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How on earth did they let me in to Australia?

Spot the difference: One is a notorious criminal from Melbourne, made famous in the Underbelly TV series, the other is a digital media and technology specialist living in Sydney, yet to be made famous.

This is the photo I used on my visa application and didn’t realise quite how much it made me look like Mark Moran the gangster.

When I googled my name (sad I know!) the first thing that came up was this mugshot of him. I couldn’t believe it. My task to get myself know is Sydney suddenly got a lot harder. From the day I arrived in Sydney I decided to call myself Mark David Moran wherever possible. I figured I would be able to make a name for myself a lot quicker than competing directly with a household name.

At some point I hope to be above him in Google but I don’t think it will happen any time soon - unless I start shooting people ;-)

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  1. May 10th, 2009 at 12:49 | #1

    Too funny mate! I must admit when I first saw your name I did a bit of a double take too, proof you’re right to worry. ;)

    Do say gday if we cross wakes on the Harbour somewhere….

    Cheers - The Fat Paddler

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    May 11th, 2009 at 04:31 | #2

    I’ll look out for you… I’m the one in the big red kayak, totally knackered and red-faced ;-)

  3. June 3rd, 2009 at 21:31 | #3

    we use the same theme

  4. You are such a bellend
    January 21st, 2010 at 19:07 | #4

    None of those picture look alike!
    Get a life!

  5. Whhaaattt???
    January 21st, 2010 at 19:10 | #5

    After watching Underbelly and just seeing ‘mark moran’ get shot i was intrigued to see what he looked like in real life.
    Its a pretty good match, i must admit!

    You however??! How on earth did they let you into Australia… because you look absolutely NOTHING like Mark Moran, in the series or in real life!!

    I agree with the guy above… you are a bellend!

  6. January 28th, 2010 at 10:16 | #6

    Thanks Guys - haven’t heard anyone being called a bellend since primary school - I didn’t realise people still said that. Very funny. And both the comments came from the same IP address within 3 minutes of each other… hmmm….

    All I can say is that it was other people that pointed out the likeness to me - so there must be something in it.

    By the way, watch out for Underbelly 3 - there is a wanker in it that looks just like you :-)

  7. February 6th, 2010 at 09:56 | #7

    LOL funny post…

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