Phil Aizlewood
- Actor
Despite his Celtic (Irish) and Northern (Yorkshire) heritage, Phil was born & bred in Taunton, in sleepy Somerset. He studied and boarded at Wellington School before getting straight As at AS & A-Level at Richard Hush College. After just a semester as a Law & Spanish student at The University of Sheffield, he made his way to London to follow his true childhood dream & train in Acting at the Italia Conti Academy, graduating with a BA [Hons] in 2011. That same year, he got to the national final of The Carleton Hobbs Radio Drama competition at The BBC.
In February 2023, he filmed the role of Gavin in the upcoming Paramount+ series, "The Killing Kind" and will play a Firefighter in the new Bob Zemeckis movie, "Here" starring Tom Hanks & Robin Wright.
In 2022, Phil was also in the $770m smash-hit Warner Bros. picture 'The Batman' directed by Matt Reeves, playing the part of Falcone's Bodyguard.
Whilst in training, his roles included Macbeth in 'Macbeth', Freder in 'Pains of Youth', Larry in 'Closer' and John Proctor in 'The Crucible' as his graduating piece. Professionally, he tackled Arthur Miller again in 2014, playing Chris Keller in 'All My Sons' at the Stroud Theatre. Through Little John in 'Robin Hood' and Marius The Gladiator in a role-play for 'RYSE: Son of Rome' for Xbox, Phil has picked up the lead in three short films - 'Sin', 'Beneath God' and 'All Bets Are Off' by Zoya Films.
Further theatre credits include the lead Leon/Nick in 'Speaking in Tongues' by Andrew Bovell, which played at The Cockpit Theatre then transferred to The Pleasance Courtyard at The Edinburgh Fringe 2017. He also played the chief gangsta' Edward Milligan, in Uncorked Theatre's sell-out, immersive show, 'One Nine Two Seven' as well as the lead-role of Carl in their sequel, 'How To Solve a Problem Like Murder'.
In 2022, he starred as the infamous London gangster, Walter "Wal" McDonald in 5-star reviewed "Peaky Blinders: The Rise" at The Camden Garrison, being part of the original cast - he also understudied and covered the iconic character of Alfie Solomons.
His commercial work includes Paperchase, Captain Morgan's & SportPesa as the rugby player in their #MakeItCount advert in 2018. Phil was also picked as platoon Commander Albert Booth in The National Theatre's '#WeAreHere' project in 2016.
Additionally, he is a confident and skilled comedic improviser and has worked for Battersea Arts Centre in this capacity. Further to this, Phil has worked as an Actor Host & compère for Marella Cruises, and was promoted to Assistant Cruise Director in record time. He has since worked as an Entertainment Consultant as well as completing two contracts as the Cruise Director of the 2000 passenger ship, Discovery 2, in charge of a team of 55 actors, singers & dancers. Over Christmas and New Year's 2019, he was chosen to take this peak 6-week contract and navigated the team to the highest score within the fleet.
Phil is also a talented sportsman - he was a South-West England Rugby union trialist in 2004 . He is also proficient in hockey, tennis, table-tennis, cricket, football and is an experienced skier. Aside from his love of sports, Phil is conversational in Spanish, a keen creative writer and was regular sports blogger & pundit for Riverside Sports Radio, in Wandsworth. He also does a weekly football podcast, The Fantasy Footy Podcast and he launched his own film podcast - Back To Blockbuster. His favourite film is 'Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves', he has a Golden Retriever called Loxley, & his favourite actor is Jack Nicholson/1980s Tom Cruise.
In February 2023, he filmed the role of Gavin in the upcoming Paramount+ series, "The Killing Kind" and will play a Firefighter in the new Bob Zemeckis movie, "Here" starring Tom Hanks & Robin Wright.
In 2022, Phil was also in the $770m smash-hit Warner Bros. picture 'The Batman' directed by Matt Reeves, playing the part of Falcone's Bodyguard.
Whilst in training, his roles included Macbeth in 'Macbeth', Freder in 'Pains of Youth', Larry in 'Closer' and John Proctor in 'The Crucible' as his graduating piece. Professionally, he tackled Arthur Miller again in 2014, playing Chris Keller in 'All My Sons' at the Stroud Theatre. Through Little John in 'Robin Hood' and Marius The Gladiator in a role-play for 'RYSE: Son of Rome' for Xbox, Phil has picked up the lead in three short films - 'Sin', 'Beneath God' and 'All Bets Are Off' by Zoya Films.
Further theatre credits include the lead Leon/Nick in 'Speaking in Tongues' by Andrew Bovell, which played at The Cockpit Theatre then transferred to The Pleasance Courtyard at The Edinburgh Fringe 2017. He also played the chief gangsta' Edward Milligan, in Uncorked Theatre's sell-out, immersive show, 'One Nine Two Seven' as well as the lead-role of Carl in their sequel, 'How To Solve a Problem Like Murder'.
In 2022, he starred as the infamous London gangster, Walter "Wal" McDonald in 5-star reviewed "Peaky Blinders: The Rise" at The Camden Garrison, being part of the original cast - he also understudied and covered the iconic character of Alfie Solomons.
His commercial work includes Paperchase, Captain Morgan's & SportPesa as the rugby player in their #MakeItCount advert in 2018. Phil was also picked as platoon Commander Albert Booth in The National Theatre's '#WeAreHere' project in 2016.
Additionally, he is a confident and skilled comedic improviser and has worked for Battersea Arts Centre in this capacity. Further to this, Phil has worked as an Actor Host & compère for Marella Cruises, and was promoted to Assistant Cruise Director in record time. He has since worked as an Entertainment Consultant as well as completing two contracts as the Cruise Director of the 2000 passenger ship, Discovery 2, in charge of a team of 55 actors, singers & dancers. Over Christmas and New Year's 2019, he was chosen to take this peak 6-week contract and navigated the team to the highest score within the fleet.
Phil is also a talented sportsman - he was a South-West England Rugby union trialist in 2004 . He is also proficient in hockey, tennis, table-tennis, cricket, football and is an experienced skier. Aside from his love of sports, Phil is conversational in Spanish, a keen creative writer and was regular sports blogger & pundit for Riverside Sports Radio, in Wandsworth. He also does a weekly football podcast, The Fantasy Footy Podcast and he launched his own film podcast - Back To Blockbuster. His favourite film is 'Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves', he has a Golden Retriever called Loxley, & his favourite actor is Jack Nicholson/1980s Tom Cruise.
