Charles John "Chas" Licciardello (born 10 May 1977) is an Australian comedian and member of satirical team The Chaser.

In 2012, Licciardello co-hosted Planet America on ABC News with John Barron, covering the US election of that year.

In early 2016 Licciardello resumed his hosting duties of Planet America, in the lead up to the 2016 U.S. presidential and congressional elections in November 2016.

In 2020, Planet America was moved to the primetime slot of 9.30pm on Wednesday evenings on the primary ABC TV channel, to cover the 2020 US election campaign.

is typically co-hosted with Dr David Smith, an associate professor at the University of Sydney's United States Study Centre.

[5][6] On 14 July 2006, Licciardello attended a National Rugby League football match between the Canterbury Bulldogs and the St George Illawarra Dragons as part of a stunt for The Chaser's War on Everything that was meant to satirise the then-recent violent actions of Bulldogs fans.

[7][8] Licciardello explained that the skit "poked fun at the misbehaviour of Bulldogs fans" knowing that "a lot of people thought it was funny.

The following Friday, he appeared on The Chaser's War on Everything in a cage before referring to the NSW Premier Morris Iemma's own joke regarding residents of crime-riddled suburbs wearing balaclavas.

[11] On 22 January 2007, magistrate Joanne Keogh said she would view an unedited video of the incident, totalling 50 minutes, to decide Licciardello's fate.

[15] Footage aired on The Chaser's War on Everything on 12 September 2007 showed the fake "motorcade" consisting of two SUVs, a black Holden limousine flying a Canadian flag on the bonnet, four "runners" (one of whom was Morrow) carrying hand-held video cameras and two motorcycles.

Police only realised that the motorcade was a hoax when Licciardello, dressed as Osama bin Laden, voluntarily stepped out of the limousine.

[22] In 2009, for a stunt featured in the series finale of The Chaser's War on Everything, he received heavy dosage's of botox, lip injections and spray tanning on the left side of his body so as to bear a similarity to Daniel Craig.

[26] Despite growing up in New South Wales, which is predominantly rugby league heartland, Chas decided to follow the AFL as it "annoyed his father".