birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation alma_mater
sydney , new south wales , australia 16 august 1952 phillip scott -lrb- actor -rrb-
 phillip scott actor , novelist , comedian , singer , pianist , composer university of sydney
phillip scott -lrb- actor -rrb-

phillip scott -lrb- born 16 august 1952 in sydney -rrb- is an australian actor , singer , pianist , writer and comedian .
he has appeared on film as well as in sketch comedy television programs .
his television appearances include `` the dingo principle '' and `` three men and a baby grand '' , satirical sketch television comedy programs for which he was a writer/performer with jonathan biggins and drew forsythe .
since 2000 he has co-written , composed and performed as an actor/musician in the wharf revue series of political satirical revues for the sydney theatre company , including `` free petrol '' , `` sunday in iraq with george '' , `` much revue about nothing '' , and `` pennies from kevin '' .
his most recent cabaret show was `` the twink and the showgirl '' with vincent hooper .
he co-wrote the script -lrb- with dean bryant -rrb- and did the musical arrangements for the bio-show `` newley discovered '' which premiered at the adelaide cabaret destival in 2009 and starred hugh sheridan .
he also appeared with max gillies in `` the gillies report '' and its sequels , `` the gillies republic '' and `` gillies and company '' , and was a writer/performer on abc tv 's `` the big gig '' and a regular writer for `` good news week '' .
scott co-wrote , with jonathan biggins , a new libretto of `` orpheus in the underworld '' for opera australia -lrb- 2003 -rrb- , and also the awgie award winning musical `` the republic of myopia '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- for which he also composed the music .
the latter show starred helen dallimore , tamsin carroll and simon gleeson .
scott composed the score for the feature film `` those dear departed '' , for which he was nominated for an afi award .
scott also co-wrote the music for the miniseries `` bodyline '' .
phillip scott has written four novels .
three have been published in the united states by alyson books : `` one dead diva '' , `` gay resort murder shock '' and `` mardi gras murders '' .
he was script consultant of the book of `` priscilla , queen of the desert -- the stage musical '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- .
he has written weekly columns for sydney 's free papers `` sx '' and `` the sydney star observer '' .
scott has a music degree from the university of sydney , and writes reviews for the international classical cd magazine `` fanfare '' .
