Ethan Phillips
Ethan Phillips | |
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Born | John Ethan Phillips February 8, 1955 Garden City, New York, U.S. |
Education | Boston University (BA) Cornell University (MFA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1977–present |
Spouse |
Patricia Cresswell
(m. 1990; died 2022) |
Children | 3 |
Ethan Phillips (born John Ethan Phillips February 8, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager and PR man Pete Downey on Benson.
Personal life
Phillips was raised on
Career
Theatre
Phillips began his show business career in New York City, performing off-Broadway at theaters including Direct Theater, winning the Best of the Actors’ Festival there in 1977; at the Wonderhorse Theater, in the premiere of
In 1979–80, Phillips appeared as
Phillips performed in many plays in New York over the next 15 years, including Terrence McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart at the Lucille Lortel, Measure for Measure with Kevin Kline at The Public Theater's Delacorte Theater; and the Broadway premier of My Favorite Year at Lincoln Center, with Andrea Martin and Tim Curry, as well as new works for Ars Nova (theater), Ensemble Studio Theatre, Playwrights Horizons,[2] the Hudson Guild Theater,[3] the American Jewish Theater,[4] and many others.
He went on to appear in the premier of
Phillips' regional theater credits include leading roles for San Diego's
Phillips has been an actor at the Sundance Institute's Playwrights Conference in Utah for six summers, where he developed his play Penguin Blues, which is published by Samuel French Inc.[9] and included in The Best Short Plays of 1989 (Applause, ed. Ramon Delgado). Based on his experiences at Sundance,[10] Phillips helped found First Stage, a playwright development lab in Los Angeles.
Film
Phillips has appeared in over 50 films, beginning with
Television
In 1980, Phillips joined the cast of the sitcom Benson as PR man Pete Downey, for five seasons.
He has made scores of guest appearances on television series and tele films, including
In 1990, he began his Star Trek career playing the
Phillips has also performed voice work for several of the Star Wars franchise video games: 2000's Star Wars: Force Commander, 2001's Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, and 2003's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | Ragtime | Guard At Family House | |
1986 | Critters | Jeff Barnes | |
1987 | Burglar | Bartender At Parker's On Fifth | |
1989 | Lean on Me | Mr. Rosenberg | |
Glory | Hospital Steward | ||
Bloodhounds of Broadway | Basil Valentine | ||
1990 | Green Card | INS Agent Gorsky | |
1991 | Critters 3 | Deputy | |
1993 | Rain Without Thunder | The Gynecologist | |
The Man Without a Face | Todd Lansing | ||
1994 | The Shadow | Nelson | |
Wagons East | Commander S. L. Smedly | ||
1995 | Jeffrey | Dave | |
1996 | Star Trek: First Contact | Holodeck Nightclub Maitre d' | Uncredited |
1997 | Trekkies | Himself | |
For Richer or Poorer | Jerry | ||
1998 | The Battery | Bernard | Short film |
2000 | Endsville | Terry Festinger | |
9mm of Love | Guy | ||
2003 | Rugrats Go Wild | Toa the loris | Voice |
Bad Santa | Roger Merman | ||
2004 | Trekkies 2 | Himself | Documentary |
Geeks
|
Himself | Documentary | |
2005 | The Island | Jones Three Echo | |
2006 | Chestnut: Hero of Central Park | Marty | |
2007 | Keith | Mr. Miles | |
Have Dreams, Will Travel (aka A West Texas Children's Story) | Businessman | ||
The Babysitters | Mark Kessler | ||
California Dreaming | Wayne Porter | ||
2010 | Dahmer vs. Gacy | X-13[11] | |
2012 | Arachnoquake | Roy | |
The Adventures of RoboRex | Randy Jenkins | ||
2013 | Inside Llewyn Davis | Mitch Gorfein | |
2014 | Audrey | Donny | |
2015 | Irrational Man | Jill's Father | |
2016 | The Purge: Election Year | Chief Couper | |
Miles | Mr. Wilson | ||
2017 | Future '38 | Dr. Elcourt | |
2018 | Most Likely to Murder | Bobby Green |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980–1985 | Benson | Peter "Pete" John Downey | Seasons 2-6 |
1983 | One Life to Live | Mr. Darrin | 2 episodes |
Hart to Hart | Redstone | Episode: "Pandora Has Wings" | |
1985 | Three's a Crowd | Ronnie Pine | Episode: "Jack Gets Trashed" |
The Twilight Zone | Deaver | Segment: "Devil's Alphabet" | |
1986 | Hunter | State Department Man | Episode: "High Noon in L.A." |
1987 | Outlaws | Vernon Buckley | Episode: "Jackpot" |
Werewolf | Eddy Armando | ||
1990 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Dr. Farek | Episode: "Ménage à Troi" |
Doogie Howser, M.D. | Advertiser | Episode: "Ask Dr. Doogie" | |
1990–1993 | L.A. Law | Dr. Sam Waibel / Marvin Pick | 2 episodes |
1991 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Leonard Spalding | Episode: "The Monkey Business Mystery" |
Murphy Brown | Richard Cooper | Episode: "Everytime It Rains... You Get Wet" | |
1992 | Law & Order | Mark Hauser | Episode: "Helpless" |
1993 | NYPD Blue | Dwight | Episode: "True Confessions" |
1994 | The Mommies | Omelette Chef | Episode: "Mommies Day" |
1995 | Platypus Man | Vern Tuttle | Episode: "Pilot" |
1995–2001 | Star Trek: Voyager | Neelix | Main cast, 170 episodes |
1995 | Maybe This Time | Douglas | Episode: "Judgment Day" |
1996 | Chicago Hope | Bob Stewart | Episode: "Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope" |
Homeboys in Outer Space | Inspector 17 | Episode: "House Party or, Play That Funky White Music Droid" | |
1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Stanley Craig | TV miniseries Episode: "We Interrupt This Program" |
1998 | The Lost World | Copy Boy | TV movie |
2002 | Rugrats | Storyteller (voice) | Episode: "Quiet, Please"/"Early Retirement" |
Star Trek: Enterprise | Ulis, Group Leader of Ferengi Thieves | Episode: "Acquisition" | |
Rocket Power | Shop Owner (voice) | Episode: "Less Than Full Otto"/"Card Sharked" | |
Half & Half | Dr. Adelman | Episode: "The Big Award Episode" | |
Providence | Finch | Episode: "Truth and Consequences" | |
2003 | Touched by an Angel | Wally | Episode: "The Show Must Not Go On" |
Rock Me Baby | The Doctor | Episode: "Pretty in Pink Eye" | |
2004 | 8 Simple Rules | Dave | Episode: "YMCA" |
JAG | Mr. Worley | Episode: "Take It Like a Man" | |
Arrested Development
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Military Officer | Episode: "Whistler's Mother" | |
Oliver Beene | Mr. Stitt | 2 episodes | |
2005 | Las Vegas
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Gabe Labrador | Episode: "Double Down, Triple Threat" |
2006 | Numb3rs
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Professor Leonard | Episode: "Double Down" |
Criminal Minds | Marvin Doyle | Episode: "A Real Rain" | |
Boston Legal | Michael Schiller | 3 episodes | |
The War at Home | Bob Cooper | Episode: "Be Careful What You Ask For" | |
2007 | Cavemen | "Red" Goldreyer | |
Super Sweet 16: The Movie | Craig | TV movie | |
Hallowed Ground | The Preacher | TV movie | |
Star Trek: Of Gods and Men | Data Clerk | Miniseries | |
2008 | Eli Stone | Principal Ackerman | Episode: "I Want Your Sex" |
Bones | Checker Box Manager | Episode: "The Wannabe in the Weeds" | |
Pushing Daisies | Daniel Hill | Episode: "Robbing Hood" | |
2009 | Mental | Hollis Breyer | Episode: "Book of Judges" |
True Blood | Parish Coroner | Episode: "Shake and Fingerpop" Uncredited | |
2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | John J. Murray | Episode: "I Kissed a Girl" |
The Good Guys | Alphonse LaViolette | Episode: "Common Enemies" | |
The Middle | The Chairman | Episode: "The Quarry" | |
Days of Our Lives | Mr. Satterfield | Episode #1.11456 | |
2011 | Castle | James Farnham | Episode: "The Final Nail" |
The Mentalist | Newsome Kirk | Episode: "The Red Mile" | |
The Young and the Restless | Nelson McGinnis | Episode: "Tucker Is Taken Off Life Support" | |
Chuck
|
Woodley | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Zoom" | |
2012 | Arachnoquake | Roy | TV movie |
2014 | Deadbeat | Jack Donaldson | Episode: "Calamityville Horror" |
2015 | Veep | Mr. Wallace | 2 episodes |
2016 | The Good Wife | Dr. Morris Weiner | Episode: "Tracks" |
All the Way | Joe Alsop
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TV movie Uncredited | |
2016–2017 | Girls | Keith | 5 episodes |
2016 | Younger | Paul | Episode: "Summer Friday" |
2018 | Dallas & Robo | Bob (voice) | Episode: "I Was a Teenage Cannibal Biker" |
Better Call Saul | Judge Benedict Munsinger | 2 episodes: "Talk" and "Coushatta" | |
New Amsterdam | Dan Marken | Episode: "Anthropocene" | |
2020 | Avenue 5 | Spike Martin | Main cast |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
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1992 | My Favorite Year | Herb Lee | Vivian Beaumont Theater |
2008 | November | Turkey Rep | Ethel Barrymore Theatre |
2014 | All the Way | Stanley Levison | Neil Simon Theatre |
2017 | Junk: The Golden Age of Debt | Murray Lefkowitz | Vivian Beaumont Theater |
Web series
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2023 | Star Trek: Very Short Treks | Neelix (voice) | Episode: "Holograms All the Way Down" |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force | Neelix | Voice |
Star Wars: Force Commander | Transport Pilot, Governor of Abridon | ||
2001 | Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds | Empire Medical Droid, Krantian Governor, Royal Grenade Trooper | |
2003 | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | Galon Lor (Korriban), Tamlen, Hrakert Mercenary, Dantooine Civilian, Various
| |
2004 | Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain | Broussard, Canadian Prime Minister | |
2014 | Star Trek Online | Neelix |
References
- ^ Phillips, Ethan (November 19, 2018). "At Frankie & Johnnie's (Metropolitan Diary)". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- ^ "Home". Ensemble Studio Theatre.
- ^ "Hudson Guild".
- ^ "Jewish Theater of New York Homepage". www.jewishtheater.org.
- ^ "Alaska Repertory Theatre Company". www.lifeofanactor.com.
- ^ "Salt Lake Acting Company - Home". saltlakeactingcompany.org.
- ^ "Home - McCarter Theatre". www.mccarter.org.
- ^ "Home - Uprising Theatre Company". Uprising Theatre Company.
- ^ "Samuel French – Licensing Plays and Musicals to the Theatrical Community". www.samuelfrench.com.
- ^ "Sundance Institute". www.sundance.org.
- ^ "Motion Picture Purgatory: The Moth Diaries - Dread Central". 19 April 2012.
Further reading
- The Star Trek Cookbook - Ethan Philips and ISBN 0-671-00022-5)
External links
- Ethan Phillips at IMDb