Phil Nichol

Phil Nichol is a Canadian comedian, singer-songwriter, and actor. He was born in Scotland to Scottish parents but raised in Canada. He first found fame as a member of the musical comedy trio Corky and the Juice Pigs, known for the song "Eskimo". In 2014, he released his first album of comedic songs since his days in the trio, titled Late Night Electric Watermelon.

Nichol's 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Things I Like I Lick was nominated for the Perrier Award. In 2006, he won the if.comedy award (successor to the Perrier) with a show titled The Naked Racist, which he performed at The Stand and later took to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In 2007, he was nominated for Best Headliner at the Chortle Awards. His 2005 one-man show Nearly Gay, about being a straight man with a predominantly gay social group, received positive reviews including a four-star review by The Guardian.

On stage, one of Nichol's major roles was as Philip Salon in Boy George's musical Taboo, which premiered in the West End in 2002. He later appeared in Everybody's Talking About Jamie as Hugo Battersby/Loco Chanelle in 2017 and 2019. On television, he featured in the first series of Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and The Graham Norton Show, voiced Fat Ed in the puppet show Fur TV, and portrayed Terry Gilliam in the BBC adaptation Holy Flying Circus. He currently resides and works in London.