Phil Cornwell

Phil Cornwell
Born	Philip Cornwell (1957-10-05) 5 October 1957 Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England
Children	4

Philip "Phil" Cornwell (born 5 October 1957) is an English comedian, actor, impressionist and writer. He is probably best known for voicing Murdoc Niccals from the virtual band Gorillaz. Cornwell has co-written and performed principal roles in The Glam Metal Detectives and Stella Street. He is also well known as DJ Dave Clifton from I'm Alan Partridge and Alpha Papa.

Biography

Cornwell was born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. He is popularly known for voicing Murdoc Niccals in the virtual band, Gorillaz. He provided the voices of Mick Jagger and David Bowie for the Steve Wright in the Afternoon show on BBC Radio 1 in the late-1980s and early-1990s. These impersonations - augmented by many others, including the series narrator, Michael Caine - formed the backbone of the BBC TV series Stella Street, written and performed with John Sessions. He played the part of Harry Noakes, Captain of the cockleboat Renown in the TV mini-series Dunkirk.

He has appeared in several films made by the Comic Strip, including the role as Dave Spanker in Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown. He also played Dave Clifton, a local radio DJ on Radio Norwich - a fictional radio station in both series of I'm Alan Partridge.

He also voiced Sir Lancelot in the animated children's television series King Arthur's Disasters. He was the voice of Gilbert the Alien in the 1980s TV series Get Fresh, which later span off into Gilbert's Fridge, a series starring the character.

He played King Stupid in the CBBC series Stupid!, having replaced Marcus Brigstocke, because the latter was involved in Excuse My French on BBC2. Cornwell also appeared in the Doctor Who episode, "The Fires of Pompeii". In 2010 he presented/hosted the Friday night Euro Lottery draw show on BBC1. In 2011 he did several stand up comedy gigs as character Switzerland McNaughtiehorse. Cornwell is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and presents the weekly podcast The Spurs Show with Mike Leigh.

In January 2013 he appeared in the ITV comedy drama series Great Night Out as Tonk.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Character	Notes
2004	Stella Street	Various
2010	Made in Dagenham	Dave
2013	Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa	Dave Clifton

TV

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
1994	The Bill	Jeff Price	ITV	Settling The Score
1996	Only Fools And Horses	Drunken man in Hospital	BBC	Modern Men
1997-2002	I'm Alan Partridge	Dave Clifton	BBC	Series 1 and 2
2002	The Bill	Shane Pellow	ITV	In 8 episodes from Episode 023 to Episode 071
2008	Harry and Paul	Various Characters	BBC	Series 2
2009-2013	Misfits
2011	Skins	Diesel	E4	Series 5
2012	Mrs Biggs	DS Jack Slipper	ITV	Series 1
2013	Great Night Out	Tonk	ITV	Series 1
2015	Holby City	Sean Cronin	BBC One	Series 17 Episode 14 'Wages of Sin'

Personal life

Cornwell has four children: Freddy, Lile, Stan and Molly-Rose.

External links

• Phil Cornwell at the Internet Movie Database