Phil Cool
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Phil Cool (born Phil Martin in Chorley, Lancashire) is an English comedian, impressionist and wrestler from Chorley, Lancashire. After building up a live following, he came to wider public attention in the latter half of the 1980s and early 1990s in a number of television shows bearing his name, notably Cool It (BBC, 1985), with his ability to gurn. After the success of Cool It, he moved to ITV for a further two series. In a recent biography of actor Karl Howman, Cool was outed as one of three men who played the role of masked wrestler, Kendo Nagasaki.[1]
Whereas many of his impressionist peers concentrated on mimicking the voice of the target and changing in and out of a succession of hats, beards, spectacles and coats, Cool placed an emphasis on thrusting his eyebrows, lips and even, seemingly, his ears into the positions required of the part, rather than on costumes.[2]
Although now resident in Gran Canaria, he is still performing regularly for UK audiences as of 2008.[3]
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- ^ Karl Howman: Biography"
- ^ Phil Cool - Biography
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