Ethan (I) Phillips filmography and biography
Date of birth: 8 February 1955, Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Ethan (I) Phillips biography
Ethan Phillips was born on February 8, 1955 in Garden City, Long Island,
New York as the only boy of six children. He graduated from Boston
University with a degree in English Literature and received a Masters
Degree in Fine Arts from Cornell University.
He began his acting career on stage in both Broadway and off-Broadway
shows, most recently appearing in the premier of David Mamet's
"November" with Nathan Lane at Broadway's Ethyl Barrymore. Also in New
York, "My Favorite Year" at Lincoln Center, "Measure for Measure" for
the NYSF, "Lips Togther Teeth Apart" for Manhattan Theatre Club, and
"Modigliani" at the Astor Place, as well as new works for Playwrites
Horizons, Ensemble Studio Theatre, the Hudson Guild Theatre, the
American Jewish Theatre, and many others. During his comprehensive
acting career, he also played leading roles for many of the major
regional theaters around the country such as San Diego Old Globe,
Seattle Rep, Alaska Rep, Actors' Theatre of Louisville, Mark Taper
Forum, Baltimore Center Stage, the Geffen in Los Angeles, Pasadena
Playhouse, Westport Country Playhouse, the McCarter Theatre, and the
Boston Shakespeare Company. He spent ten summers at the Sundance
Theatre Lab and is a co-founder of First Stage in Los Angeles, which
has been developing new plays for over twenty years.
Phillips has been on several popular TV shows and movies, including five
seasons on Benson, and seven seasons on
Star Trek: Voyager. He has been a guest star on scores
of other television shows. Ethan has appeared in many feature films and
award winning shorts and has an active voice-over career. Phillips is
also a playwright and an author. His original play, "Penguin Blues" has
been produced more than 150 times throughout USA and Canada.
Ethan (I) Phillips trivia
- Narrated the JASON undersea probe exhibit at Walt Disney World's EPCOT
Center's "The Living Seas."
- His father was the owner of the famous New York steakhouse Frankie and
Johnnie's, which still serves up "the most delicious sirloin in all of
Manhattan."
- He is an accomplished tenor sax player.
- He has five sisters, Maddy, Maria, Joanny, Meg, and Angie.