Philip Olivier
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Philip Olivier is an English actor, model and stage performer best known for playing the role of Tim O'Leary
in the soap opera Brookside
.
production Hearts and Minds with Christopher Eccleston
.
In 1996 he starred in his first television, and most notable, role of Timothy 'Tinhead' O'Leary in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside until its cancellation in 2003. He also appeared in the one-off drama Brookside: Unfinished Business which followed the series in 2003.
based on the Doctor Who
television series by Big Finish Productions
as a companion of the Seventh Doctor
by the name of Hex
. Philip has also appeared as one of the guest regulars in the Channel 4 comedy sketch show Bo Selecta.
He is popular with gay audiences, hosting Mr Gay UK
in 2005 and appearing on-stage at several Gay Pride
events. Philip appeared nude in the December 2008 and the April 2009 editions of gay magazine Attitude
.
In 2005 he won the Channel 4 reality TV show The Games dominating the competition from start to finish. Displaying an impressive physique in the series, Philip went on to do a number of photo shoots and released calendars from 2006 to 2009.
2006 saw him play the role of Adam Tyler, a teacher struggling with his sexuality, in the Hollyoaks
spin-off series Hollyoaks: In the City on E4.
On 7 February 2007 Philip featured on Never Mind the Buzzcocks on Phill Jupitus
' team along with Donny Tourette
.
Philip appeared on the Ghosthunting with... Paul O'Grady
and Friends show, which was broadcast on ITV2
on 6 September 2008, alongside Jennifer Ellison
(who had played his character's wife Emily in Brookside), Natasha Hamilton
and the show's host Yvette Fielding
.
In 2008 Philip filmed the movie The Crew, released straight to DVD in early 2009. He played the role of a gangster named Paul the Hom.
Philip appeared in a Celebrity edition of Come Dine With Me in February 2009. He competed alongside Christopher Biggins
, Julia Bradbury
and Edwina Currie
and finished second to Biggins, the eventual winner. During February and March 2009 he competed in "Escape from Takeaway Prison", a section on Ant & Dec
's Saturday Night Takeaway, which he won on 21 March 2009. Philip also appeared in an episode of Missing, a BBC One
afternoon drama, playing club owner and gangster Mark Stone in March of the same year.
2009 also saw Philip start to perform in musicals. He starred in Never Forget
which is about a Take That
tribute band forming. He played the role of former stripper Dirty Harry. He also starred in the title role of the Camberley Theatre
pantomime Dick Whittington.
On 28 September 2010 Philip appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors. He played the role of Matt Darby, a gay yoga instructor.
Later in 2010 Philip will take the role of Muddles in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing
.
Appearances as himself:
Tim O'Leary
Timothy "Tinhead" O'Leary is a fictional character in the defunct Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. He was portrayed by Philip Olivier from 1996 until the final episode of the series in 2003. Tim subsequently appeared in a video spin-off, Brookside: Unfinished Business.-Introduction:Tinhead made his...
in the soap opera Brookside
Brookside
Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
.
Early life
Philip spent his early childhood living in South Africa and the USA before returning to Liverpool when he was 7 years old. He attended the private Catholic school, Saint Edward’s College. In the evenings he attended a local amateur dramatic school in West Derby, Liverpool.1995-2003
Philip's first role was in 1995 in the Channel 4Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
production Hearts and Minds with Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston is an English stage, film and television actor. His films include Let Him Have It, Shallow Grave, Elizabeth, 28 Days Later, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Others, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra...
.
In 1996 he starred in his first television, and most notable, role of Timothy 'Tinhead' O'Leary in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside until its cancellation in 2003. He also appeared in the one-off drama Brookside: Unfinished Business which followed the series in 2003.
2004-present
Since leaving Brookside Philip has performed in several audio playsRadio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
based on the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
television series by Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
as a companion of the Seventh Doctor
Seventh Doctor
The Seventh Doctor is the seventh incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor Sylvester McCoy....
by the name of Hex
Hex (Doctor Who)
Thomas Hector Schofield, nicknamed Hex, is a fictional character played by Philip Olivier in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A staff nurse working for St. Gart's Hospital in London in the year...
. Philip has also appeared as one of the guest regulars in the Channel 4 comedy sketch show Bo Selecta.
He is popular with gay audiences, hosting Mr Gay UK
Mr Gay UK
Mr Gay UK is a British annual beauty contest for gay men, with regional heats held in gay nightclubs with a grand final usually at a gay venue. The contests is owned and promoted by gay entrepreneur Terry George....
in 2005 and appearing on-stage at several Gay Pride
Gay pride
LGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity...
events. Philip appeared nude in the December 2008 and the April 2009 editions of gay magazine Attitude
Attitude (magazine)
Attitude is a British gay lifestyle magazine owned by Vitality Publishing. It is sold worldwide as a physical magazine and a digital download for the iPad and iPhone via the App Store. The first issue appeared in May 1994....
.
In 2005 he won the Channel 4 reality TV show The Games dominating the competition from start to finish. Displaying an impressive physique in the series, Philip went on to do a number of photo shoots and released calendars from 2006 to 2009.
2006 saw him play the role of Adam Tyler, a teacher struggling with his sexuality, in the Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
spin-off series Hollyoaks: In the City on E4.
On 7 February 2007 Philip featured on Never Mind the Buzzcocks on Phill Jupitus
Phill Jupitus
Phillip Christopher Jupitus is an English stand-up and improvised comedian, actor, performance poet, musician and podcaster....
' team along with Donny Tourette
Donny Tourette
Donny Tourette is an English singer-songwriter best known for his work with the pop rock band Towers of London...
.
Philip appeared on the Ghosthunting with... Paul O'Grady
Paul O'Grady
Paul James Michael O'Grady MBE is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio DJ. He is best known for presenting the daytime chat television series, The Paul O'Grady Show and, more recently, Paul O'Grady Live, as well as his drag queen comedic alter ego, Lily Savage, as...
and Friends show, which was broadcast on ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
on 6 September 2008, alongside Jennifer Ellison
Jennifer Ellison
Jennifer Lesley Ellison is an English actress, glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer...
(who had played his character's wife Emily in Brookside), Natasha Hamilton
Natasha Hamilton
Natasha Maria Hamilton is a British singer-songwriter, dancer and occasional stage actress. She was a member of Atomic Kitten from 1999 to 2008.-Early life and career:...
and the show's host Yvette Fielding
Yvette Fielding
Yvette Fielding is a British broadcaster, producer and actress. She is best known for being the presenter of the TV shows Blue Peter, Most Haunted and Ghosthunting With....-Early life and career:...
.
In 2008 Philip filmed the movie The Crew, released straight to DVD in early 2009. He played the role of a gangster named Paul the Hom.
Philip appeared in a Celebrity edition of Come Dine With Me in February 2009. He competed alongside Christopher Biggins
Christopher Biggins
Christopher Kenneth Biggins is an English actor and media personality.-Career:Biggins was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England and brought up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, where he took elocution lessons and participated in local drama groups...
, Julia Bradbury
Julia Bradbury
Julia Bradbury is an Irish-born British television presenter, best known for presenting the BBC One programme Countryfile and other documentaries and consumer affairs programmes.-Early years:...
and Edwina Currie
Edwina Currie
Edwina Jonesnée Cohen is a former British Member of Parliament. First elected as a Conservative Party MP in 1983, she was a Junior Health Minister for two years, before resigning in 1988 over the controversy over salmonella in eggs...
and finished second to Biggins, the eventual winner. During February and March 2009 he competed in "Escape from Takeaway Prison", a section on Ant & Dec
Ant & Dec
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly , known collectively as Ant & Dec, are an English comedy and TV presenting duo from Newcastle upon Tyne, England...
's Saturday Night Takeaway, which he won on 21 March 2009. Philip also appeared in an episode of Missing, a BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
afternoon drama, playing club owner and gangster Mark Stone in March of the same year.
2009 also saw Philip start to perform in musicals. He starred in Never Forget
Never Forget (musical)
Never Forget is a jukebox musical with a book written by Guy Jones and Ed Curtis, with screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst acting as story advisor, based on the 1990s songs of boyband Take That, written by Gary Barlow...
which is about a Take That
Take That
Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...
tribute band forming. He played the role of former stripper Dirty Harry. He also starred in the title role of the Camberley Theatre
Camberley Theatre
The Camberley Theatre is a theatre in the town of Camberley, Surrey. The theatre is owned and managed by Surrey Heath Borough Council and the venue offers a variety of arts and entertainment....
pantomime Dick Whittington.
On 28 September 2010 Philip appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors. He played the role of Matt Darby, a gay yoga instructor.
Later in 2010 Philip will take the role of Muddles in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing
Worthing
Worthing is a large seaside town with borough status in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, forming part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Character | Production |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Crew The Crew (2008 Film) The Crew is a 2008 British crime film based on the novel "Outlaws" by Kevin Sampson. It is set in the criminal underworld of Northern England especially Liverpool, Merseyside.-Synopsis:... |
Paul the Hom | Syndicate Films |
Television appearances
Appearances in character:| Year | Title | Character | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–2003 | Brookside | Timothy 'Tinhead' O'Leary | Channel 4 |
| 2003 | Brookside: Unfinished Business | Timothy 'Tinhead' O'Leary | Channel 4 |
| 2003 | Pleasureland | Ben | Channel 4 |
| 2005 | Twisted Tales: Charlie's Angel | Iggy | BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff... |
| 2005 | Holby City Holby City Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999... : Bird on a Wire |
Steve Morrison | BBC |
| 2006 | Hollyoaks: In the City Hollyoaks: In the City Hollyoaks: In the City was a British television drama series set in Liverpool and first broadcast in 2006. Hollyoaks: In the City was a spin-off of Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, originally devised by Phil Redmond... |
Adam Tyler | E4/Channel 4 |
| 2009 | Missing Missing (2009 TV series) Missing is a British daytime television drama series starring Pauline Quirke and Mark Wingett. The series is set in a busy, under-resourced missing persons unit, and follows the team led by DS Mary Jane "MJ" Croft . The first series of five episodes aired on BBC One in 2009, with a second series of... (1 episode) |
Mark Stone | BBC |
| 2010 | Doctors: The Go-Between | Matt Darby | BBC |
Appearances as himself:
| Year | Title | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Big Breakfast The Big Breakfast The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 and S4C each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002 during which period 2,482 shows were produced. The Big Breakfast was produced by Planet 24, the production company co-owned by former... |
Channel 4 |
| 2001 | The Saturday Show The Saturday Show The Saturday Show can refer to:*The Saturday Show , an early-1980s ITV children's show*The Saturday Show , a BBC TV children's series broadcast from 2001–2005... |
BBC |
| 2001 | An Audience with... An Audience with... An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by ITV Studios, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.The show began as An... Kylie Minogue |
ITV ITV ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK... |
| 2003 | T4 T4 (Channel 4) T4 is a scheduling slot on Channel 4 from about 09:00 until 14:00 on Saturdays and 17:00 on Sundays. It also airs on weekdays in the school holidays. The slot has a separate station identification on screen graphic from Channel 4 and E4. The logo of T4 is noticeably the top right segment of the... |
Channel 4 |
| 2003 | RI:SE RI:SE RI:SE was a breakfast television show made by Princess Productions in collaboration with BSkyB for Channel 4 in the UK. It was scheduled to replace The Big Breakfast after declining ratings. It launched on 29 April 2002... |
Channel 4 |
| 2003 | Liquid News Liquid News Liquid News was the daily round up of entertainment news for BBC Three running from 30th May 2000 to 1st April 2004. It was originally a vehicle for presenter Christopher Price... |
BBC |
| 2005 | The Games: Series 3 | Channel 4 |
| 2005–2009 | The Paul O'Grady Show The Paul O'Grady Show The Paul O'Grady Show was a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4... : Series 2.22, 3.30, 5.32, 9.25 |
Channel 4 |
| 2006; 2009 | The Wright Stuff The Wright Stuff The Wright Stuff is a British television chat show, hosted by Matthew Wright, and currently airing on Channel 5 each weekday morning from 9:15 to 11:10am.... (2 episodes) |
Five |
| 2006; 2010 | Loose Women Loose Women Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip... : Series 10.11, 14.89 |
ITV |
| 2007 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks Never Mind the Buzzcocks Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two... |
BBC |
| 2007 | Soapstar Superchef Soapstar Superchef Soapstar Superchef was a cooking show on the ITV Network, where soap stars from Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Neighbours compete to be crowned "kings" or "queens" of the kitchen.Their culinary efforts are judged by an expert panel of three judges... |
ITV |
| 2007 | Soapstar Superstar Soapstar Superstar Soapstar Superstar was a reality singing competition produced by Granada Television which first aired on British television station ITV in 2006. In the competition, ten soap opera actors perform in front of a celebrity panel, which included Cilla Black, Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey... |
ITV |
| 2008 | Ghosthunting with... Ghosthunting With... Ghosthunting With... is based on investigating purported paranormal activity. Yvette Fielding hosts the programme, broadcast on digital channel ITV2, where she takes celebrities to haunted buildings to investigate.... Paul O'Grady and Friends |
ITV |
| 2009 | Come Dine With Me Come Dine With Me Come Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants... : Series 6.X |
Channel 4 |
| 2009 | Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | ITV |
| 2009 | This Morning This Morning (TV series) This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The... |
ITV |
| 2009 | Xposé Xposé Xposé is an Irish entertainment/celebrity gossip programme, broadcast weekday evenings at 6pm on TV3, with a repeat the following day at 12:50pm on TV3 and again at 6.30pm on 3e .-History and format:... |
TV3 |