Paul Hipp

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Paul Hipp
Born (1963-07-16) July 16, 1963 (age 60)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Years active1987–present

Paul Hipp (born July 16, 1963) is an American actor, singer, songwriter and filmmaker.

Early life

Paul Hipp was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Warminster.[1] He left Pennsylvania for New York City immediately after high school, starting his career playing guitar and singing for tips on the streets of Greenwich Village while studying acting with acting coach Mira Rostova and at HB Studio with William Hickey.

Career

Hipp found employment as a musician at various clubs. At the same time, he started landing roles on TV shows and commercials. He made his New York stage debut in the off-Broadway show Rockabilly Road at the West Bank Theater.

New York filmmaker Abel Ferrara saw one of Hipp's shows and asked him to audition for the role of Nino Valacci in his upcoming film China Girl. Hipp landed the role, and a decades-long collaboration began as he became a mainstay in Ferrara's core group of actors that includes Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel and Willem Dafoe. During the filming of China Girl, Hipp wrote his first published song, “Midnight For You”, used as the film's end credit theme song.

Hipp then co-starred in the off-Broadway show A Minor Incident with

Theater World Award.[2]

Hipp appeared in the films

Old Vic, in the role of Berger opposite John Barrowman as Claude. After the show closed, Hipp stayed in London, living in Notting Hill
, studying painting, writing songs and performing at various venues in and around London.

Subsequent feature film roles include John Woo's Face Off, Waking The Dead, More Dogs Than Bones (in which Hipp and Joe Mantegna play a pair of bungling hit men), and Joe Odom in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. On TV, he was a series regular on NBC's Three Sisters, among other appearances. In 2000, Hipp made his feature film directorial debut with Death of a Dog, which stars Julie Kessler and Edie Falco, executive produced by Ferrara. Hipp wrote the script, soundtrack and score for the film.

In 2005 Hipp played the half-man-half-woman circus performer Bert/Bertha Hagenbach on the second season of the HBO series Carnivàle. He co-starred in Two Tickets to Paradise (2006) and appeared in South of Pico (2007). He also co-starred in the Showtime pilot Manchild. During the same decade, was a guest star on the TV shows ER, Scrubs, CSI: NY, CSI: Miami, The Closer, Without a Trace and Ugly Betty.

In 2006, for

Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" (a take-off of George W. Bush's "I’m the Decider" quote).[5] Some of the videos created for The Huffington Post were picked up by national news outlets.[citation needed
]

Hipp had a recurring role in the

Reverend Tim Tom in the ABC's comedy The Middle from 2009 until 2018. He co-starred in and co-wrote the Argentine
-American film No Somos Animales.

Music

Hipp wrote and produced several songs sung by Hilary Duff for the film War, Inc.

He wrote and recorded an album of songs culled from his work for The Huffington Post, called Blog of War. His song, We're Number 37[6] was circulated on social media and led to an appearance on The Dylan Ratigan Show.

Hipp released a CD of original music called The Remote Distance. Norman Lear appears in the video to "Happy Birthday to Me", the first single from the album.[7]

He also released a CD of songs from and inspired by the film No Somos Animales, called Buenos Aires, in the fall of 2015.

Discography

  • Blog of War (2008)
  • The Remote Distance (2015)
  • Sometimes I'm Rudy (2017)

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1987 China Girl Nino
1988 Sticky Fingers Michael
1992 Fathers & Sons Doogy
1992 Lethal Weapon 3 Doctor
1992 Bad Lieutenant Jesus
1992 Bad Channels Dan O'Dare Direct-to-video
1996 The Funeral Ghouly
1997 Face/Off Fitch
1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Joe Odom
1997 Vicious Circles Dylan
1998 Cleopatra's Second Husband Robert Marrs
1998 Another Day in Paradise Richard Johnson
2000 Waking the Dead Danny Pierce
2000 More Dogs Than Bones Quinn
2000 Death of a Dog Dick
2006 Two Tickets to Paradise Jason Klein
2007 South of Pico Comma
2010 The Last Godfather Rocco
2011 4:44 Last Day on Earth Noah
2013 We Are Not Animals Rudy Maravilla
2013 Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie! Ring-Wearing Alien Voice
2014 Welcome to New York Guy

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1987 The Equalizer Jarret Episode: "Inner View"
1988 Liberace: Behind the Music Elvis Presley Television film
1990 Nothing Like a Royal Show Buddy Holly
1992 Tales from the Crypt Nick Bosch Episode: "On a Deadman's Chest"
1992 Parker Lewis Can't Lose Harry Episode: "Love Is Hell"
1993 The Hat Squad McCauley Episode: "Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous"
1993 The Last Shot Peter Tullis Television film
1995 The Cosby Mysteries Charlie Nevers Episode: "Dial 'H' for Murder"
1996 Nash Bridges Aaron Crow Episode: "Vanishing Act"
1997 Pacific Blue Lewis Abernathy Episode: "Black Pearl"
1997 Men Behaving Badly Simon Episode: "Testing, Testing"
1997 Van Helsing Chronicles Det. Ken Tugman Television film
1998 Fantasy Island Richard 'Freefall' Burns Episode: "Pilot"
2000 The Chippendales Murder Nick De Noia Television film
2001 Cover Me Lon Colomby 2 episodes
2001–2002 Three Sisters Elliot Quinn 13 episodes
2002 Teenage Caveman Shaman Television film
2002 ER Craig Turner 2 episodes
2005 CSI: Miami Vince Fisher Episode: "Game Over"
2005 Carnivàle Bert Hagenbeck 3 episodes
2006 Scrubs Marc Coleman Episode: "My Chopped Liver"
2006 CSI: NY William Mamet Episode: "Stealing Home"
2006 The Closer Dr. Woods Episode: "Heroic Measures"
2006 Without a Trace Detective Chris Pappas Episode: "The Damage Done"
2007 Women's Murder Club Miles Van Aiken Episode: "Welcome to the Club"
2007
Girlfriends
 Steve Episode: "Snap Back"
2007 Manchild Tom Television film
2008 Ugly Betty Phil Roth Episode: "A Thousand Words Before Friday"
2009 Numbers Gray McClaughlin Episode: "Arrow of Time"
2010 Terriers Barry 2 episodes
2010–2018 The Middle Reverend TimTom 12 episodes
2013 Burn Notice Al Sapienza Episode: "Down Range"
2014 See Dad Run Fred Episode: "See Dad Roast the Toast"
2020 The Conners Zach 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ Paul Hipp at Hollywood.com
  2. ^ "Paul Hipp". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Paul Hipp". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Bad Lieutenant Soundtrack". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. Huffington Post
    . Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  6. Huffington Post
    . Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Happy Birthday To Me" - Paul Hipp, YouTube, July 22, 2015

External links

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