Phillip Scott (actor)
| Phillip Scott | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 August 1952 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, singer, pianist, composer, novelist |
Phillip Scott (born 16 August 1952 in Sydney) is an Australian actor, singer, pianist, writer and comedian.
Career
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. He also appeared with Max Gillies in The Gillies Report and its sequels, The Gillies Republic and Gillies and Company, and was a writer/performer on ABC TV's The Big Gig and a regular writer for Good News Week.
Since 2000 he has co-written, composed and performed as an actor/musician in the Wharf Revue series of political satirical revues for the Sydney Theatre Company, including Free Petrol, Sunday in Iraq with George, Much Revue About Nothing, and Pennies from Kevin. Other cabaret shows include The Twink and the Showgirl with Vincent Hooper, and co-writing script (with Dean Bryant) and musical arrangements for the bio-show Newley Discovered which premiered at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2009 and starred Hugh Sheridan.
His musical theatre writing credits (as composer and/or co-writer) include Safety in Numbers for the Q Theatre and Ensemble Theatre, a new libretto of Orpheus in the Underworld for Opera Australia (2003), and the AWGIE Award-winning musical The Republic of Myopia (2004). The Sydney Theatre Company production of The Republic of Myopia starred Helen Dallimore, Tamsin Carroll and Simon Gleeson. He was script consultant of the book of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – the Stage Musical (2006).
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.[1]
He has written four novels. Three have been published in the United States by Alyson Books: One Dead Diva, Gay Resort Murder Shock and Mardi Gras Murders. He has written weekly columns for Sydney's free papers SX and The Sydney Star Observer.
Scott has a music degree from the University of Sydney, and writes reviews for the international classical CD magazine Fanfare.
Personal life
Scott is divorced and has two daughters. He has been in a relationship with his partner Michael for over twenty years.[2]
References
- ↑ The Australian Film and Television Companion – compiled by Tony Harrison, Simon & Schuster, Australia (1994)
- ↑ "Phil Scott: Father of Gaybies". Gay News Network. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.