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name: "Phil Nichol"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phil-nichol"
fi1m_id: "phil-nichol"
tmdb_id: 515127
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T15:58:14.992636+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."
---

# Phil Nichol

## Identity

Phil Nichol

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/phil-nichol
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** phil-nichol
- **TMDB ID:** 515127
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/515127

Actor. Born in Scotland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/515127

## Biography

Phil Nichol is a Canadian comedian, singer-songwriter and actor. Born in Scotland to Scottish parents and raised in Canada, he first gained recognition as a member of the musical comedy trio Corky and the Juice Pigs, appearing on MADtv.

Nichol has performed stand-up internationally and won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for his show *The Naked Racist* (2006). He appeared on *Never Mind the Buzzcocks* and portrayed Terry Gilliam in the BBC Four film *Holy Flying Circus* (2011).

His theatre credits include roles in the West End productions of *Taboo* and the Olivier Award-nominated *Everybody’s Talking About Jamie*. He has also appeared in television series such as *Catastrophe*, *Uncle* and *Man Down*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, philnichol.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Holy Flying Circus* (2011), Fi1m 56, as Terry Gilliam — [page](https://film.one/film/holy-flying-circus.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Tooth 4 Tooth* (2020), as Radio Host
- *Phil Nichol: The Naked Racist* (2012), Actor
- *Phil Nichol: Nearly Gay* (2012), Actor
- *Holy Flying Circus* (2011), as Terry Gilliam — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/holy-flying-circus.md)
- *ZULU Comedy Galla* (2010), series, as Phil Nichol

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