Overview
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Rhys Nicholson is a Multi-award winning Australian stand-up, writer, actor and collage’r.
With an enormous passion for live performing, their work continues to receive awards and
accolades around the world. As well as numerous televised stand up performances in Australia,
the UK and Canada, in 2019 Rhys was hand picked to open for comedy legend Conan O’Brien on
his Australian tour. A few months later this led to Nicholson’s USA television debut as the stand
up guest on CONAN (TBS). 2019 proved to be quite a big year for Rhys (which is lucky because
2020 and 2021 were a bit of a nightmare) when in November they recorded their third stand up
special. This time for Netflix worldwide, making Rhys one of only three Australians with a solo
show on the streaming giant and earning them a nomination for Best Stand Up Comedy Special
at the AACTA Awards in 2021.
Alongside a booming stand-up career, Nicholson is a favorite across our small screens. From
panel shows to documentary and acting roles, he clearly doesn’t like to sit still very much. Over
the years Rhys has had a whole bunch of guest and supporting roles in a plethora of sitcoms
across networks and countries. In 2021 Rhys was cast as a series regular in the Netflix Sci-Fi
comedy The Imperfects. Rhys was very excited about the fact they had a stunt double. You can
also catch them on the judging panel of all three seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under.
Not to let something like a devastating global health crisis from keeping them busy, the last
couple years have seen Rhys continue to rise. From co-opening Melbourne’s newest live comedy
venue, The Comedy Republic (Rhys cannot recommend you do that during a pandemic), to
numerous acting roles and now setting their talents writing a book of essays, Nicholson is
focused on continuing to work and diversify in the comedy industry they love so much.
2022 continued to raise the bar for Nicholson’s career where they hosted Melbourne
International Comedy Festival All Stars Gala (ABCtv) & toured across Australia with brand new
live stand- up show Rhys! Rhys! Rhys!. Rhys garnered multiple sold out seasons and won
prestigious awards: Most Outstanding Show at Melbourne International Comedy Festival & Best
of the Fest at Sydney Comedy Festival. Rhys then took the critically acclaimed show abroad
where they performed at the renowned and invite only Just For Laughs Montreal, followed by
Edinburgh Fringe, London Leicester Square, Soho Playhouse New York, Just For Laughs Toronto
and a month long US Tour.
