lawrence Kudlow: American supply-side economist and cable TV talk show host
 * William Kurelek: Canadian painter.
 * Stephan Kuttner: German Canonist
 * Demetrios Kydones: Byzantine theologian, writer and statesman

L-P

 * George Parsons Lathrop: Poet and writer
 * Rose Hawthorne Lathrop: Founder of Dominican nuns serving those with cancer, daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne
 * Christopher Lee (historian): British writer, political & constitutional historian and broadcaster
 * Gertrud von Le Fort: German writer of novels, poems, and essays
 * Graham Leonard: former Anglican Bishop of London
 * Ignace Lepp: French psychiatrist and author
 * Shane Leslie: Irish diplomat and writer
 * Denise Levertov, British-American poet
 * William Levy (actor), Cuban-American actor
 * Saunders Lewis: Welsh writer
 * Torgny Lindgren: Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy from 1991
 * Paulina Longworth: Daughter of Alice Roosevelt Longworth
 * Arthur Lourié: Russian composer
 * Clare Boothe Luce: editor, author, journalist, congresswoman, ambassador, wife of Henry Luce
 * Gertrud Luckner: German British-born righteous among the Nations
 * Arnold Lunn: English writer
 * Jean-Marie Lustiger: Cardinal Archbishop of Paris
 * William P. Longley: American gunfighter
 * James McAuley: Australian poet, converted in 1952.
 * Claude McKay: African American poet and writer
 * Alasdair MacIntyre: Scottish-born moral and political philosopher
 * Ford Madox Ford: English writer, converted at age 19.
 * Pierre Magnol: French botanist
 * Gustav Mahler: Austrian classical composer
 * Sara Maitland, British writer
 * Curzio Malaparte: Italian journalist and writer
 * Henry Edward Manning: Widowed Anglican priest who later became a Catholic Cardinal
 * Gabriel Marcel: Existentialist philosopher, converted in adulthood.
 * Ferdinand Marcos: Former President of the Philippines, born as an Aglipayan
 * Countess Constance Markievicz (née Gore-Booth): Irish nationalist, politician and, between 1916 and 1923, a revolutionary
 * Jacques Maritain: Neo-Thomist philosopher
 * Raïssa Maritain: Poet and Philosopher
 * Basil W. Maturin: Irish-born Anglican priest who later became a Catholic priest and writer, died on board the RMS Lusitania
 * Claire McCaskill: US Senator from Missouri
 * Norma McCorvey: anonymous plaintiff in Roe vs Wade
 * Marshall McLuhan: Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar
 * Carlos Menem: President of Argentina
 * Thomas Merton: American Trappist monk and spiritual writer
 * Frank Meyer: political philosopher, co-founder of National Review magazine
 * Alice Meynell: Poet, suffragist
 * Joseph Mielziner: French-born American theatrical scenic and costume designer
 * Lorenzo Milani: Italian priest and educator
 * Czesław Miłosz: Polish Nobel prize winning poet
 * Walter Michael Miller, Jr.: American science fiction writer, author of A Canticle for Leibowitz
 * David Mills: executive editor of the journal First Things
 * Sherman Minton: United States Supreme Court justice
 * George Jackson Mivart: English biologist
 * Alexander Montgomerie: Scottish poet
 * Charles Moore: British journalist
 * Jan Andrzej Morsztyn: Polish poet and writer
 * Malcolm Muggeridge: British writer and journalist (his wife, Kitty, was received into the Church at the same time)
 * Paul Mulla: Turkish scholar and professor of Islamic Studies at the Pontifical Oriental Institute
 * Adam Müller: German political philosopher and economist
 * Les Murray: Australian poet and literary critic
 * Jim Nabors: actor portraying "Gomer Pyle" and singer
 * Takashi Nagai: Japanese medical doctor, victim of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
 * Bernard Nathanson: American medical doctor and fetologist, former abortionist, active leader in the pro-life movement until his death
 * Patricia Neal: Oscar winning actress (Hud, 1963), converted months before she passed away in 2010
 * Richard John Neuhaus: Priest, founder and editor of the journal First Things
 * John von Neumann: A leading twentieth century mathematician, most well known for contributions to game theory, the mathematical formalization of quantum mechanics, and the theory and development of computers.
 * John Henry Newman: Anglican clergyman, theologian, and leader of the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement who converted to Roman Catholicism in the 1840s, and was later appointed Cardinal-Deacon
 * Keith Newton: Anglican bishop who converted to Roman Catholicism in the 2011, and was appointed after priest's ordination as Ordinary of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham
 * Sister Nirmala: Successor to Mother Teresa as head of her worldwide order (first generation Indian of Nepalese extraction) on behalf of the poor, the Missionaries of Charity, coming from Brahminism, the highest caste of Hinduism
 * Joshua Nkomo: Leader of Matabele tribe in Zimbabwe who helped bring about the demise of white-minority rule in then-Rhodesia.
 * Robert Novak: From nominal Judaism. Leading Washington journalist, syndicated columnist, and conservative commentator.
 * Alfred Noyes: He wrote about his conversion to Catholicism in The Unknown God
 * Helena Nyblom: Swedish children's writer
 * Natalija Obrenović: Queen Consort (1882–1889) and Regent (1889–1891) of Serbia
 * Jacques Offenbach: composer and cellist
 * Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani: Georgian writer
 * William Edwin Orchard (1877-1955) British author, Presbyterian and Congregationalist minister.
 * Johann Friedrich Overbeck: German painter
 * Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski: Polish writer and journalist
 * Henry Nutcombe Oxenham: English theologian (some leanings toward the Old Catholic Church)
 * Ludek Pachman: Czechoslovakian chess grandmaster
 * Coventry Patmore: English poet
 * Danica Patrick: American Auto Racer
 * Floyd Patterson: American boxer
 * Christopher de Paus: Norwegian land owner, known as philanthropist and art collector
 * Péter Pázmány: Hungarian philosopher, theologian, orator and statesman
 * Joseph Pearce: English writer
 * Paul Pellisson: French author
 * Walker Percy: American writer
 * Charice Pempengco: a Filipino singer, converted from the cult Iglesia ni Cristo
 * Johann Pistorius: German controversialist and historian
 * Linda Poindexter: former Episcopalian priest, wife of former National Security Advisor John Poindexter
 * John Hungerford Pollen: English artist and writer
 * Ramesh Ponnuru: political columnist, author, and a senior editor of National Review magazine
 * Peter Poreku Dery: Ghanaian Cardinal
 * Katherine Anne Porter: American writer, on and off convert
 * Vincent Price: American actor, converted after marrying his third wife (actress Coral Browne, also a convert)
 * Augustus Pugin: English-born architect, designer and theorist of design

Q–Z

 * Marc-André Raffalovich: French poet and writer
 * Andrew Michael Ramsay: Franco-Scottish writer
 * Clemente Rebora: Italian poet and Rosminian priest
 * R. R. Reno: Editor of the journal First Things
 * Peter le Page Renouf: Egyptologist from Guernsey
 * Alphonse Ratisbonne: French banker
 * Gerard Reve: Dutch writer
 * Alma Reville: Actress and assistant director who was married to Alfred Hitchcock for over 50 years and worked with him on projects.
 * Knute Rockne: football coach at the University of Notre Dame
 * Frederick Rolfe: English novelist and eccentric
 * William S. Rosecrans Union General in American Civil War
 * Joseph Rovan: French philosopher and politician
 * Edmund Rubbra: English composer
 * Peter Paul Rubens: prolific 17th-century Flemish painter, proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality.
 * Thomas Fortune Ryan, U.S. tobacco and transportation magnate
 * Nazli Sabri: Queen consort of Egypt
 * Maurice Sachs: French writer
 * Siegfried Sassoon: English poet and author
 * Max Scheler: German philosopher
 * Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel: German poet, critic and scholar
 * Alfred Schnittke: Russian composer
 * Dutch Schultz: American gangster (for his wife)
 * E.F. Schumacher: Economist and author of "Small is Beautiful"
 * Elizabeth Ann Seton: foundress of the 'American Sisters of Charity and first U.S.-born person to be canonized.
 * Francesco Severi: Italian mathematician
 * Frances Shand Kydd: mother of Diana, Princess of Wales
 * William Tecumseh Sherman: American soldier, businessman, and author (re-baptized as a child by his adoptive parents after he was orphaned)
 * Angelus Silesius: German mystic and poet
 * Edith Sitwell: Eccentric British poet
 * Sixtus of Siena: From Judaism, theologian believed to have coined the word "deuterocanonical"
 * Skanderbeg: Albanian hero
 * Richard Simpson: British writer and literary scholar
 * Wesley Sneijder: Dutch international footballer
 * David Snellgrove: English Buddhologist and Tibetologist
 * Delia Smith: British cooking expert and cookbook writer
 * Tony Snow: Political commentator, columnist, television news anchor, radio host, and third White House Press Secretary under President George H.W. Bush
 * Queen Sofia: Greek princess who converted to marry King Juan Carlos I of Spain
 * Reinhard Johannes Sorge: German dramatist and poet
 * Etsuro Sotoo: Japanese sculptor
 * Muriel Spark: British novelist (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
 * Ignatius Spencer: British Passionist priest, son of the 2nd Earl Spencer

 * Henri Spondanus: French Catholic jurist and historian
 * Jean de Sponde: French poet
 * Friedrich Staphylus: German theologian
 * Ellen Gates Starr: American social reformer
 * Nicholas Steno, Niels Stensen: Danish physician and scientist, pioneer of modern geology (Beatified by Pope John Paul II)
 * Edith Stein: Philosopher, Catholic nun; Jewish by birth, died in a concentration camp during World War II; canonized a saint (St. Teresia Benedicta of the Cross, her monastic [Carmelite] name) in 1998 by Pope John Paul II.
 * Karl Stern: Jewish German psychiatrist
 * John Lawson Stoddard: American writer, hymn writer and lecturer
 * Sven Stolpe: Swedish writer
 * Francis Stuart: Irish nationalist writer and novelist; son-in-law of Maud Gonne, also a convert
 * Su Xuelin: Chinese author and academic
 * Montague Summers, author, former Church of England deacon
 * Mary Surratt, first woman executed by the United States federal government
 * Graham Sutherland: English painter
 * Jón Sveinsson: Icelandic children's writer
 * Italo Svevo: Italian businessman and author of novels, plays, and short stories
 * Madame Swetchine: Russian writer and mystic
 * Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux: French writer
 * Alfred Tarski: Polish logician and mathematician (converted for social reasons)

 * Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, daughter of a Mohawk warrior
 * Sir John Thompson: the fourth Prime Minister of Canada
 * Alice B. Toklas: lover and confidante of Jewish writer and poet Gertrude Stein
 * J. R. R. Tolkien: British novelist (his mother converted when he was a small child and he was re-baptized)
 * Valentin Tomberg: Russian Christian mystic and polyglot scholar
 * Tran Le Xuan: Wife of Ngo Dinh Nhu
 * Meriol Trevor: British biographer, novelist and children's writer
 * Lars von Trier: Danish film director
 * Margaret Trudeau: Wife of late former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau
 * Malcolm Turnbull: Australian republican politician
 * Victor Turner: British anthropologist
 * Samuel Tuke: English army officer and playwright
 * Julia Gardiner Tyler: widow of President Tyler
 * Brahmabandhab Upadhyay: Bengali theologian and social reformer
 * Sigrid Undset: Norwegian novelist, Nobel Prize (1928)
 * Sheldon Vanauken: American author
 * Paul Verlaine: French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.
 * Karl Freiherr von Vogelsang: Austrian politician
 * Joost van den Vondel: Dutch poet
 * Johannes Vermeer: Dutch painter who converted in 1653
 * Robert F. Wagner: U.S. Senator from New York, author of Wagner Act, father of mayor of New York City
 * Bruno Walter: Austrian-born conductor and composer, who converted near the end of his life
 * Françoise-Louise de Warens: Swiss benefactress and mistress of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
 * Evelyn Waugh: British writer
 * John Wayne: Oscar-winning American film actor (converted shortly before his death; all his wives and children were Catholics)
 * Zacharias Werner: German poet, dramatist and preacher
 * Mary Wesley: British writer and novelist
 * E. T. Whittaker: Mathematician who converted in 1930, later served at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
 * Ann Widdecombe: Conservative British politician, 1993
 * Oscar Wilde: Irish novelist, playwright and wit (reportedly converted on his deathbed)
 * Richard Williamson: English Bishop
 * Mary Lou Williams: Jazz pianist
 * Paul Williams: British professor at the University of Bristol. he was a Buddhist for many years
 * Tennessee Williams: major American playwright and one of the prominent playwrights of the twentieth century
 * Michael Willmann: German painter
 * Johann Joachim Winckelmann: one of the founding fathers of modern archaeology
 * Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick grandson of the Duke of Kent
 * Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of the Duke of Kent
 * Gene Wolfe: science fiction writer
 * Jane Wyman: Oscar-winning American actress, first wife of movie star Ronald Reagan, who would become the 40th President of the United States
 * Xu Guangqi (Baptismal name: Paul Xu): Chinese mathematician, one of the earliest Chinese converts
 * R. V. Young: Literary critic and columnist
 * Robert Charles Zaehner: British orientalist and religious scholar
 * Carol Zaleski: Religion scholar and writer
 * Zheng Zhilong: Chinese merchant, admiral, occasional pirate
 * Israel Zolli, former chief Rabbi of Rome who was received into the Church with his wife in 1945; he took as his Christian name Eugenio.

Former Catholics

 * Mary Kathleen Valentine Ackland, English poet: converted and left twice, in between which she was a member of the Communist Party
 * Spyrydon Babskyi, Ukrainian hierarch for different Orthodox jurisdictions, who served some years as Catholic priest.
 * Annie Dillard, renowned nature writer (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) who converted during the early 1990s but left the Church during the 2000s.
 * Rod Dreher – Conservative "Crunchy Con" columnist who converted to Catholicism from Methodism and then later converted to Eastern Orthodoxy.
 * David Kirk: Mississippi-born and reared (as a Baptist) civil rights activist who became a (Melkite) Catholic priest, but late in life converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity
 * Robert Lowell: American poet who converted to Catholicism in 1940 but left the Church after only a few years.
 * Edward Gibbon English historian and author of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, who converted to Catholicism as a young man but later renounced the faith and became anti-Christian.

Bringing some back with sources
Although I understand why it was cut back, man was it ever cut back! Some of the most famous converts, including saints and theologians, were taken off for a time there. (Maybe the person thought St. Edith Stein had always been Catholic?) But reviving it in full, exempting those who should have never been on it, is looking like a bigger job than I'm willing to do so I may stop now.--T. Anthony (talk) 04:35, 3 April 2013 (UTC) Lana Turner converted when she was a child but she was married many times, I think she didn't practice after a certain period in her life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.115.2.245 (talk) 01:38, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Not moved. Non-admin closure. Per recent related WP:CFD discussion and WP:SNOW, both unanimously pointing in the same direction. Debresser (talk) 17:20, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

List of converts to Catholicism → List of converts to the Catholic Church – Per WP:CONSISTENCY with Catholic Church. Catholicism also redirects to Catholic Church. This previous move is problematic. The user who asserts that "People convert to Catholicism, not the Church" perhaps didn't investigate the Nicene Creed. Chicbyaccident (talk) 12:28, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose per everything that has been said in the recent CfD discussion on the topic, and also this one and this one (still open) and this one and this one (still open) and this one and also this RM of Portal:Catholicism etc. (Pinging participants in these discussions:  ). You keep bringing up this argument that Catholicism redirects to Catholic Church, and people keep telling you that although the redirect may be legit, the meaning of the terms are not identical. Looking up, the Oxford Dictionary defines Catholicism as 1. The faith, practice, and church order of the Roman Catholic Church. 1.1 Adherence to the forms of Christian doctrine and practice which are generally regarded as Catholic rather than Protestant or Eastern Orthodox. and Merriam-Webster defines Catholicism as 1. Roman Catholicism (itself defined as the faith, doctrine or polity of the Roman Catholic Church) and 2. the faith, practice or system of Catholic Christianity. So, basically, according to these definitions, the term Catholicism refers to faith, practice, doctrine, church order, polity or system, but does not equate with the Catholic Church itself. Place Clichy (talk) 16:37, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose per above. On top of that, the pro-argument of the Nicene Creed is irrelevant for this discussion since the Nicene Creed has been adopted by many other churches next to the Catholic Church. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:45, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose Catholicism is wider than the Catholic Church. Dimadick (talk) 17:52, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Strongly oppose. Thank you for alerting me. Yes, Catholicism redirects to Catholic Church. I understand the reasoning for this, because there is semantic overlap and having two separate articles would make things confusing and result in scope-related disputes. I understand why "Catholic Church" has been chosen as the article's title; it refers to the institution and the community, and thus allows the article to detail the Church's doctrine and worldview (Catholicism) since that is a major part of the Catholic Church's notability. But when religious conversion is discussed, the focus is on the faith, the worldview, the theology, the doctrine, not the community or the institution. Catholicism is a belief system, the Catholic Church is the community built on that belief system. I don't know what the Nicene Creed has to do with this; one of the main reasons why the Creed is so notable is because it is considered the standard and backbone of Christianity almost everywhere, even after all the schisms Christianity has experienced. Conversion to Catholicism is more than having your name added to a list. It's an adoption of a new theology and lifestyle. So changing the name of a category about religious conversion from a focus on ideology to a focus on the institution makes no sense, especially if the members of the category stay exactly the same.  — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  18:38, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose per everything above, and probably a snow close. StAnselm (talk) 19:18, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose per above. Daask (talk) 21:36, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose Don't care about consistency; look at WP:NAMINGCRITERIA for precision. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 01:29, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

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Should this be merged to List of converts to Christianity
It's a denomination of Christianity so should be merge this page with this? List of converts to Christianity 2600:1700:12F0:2370:410F:9878:1050:FC99 (talk) 02:33, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

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Andy Lee (comedian)

Andrew Thomas Lee (born 24 May 1981) is an Australian comedian, television presenter, musician and children's writer. He is known for working alongside Hamish Blake as part of the comedy duo Hamish & Andy.

Personal life
Andy Lee is the middle child of Michael and Margaret Lee. Lee has a younger sister, Alex Miles, who writes pantomimes and stars in the comedy stage show Porky Pies. He also has an older brother, Cameron, with whom Lee started the band Zoophyte.

Lee attended Balwyn Primary School and Camberwell Grammar School. He was also a member of the Scouting Movement, performing in Camberwell Showtime and Melbourne Gang Show. He then went on to study Commerce at the University of Melbourne, where he met comedic partner Hamish Blake in 2001.

In 2006, Lee was announced as Cleo's Bachelor of the Year.

Lee previously dated Megan Gale. They ended their relationship in 2010.

In January 2015, it was announced that Lee was dating model Rebecca Harding. The pair briefly separated in July 2016, but reconciled a few months later. While rumours have flown the couple have been engaged since 2021, Lee confirmed on the 02 May 2024 episode of the Hamish and Andy podcast that he had proposed to her the previous Sunday.

Lee is a supporter of the Carlton Football Club and has worked for the club in off-field roles with Carlton members.

Hamish & Andy

Lee and Blake teamed with Ryan Shelton and several others to create a show called Radio Karate for RMIT University's student television company RMITV, broadcast on community-access television station Channel 31. They also trained with, and appeared on, RMIT's student radio station SYN, and they subsequently had a few spot projects on FOX FM.

Lee and Blake then hosted a televised comedy programme on Australia's Seven Network, The Hamish and Andy Show, which was shortly cancelled after bad ratings. Critics acknowledged their talent but panned the show as poorly executed. Since this show, Lee and Blake have almost always performed together. They are now consistently referred to as Hamish & Andy. Another early TV project the duo took part in creating was the mockumentary TV show Real Stories (not to be confused with True Story, a later series by the pair).

Blake and Lee hosted the national (Hit Network) drive-time radio program Hamish & Andy that ran between 4 pm and 6 pm, Monday to Friday. In 2011, the program was cut back to a weekly Friday show due to the duo wanting to pursue other opportunities. The radio show was considered to be immensely successful, scoring top positions in the radio ratings in the crucial Sydney and Melbourne markets (as well as Perth). Their audience share was around 20%, which is the highest ever recorded for a national FM show in Australia.

Lee won the first series of Joker Poker, a celebrity poker show in which contestants win money for charity. He appeared on the Network Ten program Australia's Brainiest Comedian.

He was selected as one of the entrants to the Who's Who in Australia 2011 edition.

On 10 May 2010, Andy and Hamish appeared on the TV show Good News Week.

In 2011, the duo made a deal with Channel Nine, creating a ten-part series called Gap Year: New York. In 2012, the comedy duo created a second Gap Year season, titled Hamish and Andy's: Euro Gap Year, in which the two travelled throughout Europe leading up to the 2012 London Olympic Games. In 2013, they continued the Gap Year series, creating a third season titled Hamish & Andy's Gap Year Asia. In 2014, they completed their fourth and final gap year in South America, aptly titled Hamish & Andy's Gap Year South America. Other projects the pair have worked on include a weekly podcast (as opposed to when they worked on the radio) on the PodcastOne network as well as the aforementioned TV series True Story.

Solo work
Lee released an educational times table CD in 2003, The Sing Along Times Table CD Book. The CD was re-discovered in 2005/2006 after an "alert listener" informed Blake, causing him to tease Lee about it on their radio show.

Lee was a founding member of Melbourne band Zoophyte, along with his brother Cameron. In 2007, Lee had retired from the band due to other commitments, but he occasionally appeared as a guest at gigs.

In 2015, Lee formed Coolboys and the Frontman with comedic partner Hamish Blake and producer Jack Post.

In 2016, Lee surprised his nephew George for his first birthday by authoring what was supposed to be a one-off single-copy children's book called Do Not Open This Book, featuring illustrations by Heath McKenzie. However, the book became very successful, leading to widespread publication and an award-winning series over the next several years. As of 2021, there are 30 items in the Do Not series, including several books.

Ahead of the 2020 AFL season, Seven Network's The Front Bar announced that Lee would join original hosts Andy Maher, Mick Molloy and Sam Pang as a regular cast member.

In early 2021, he was the host and executive producer of the Australian version of the game show The Cube on Network 10. He also hosted The Hundred with Andy Lee on the Nine Network in 2021.

During the 2021–22 Ashes series, Lee served as a commentator on Triple M's coverage.

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