ARGUABLY one of Malaysian TV’s most flamboyant and loved personalities, Aznil Nawawi declares that he is a public-speaking aficionado.

From school days, he was into any activity that involved public speech, be it debate or story-telling competitions.

A familiar face in the local entertainment industry for almost 17 years, local media has dubbed him as ‘The Most Watched Face’ on television.

Aznil started off his career in front of the camera in 1990 as a newsreader and broadcast journalist for TV3.

He then moved on to host entertainment programmes and dabbled in producing as well.

After four rewarding years with TV3, he turned to freelance work. His appearance over almost all local TV stations (RTM, TV3, ASTRO and ntv7) is noticeable then.

Among the highlights of his career was hosting the immensely popular and long-running Pop Kuiz for six years, as well as well-known entertainment events Juara Lagu, Anugerah Skrin, Anugerah Planet Muzik and more recent entertainment reality TV show sensation Akademi Fantasia (which he hosted for all five seasons!).

He also hosted Melodi on TV3 for a year before signing an exclusive contract with ASTRO in October 2004, where he was appointed as ASTRO’s Creative Consultant and Astro TV host.

He then launched his variety show called Macam Macam Aznil which have create waves nationwide. Fresh of the success of the award-winning talkshow, and seeing his good rapport with children, he then created Tom Tom Back - a variety show tailor-made for kids!

Plus, he also hosts Carta Era on Sunday mornings on Era, the top Malay radio station under Astro.

The consummate entertainer, Aznil has never allowed personal setbacks to affect his work.

In recognition, he was awarded the Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian for two consecutive years for the Most Popular Television Host in 2003 and 2004, Media Hiburan Achievement Award 2004 and Anugerah Sri Angkasa’s Best TV Host 2004.

In year 2004, he was also listed as one of the Best Asian TV Host during the 2004 Asia TV Awards in Singapore.

To add up the list, his No.1 ranking talk show program aired over ASTRO has also been listed as one of the finalists for the Asia’s Best Talk Show Program category in the upcoming 2005's Asia TV Awards!

The man of many talents also sing and act - and his latest foray into acting was in KRU Films' 2006 box-office hit, Cicak Man. He played the 'annoying but lovable villain' called Professor Klon. He also released two singles called Jangan Cepat Marah and Professor Klon!

He hosts, he sings, he acts, he directs - Aznil is a man of many talents and he is a force to be reckoned with.