Philip Olivier
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Philip Olivier (born Philip Lee Borg-Olivier[1] 4 June 1980 in Liverpool, England) is British actor.
His most notable role was that of Timothy "Tinhead" O'Leary, in the soap opera Brookside from 1996 until its cancellation in 2003. He also appeared in the one-off drama Brookside: Unfinished Business which followed the series in 2003.
He has performed in several audio plays based on the Doctor Who television series by Big Finish Productions as a companion of the Seventh Doctor by the name of Hex.
In 2005, he won the Channel Four reality TV show, The Games, dominating the competition from start to finish. Displaying an impressive physique in the series, he went on to do a number of photoshoots and released a calendar. Though not gay himself, he is hugely popular with gay audiences, he then hosted Mr. Gay UK in 2005, and has appeared onstage at several Gay Pride events.
He has also been one of the guest regulars in the Channel Four comedy sketch show Bo Selecta.
He is a grandson of former Maltese Prime Minister Giorgio Borg Olivier.
He can currently be found playing Adam in the Hollyoaks spin-off series Hollyoaks: In the City on E4,. His most recent storyline involves him being arrested after kissing one of his male students after a night out.
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- ^ GRO Birth Registration Index. Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved on 2006-11-11.
