Phil Cornwell
Biography
Phil Cornwell is an English performer whose work takes in acting, comedy, impressions and writing. He was born in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex and made his first television appearance in 1980. He began in the early 1980s doing impressions and comedy, and a breakthrough came as the voice of Gilbert the Alien on the Saturday morning children's show Get Fresh, for whose spin-off Gilbert's Fridge he also wrote. He did impressions of Mick Jagger and David Bowie for a BBC Radio 1 afternoon program and voiced characters on Spitting Image. In 1995 he appeared in The Glam Metal Detectives, and in 1997 he wrote and performed in Stella Street with John Sessions. He has been part of the Dead Ringers radio and television series, played radio DJ Dave Clifton in I'm Alan Partridge and returned to the role in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013), and voices Murdoc Niccals in Gorillaz.
69years old
Turns 70 on October 5in 355 days
- Born Leigh-on-Sea
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Philip Cornwell
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 11 years2002 to 2013
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Big break
Cornwell's major breakout came from voicing Gilbert the Alien, an improv-heavy puppet character, on the 1980s Saturday-morning kids show Get Fresh, which later spun off into Gilbert's Fridge, for which he was also a credited writer.
First role
Cornwell first appeared on television in 1980 as an episode presenter on the BBC youth program Something Else - Southend.
Behind the camera
Cornwell and fellow impressionist John Sessions were commissioned by the BBC in 1997 to produce the comedy vehicle Stella Street, which Cornwell wrote and performed in. He did parody impressions of famous actors and musicians, including narrator Michael Caine.
Languages
On BBC Radio 1's Steve Wright in the Afternoon show, Cornwell voiced Mick Jagger and David Bowie. He also acted and voiced many characters in TV shows, including Spitting Image.
A change of course
In 1996 Cornwell performed in a comedy spoof sketch advert for the Nissan Almera, imitating Martin Shaw's Doyle from The Professionals, with Ray Trickett playing Lewis Collins' Bodie.
Phil Cornwell movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
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Films together
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Online
Official profiles and reference pages.