Phil Nichol

Phil Nichol is a Canadian comedian, singer-songwriter and actor. Born in Scotland to a Scottish mother, but raised in North America, he first found fame as a member of the musical comedy trio Corky and the Juice Pigs.

As an actor, one of his most prominent roles was as Philip Salon in Boy George's musical, Taboo, which was shown in the West End of London.

His stand-up routines often include musical elements, with Nichol performing songs on his acoustic guitar, in which he is sometimes accompanied by a band. He is perhaps best known for the song "The Only Gay Eskimo (In My Tribe)". In 2002, his Edinburgh Fringe Festival show "Things I Like I Lick" was nominated for the Perrier Award and in 2006 he won the if.comeddie, successor to the Perrier Award, with a show entitled "The Naked Racist" which he has performed at The Stand comedy club and later at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In 2007, he was nominated for a Chortle Award.

Now resident in the United Kingdom, he is finding more time for 'straight' theatre work, as well as stand-up comedy.Phil Nichol is an erratic young man, made evident when he stripped off naked when appearing on an episode of "The Weakest Link"!!, (a British game show hosted by Anne Robinson.)

On 23 September 2007, he was a last minute replacement for the charity show "A Seriously Funny Attempt To Get The Serious Fraud Office In The Dock." He hosted the second half of the gig.

Also, on 21 November 2007, he featured as a guest and musical artist on The Graham Norton Show on British television, performing a tribute song to his fellow guests, actors Tom Wopat and John Schneider and actress Catherine Bach , who played leading roles of The Dukes of Hazzard, and a further song to a Swedish woman whom he described anecdotally as "a stalker of his".

Phil appeared on The Weakest Link (Comedian's Special, 2001). On being voted off he stripped naked before taking the 'walk of shame'.

Theatre credits

#2002-2003 "Taboo", Philip Salon
#2003 "12 Angry Men", Juror 10
#2004 "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", Cheswick (understudy for R.P. McMurphy)
#2005 "The Odd Couple", Speed
#2005 "Edward Albee's Zoo Story", Jerry

External links

* [http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/p/597/phil_nichol Chortle biography]
* [http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/13962/phil-nichol-scoops-top-edinburgh-comedy-award The Stage review]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=1492 Phil on The Hour]