Colin Hay

Colin Hay
Hay performing in 2018
Background information
Birth nameColin James Hay
Born (1953-06-29) 29 June 1953
Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • musician
  • songwriter
  • actor
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active1978–present
Labels
Member of
SpouseCecilia Noël
Websitecolinhay.com

Colin James Hay (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-Australian musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and the sole continuous member of the band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist. Hay is a member of the band Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.

Hay has made appearances in movies such as Cosi (1996) and in television shows such as The Resident, The Larry Sanders Show, JAG, The Mick Molloy Show, A Million Little Things, and Scrubs. In Scrubs, he performs an acoustic version of the Men at Work hit "Overkill" in the first episode of the second season titled, My Overkill, along with a bit of the acoustic version of "Down Under" during a cutaway of the second episode of the seventh season titled, My Hard Labor. His music also appeared in the television series What About Brian, The Black Donnellys, Cane, and the BBC medical drama Casualty.