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name: "Phil Ellis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phil-ellis"
fi1m_id: "phil-ellis"
tmdb_id: 2049070
roles: []
born: "16 October 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T17:42:32.295436+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Phil Ellis

## Identity

Phil Ellis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/phil-ellis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** phil-ellis
- **TMDB ID:** 2049070
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2049070

Actor. Born 16 October 1981 in Preston, Lancashire, England.

## Details

- **Born:** 16 October 1981, Preston, Lancashire, England
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2049070

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Taskmaster*](https://film.one/tv/taskmaster.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Phil Ellis is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Born Phillip Michael Ellis on 16 October 1981 in Preston, Lancashire, he began his comedy career in 2008.

His television credits include appearances on *Drunk History* (2016), *The Russell Howard Hour* (2017), *Roast Battle* (2019) and *Redknapp's Big Night Out* (2021). He competed as a contestant on series 20 of *Taskmaster* (2025).

Ellis has received several awards at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality in 2023 and the Panel Prize in 2014 for *Funz and Gamez*. He created and starred in the BBC Radio 4 series *Phil Ellis Is Trying* (2018–2020).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, metro.co.uk, philelliscomedy.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Taskmaster* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/taskmaster.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Phil Ellis's Excellent Comedy Show* (2023), Actor
- *Eaten by Lions* (2018), as Ice Cream Man
- *Born Silly* (2017), Writer
- *BBC Comedy Feeds* (2012), series, Presenter, Associate Producer, Writer
- *Phil's Ill* (2010), series, Writer, Creator

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