Philip "Phil" Cornwell (born 5 October 1957) is an English comedian, actor, impressionist and writer. He is probably best known for voicing Murdoc Niccals from the virtual band Gorillaz. Cornwell has co-written and performed principal roles in The Glam Metal Detectives and Stella Street. He is also well known as DJ Dave Clifton from I'm Alan Partridge and Alpha Papa.