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Rhys Nicholson
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Rhys Nicholson is an Australian comedian and actor known for being a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under from 2021 onwards. In 2011, Nicholson was featured in the ABC document…
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Rhys Nicholson is an Australian comedian and actor known for being a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under from 2021 onwards. In 2011, Nicholson was featured in the ABC documentary GayCrashers alongside Joel Creasey, in which the duo travelled to the small town of Colac and performed a stand-up show. Creasey had been the subject of a homophobic attack on an earlier visit to the town. Rhys Nicholson stars on the show The Weekly with Charlie Pickering. In 2016, to highlight the importance of marriage equality in Australia, Nicholson publicly married lesbian and fellow comedian Zoe Coombs Marr at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. That year Nicholson and Coombs Marr were also both nominated for the Barry Award for Best Show, which Coombs Marr won. In 2021, Nicholson served as a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, alongside RuPaul and Michelle Visage. The same year they appeared on the panel show Patriot Brains. In 2022, they played Doctor Sarkov in Netflix's Science-Fiction series The Imperfects. In February 2024, Nicholson will be a contestant on the second series of Taskmaster Australia.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Drag Race Down Under vs The World
TV show Self - Judge
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2026
40th Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
Movie Rhys Nicholson
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2025
Crime Night!
TV show Self
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2025
Portrait Artist of the Year
TV show Self
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2025
Claire Hooper's House of Games
TV show Self
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2024
A Bite to Eat with Alice
TV show Self
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2024
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee
TV show Self
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2024
Big Backyard Quiz
TV show
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2024
After Midnight
TV show Self
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2023
Rhys & Joel’s Family Christmas
Movie Themself
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2023
Queerstralia
TV show Self
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2023
Rhys Nicholson's Big Queer Comedy Concert
Movie Self
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2023
Taskmaster Australia
TV show Self
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2022
The Traitors
TV show Self - Contestant
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2022
The Imperfects
TV show Dr. Alex Sarkov
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2022
Would I Lie to You?
TV show Self - Panelist
More credits
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2021
Spreadsheet
TV show Additional Dialogue
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2021
The Cheap Seats
TV show Self
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2021
Drag Race Down Under
TV show Self - Judge
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2021
Patriot Brains
TV show Contestant
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2021
Melbourne Comedy Festival
TV show Self - Host
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2021
Fisk
TV show
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2021
Why Are You Like This?
TV show Emcee
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2020
Rhys Nicholson: Live at the Athenaeum
Movie Himself
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2018
Hughesy, We Have A Problem
TV show Self
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2018
Roast Battle
TV show Self
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2017
John Conway Tonight
TV show Himself
- 2016
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2015
The New Years Eve Early Night Show
TV show Himself
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2015
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
TV show Self
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2014
Gaycrashers
Movie
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2013
Have You Been Paying Attention?
TV show Self - Panellist
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2011
Housos
TV show
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2009
7 Days
TV show Team Leader
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2009
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
TV show Himself - Generation Y guest
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2006
Thank God You're Here
TV show
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2005
Spicks and Specks
TV show Self
