Acting credits
34
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Rhys Nicholson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 5Series: 30Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 1818911
IMDb ID: nm7560381
Known for: Acting
Born: April 22, 1990
Age: 36
Place of birth: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Gender: Non-binary
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2005 - 2026
Years active: 22
Average TMDB rating: 6.43
Other jobs
Additional Dialogue (1)Executive Producer (1)Writer (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Rhys Nicholson.
as Rhys Nicholson
40th Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
2026 • Movie
as Themself
Rhys & Joel’s Family Christmas
2023 • Movie
as Self
Rhys Nicholson's Big Queer Comedy Concert
2023 • Movie
as Himself
Rhys Nicholson: Live at the Athenaeum
2020 • Movie
Rhys Nicholson - Live at The Eternity Playhouse
2016 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Rhys Nicholson.
as Self - Judge • 8 eps
Drag Race Down Under vs The World
2026 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Crime Night!
2025 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Portrait Artist Of The Year
2025 • Series
as Self • 5 eps
Claire Hooper's House of Games
2025 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
A Bite to Eat with Alice
2024 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee
2024 • Series
2 eps
Big Backyard Quiz
2024 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
After Midnight
2024 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Queerstralia
2023 • Series
as Self • 10 eps
Taskmaster Australia
2023 • Series
as Self - Contestant • 5 eps
The Traitors
2022 • Series
as Dr. Alex Sarkov • 10 eps
The Imperfects
2022 • Series
as Self - Panelist • 1 eps
Would I Lie to You?
2022 • Series
Additional Dialogue • 8 eps
Spreadsheet
2021 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Cheap Seats
2021 • Series
as Self - Judge • 32 eps
Drag Race Down Under
2021 • Series
as Contestant • 3 eps
Patriot Brains
2021 • Series
as Self - Host • 2 eps
Melbourne Comedy Festival
2021 • Series
2 eps
Fisk
2021 • Series
as Emcee • 1 eps
Why Are You Like This?
2021 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Hughesy, We Have A Problem
2018 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Roast Battle
2018 • Series
as Himself • 1 eps
John Conway Tonight
2017 • Series
as Self • 24 eps
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
2015 • Series