Phillip Scott

Phillip Scott

Phillip Scott (born 16 August, 1952 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), is an Australian actor, singer, pianist, writer and comedian.

He has appeared on film as well as in sketch comedy television programs. His television appearances include "The Dingo Principle" and "Three Men and a Baby Grand", satirical sketch television comedy programs for which he was a writer/performer with Jonathan Biggins and Drew Forsythe. Since 2000 he has co-written, composed and performed as an actor/musician in political satirical revues for the Sydney Theatre Company, including "Free Petrol", "Sunday in Iraq with George", "Much Revue About Nothing", "Stuff All Happens" and "Revue Sans Frontieres".

He also appeared, with Max Gillies, in "The Gillies Report" and its sequels, "The Gillies Republic" and "Gillies and Company".

He also co-wrote, with Jonathan Biggins, a new libretto of "Orpheus in the Underworld" for Opera Australia (2003), and also the AWGIE award winning musical "The Republic of Myopia" (2004- for which he also composed the music). The latter show starred Helen Dallimore, Tamsin Carroll and Simon Gleeson. Scott composed the score for the feature film "Those Dear Departed", for which he was nominated for an AFI Award. Scott also co-wrote the music for the miniseries "Bodyline". ["The Australian Film and Television Companion" — compiled by Tony Harrison, Simon & Schuster, Australia (1994)]

Phillip Scott has written four novels. Three have been published in the US by Alyson Books: "One Dead Diva", "Gay Resort Murder Shock" and "Mardi Gras Murders". He was script consultant of the book of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert- the Stage Musical" (2006). He writes a weekly column "Ad Lib" for Sydney's community paper SX.

Scott has a music degree from Sydney University, and writes reviews for the international classical CD magazine Fanfare.

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