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.

Filmography

• 202640th Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala — Rhys Nicholson
• Big Backyard Quiz
• 2023Rhys & Joel’s Family Christmas — Themself, Executive Producer, Writer
• The Imperfects — Dr. Alex Sarkov
• Fisk
• Patriot Brains — Contestant
• Spreadsheet — Additional Dialogue
• Why Are You Like This? — Emcee
• 2020Rhys Nicholson: Live at the Athenaeum — Himself, Writer
• 2016Rhys Nicholson - Live at The Eternity Playhouse
• 2014Gaycrashers
• Housos
• 7 Days — Team Leader, Panelist
• Thank God You're Here

Appearances as themselves (23)

• Drag Race Down Under vs The World — Self - Judge
• Claire Hooper's House of Games — Self
• Crime Night! — Self
• Portrait Artist of the Year — Self
• A Bite to Eat with Alice — Self
• After Midnight — Self
• Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee — Self
• Queerstralia — Self
• 2023Rhys Nicholson's Big Queer Comedy Concert — Self
• Taskmaster Australia — Self
• The Traitors — Self - Contestant
• Would I Lie to You? — Self - Panelist
• Drag Race Down Under — Self - Judge
• Melbourne Comedy Festival — Self - Host
• The Cheap Seats — Self
• Hughesy, We Have A Problem — Self
• Roast Battle — Self
• John Conway Tonight — Himself
• The New Years Eve Early Night Show — Himself
• The Weekly with Charlie Pickering — Self
• Have You Been Paying Attention? — Self - Panellist
• Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation — Himself - Generation Y guest
• Spicks and Specks — Self