Phil Ellis
{{Short description|English stand-up comedian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1982}}
| birth_place = Preston, England
| occupation = Stand-up comedian
| years_active = 2010s–present
}}
Phil Ellis (born 1982{{Cite web |date=2024-08-16 |title=Phil Ellis: Come On and Take The Rest of Me – Squirrel Comedy |url=https://www.squirrelcomedy.com/2024/08/16/phil-ellis-come-on-and-take-the-rest-of-me/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |date=2023-07-24 |title=Phil Ellis: Top 10 Edinburgh Festival survival tips |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2023/features/phil-ellis-survival-tips/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}) is an English stand-up comedian from Preston, Lancashire.{{cite web | url=https://entertainment-now.com/2024/08/phil-ellis-talks-to-kate-copstick-about-funz-and-gamez-his-wikipedia-entry-and-his-plan-to-exploit-his-dead-aunt-for-fringe-fame/ | title=Phil Ellis: Short on Wikipedia, Long on Fun | date=4 August 2024 }} In 2023, his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Phil Ellis's Excellent Comedy Show won the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality,{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/news/7515/malcolm-hardee-awards-2023-results/|title=Malcolm Hardee Awards 2023 winners|publisher=British Comedy Guide|date=27 August 2023|access-date=4 July 2025}} and was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award.{{Cite web |last=Peel |first=Adrian |date=2024-02-15 |title=Phil Ellis: 'Stand-up is quite a social job, which is probably why it breeds so many alcoholics' |url=https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/whats-on/phil-ellis-stand-up-is-quite-a-social-job-really-which-is-9352917/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Cambridge Independent |language=en}} He will be a contestant in the 20th series of Taskmaster.{{Cite news |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/07/03/58395/whos_in_taskmaster_series_20 |access-date=2025-07-03 |title= Who's in Taskmaster Series 20 |work=Chortle |language=en-GB}}
Career
Ellis was born in Preston, Lancashire. His interest in comedy began as a child when he would ask his mother for comedy VHS tapes which she would buy from the Asda she worked at as she had an employee discount.{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Andy |date=2024-06-07 |title='If you get a laugh, then it's working' Comedian Phil Ellis talks to Northern Soul |url=https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/phil-ellis-interview/ |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Northern Soul |language=en-GB}} He watched shows like Bottom and The Young Ones, The League of Gentlemen and Red Dwarf and comedians such as Rik Mayall, Bob Mortimer, Sean Lock and Lee Mack are some of his influences.{{Cite web |title=An Interview with Comedian, Phil Ellis |url=https://yorkshire-theatre-guide.com/interviews/comedian-phil-ellis/ |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Yorkshire Theatre Guide |language=en-US}} He went to the University of Staffordshire with a level three degree in media and production and worked at an airbag factory.
Ellis's TV appearances include The Russell Howard Hour, Drunk History (UK), Roast Battle, The Tez O'Clock Show, and Redknapp's Big Night Out.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Phil Ellis |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/phil_ellis/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}} Ellis's wrote and starred in three series of his own BBC Radio 4 show, Phil Ellis is Trying,{{Cite web |date=2017-05-03 |title=Phil Ellis |url=https://avalonuk.com/clients/phil-ellis/,%20https://avalonuk.com/clients/phil-ellis/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Avalon |language=en-US}} and has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe every year since 2013.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Phil Ellis |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/phil_ellis/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}} He won the Edinburgh Comedy Award Panel prize in 2014 for Funz and Gamez, a children's game show with adult jokes.{{Cite news |last=Logan |first=Brian |date=2023-08-26 |title=Phil Ellis's Excellent Comedy Show review – helter-skelter hour of fun |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/aug/26/phil-ellis-excellent-comedy-show-edinburgh |access-date=2024-06-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
In 2023, his Edinburgh Fringe show Phil Ellis's Excellent Comedy Show won the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality and was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award. Ellis was announced as a contestant of the 20th series of Taskmaster in 2025 along with Ania Magliano, Maisie Adam, Reece Shearsmith and Sanjeev Bhaskar.{{Cite web |title=Taskmaster season 20 cast confirmed with Inside No. 9 and Unforgotten stars {{!}} Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/taskmaster-season-20-cast-confirmed-newsupdate/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=www.radiotimes.com |language=en-GB}}
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