Actor and comedian Phil Nichol has been in stand-up for over 16 years and after a previous Perrier nomination for his role as the guitar-playing member of top classic musical comedy trio 'Corky and The Juice Pigs', he finally won it in 2006 for his show The Naked Racist.
Phil spent five and a half months during 2002/2003 acting in Taboo in London's west-end playing the role of Philip Sallon. This was followed by playing Juror 10 in the Guy Masterson's acclaimed production of Twelve Angry Men which played to sell out crowds at the Assembly Rooms.
He also starred in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest at the Gielgud Theatre with Christian Slater and in The Odd Couple at the Assembly Hall with Alan Davies and Bill Bailey. In 2005, he won the Stage's best actor award in Edward Albee's The Zoo Story.
Nichol calls his performing mode "controlled anarchy" which is a fair description, he shouts, screams, wildly gesticulates and never pauses for breath, beating the audience into submission.