Phil Lloyd is an Australian actor and scriptwriter and partner in the production company

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. He is best known for his acting role as Myles Barlow in the Australian TV series, ''

Review with Myles Barlow ''Review with Myles Barlow'' is an Australian satirical black comedy television series which screened on Thursday nights on ABC2 and Friday nights on ABC 1. The series began screening on 16 October 2008. It is co-written and directed by Trent O' ...

'' and the comedy series '' At Home with Julia'', where he played

Tim Mathieson Timothy Raymond Mathieson (born 1957) is an Australian hairdresser and the former partner of Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia. He entered the public spotlight in 2006 when they became partners. Gillard was Deputy Leader of the ...

, the partner of prime minister

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. Phil has been a scriptwriter for a number of years. Since 2004 he has been part of Australian soap opera ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...

's'' core writing team. He also served as an associate script co-producer (a role shared with scriptwriter Faith McKinnon) for about eighteen months. Phil became more well known in 2008 with the debut of

, which he co-wrote with

Trent O'Donnell Trent O'Donnell (born 12 February 1976) is an Australian director, producer and screenwriter. Life and career O'Donnell is a television director and co-owner of the production company Jungle (company), Jungle. He wrote and directed the award-wi ...

, and starred in as Myles. He received

Australian Film Institute The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsib ...

Awards in 2009 and 2010 for both Best Performance in a Television Comedy Series and Best Television Comedy Series. Phil is co-creator, co-writer, co-star (as Prime Minister

's romantic partner

) of the sitcom '' At Home with Julia'', which aired on ABC1 from 7 September 2011. In 2012 he wrote and produced the ABC TV series "

A Moody Christmas ''A Moody Christmas'' is an Australian television comedy series that follows the adventures of Dan Moody, who returns home from London to spend each Christmas with his dysfunctional family. It was created and written by Trent O'Donnell and Ph ...

" for

Australia. In 2013 he created, was a contributing writer and acted in "

The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting ''The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting'' was a six-part sketch comedy series produced by Australian production house Jungleboys. It first aired in Australia on ABC TV on 3 April 2013. See also * List of Australian television serie ...

", a sketch comedy show for the ABC TV. Phil's writing credits also include ''

FarmKids ''Farmkids'' (styled as ''FARMkids'') is an Australian children's computer-animated comedy television series about pampered zoo animals accidentally being shipped to a dude ranch A guest ranch, also known as a dude ranch, is a type of ranch ...

'' and ''

The Trophy Room ''The Trophy Room'' is an Australian sport-themed comedic television quiz show which first screened in 2010 on ABC1. The show is hosted by stand-up comedian Peter Helliar Peter Jason Matthew Helliar (born 16 June 1975) is an Australian c ...

''. Lloyd together with Trent O’Donnell, both from

Jungle Entertainment Jungle Entertainment (formerly known as Jungleboys), is a production company owned by Executive Producer Jason Burrows, Writer/Director Trent O'Donnell, Writer/Performer Phil Lloyd and Head of Production Chloe Rickard. The Sydney-based compan ...

, were awarded the Fred Parsons Award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Comedy at the

AWGIE Awards The AWGIE Awards is an annual awards ceremony conducted by the Australian Writers' Guild, for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. The awards began in 1967. The awards are judged by over 50 writers, most of whom are previou ...

2022.

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* Australian male soap opera actors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-tv-actor-stub