Rhys Nicholson
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.
Acting
TV
The Imperfects
as Dr. Alex Sarkov
2022
TV
Fisk
2021
TV
Drag Race Down Under
as Self - Judge
2021
TV
After Midnight
as Self
2024
TV
Why Are You Like This?
as Emcee
2021
TV
Taskmaster
as Self
2023
TV
The Traitors
as Self - Contestant
2022
TV
Spicks and Specks
as Self
2005
TV
Housos
2011
Movie
Rhys Nicholson: Live at the Athenaeum
as Himself
2020
TV
Roast Battle
as Self
2018
TV
Have You Been Paying Attention?
as Self - Panellist
2013
TV
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee
as Self
2024
TV
Thank God You're Here
2006
TV
The Cheap Seats
as Self
2021
TV
Would I Lie to You?
as Self - Panelist
2022
TV
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
as Self
2015
TV
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
as Himself - Generation Y guest
2009
Movie
Rhys Nicholson's Big Queer Comedy Concert
as Self
2023
TV
Queerstralia
2023
TV
7 Days
as Team Leader
2009
TV
7 Days
as Panelist
2009
TV
Patriot Brains
as Contestant
2021
TV
Claire Hooper's House of Games
as Self
2025