Ethan Phillips
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Biography photo of Ethan Phillips. Photo by Daniel Reichert
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| Born |
February 8, 1955 Garden City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, playwright |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Cresswell (m. 1990) |
Ethan Phillips (born February 8, 1955) is an American actor and playwright. He is best known for his television roles as Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager and PR man Pete Downey on Benson.
Phillips was raised in Garden City, New York. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from Boston University and a Master of Fine Arts from Cornell University. He plays the tenor saxophone in the Alan Wasserman Jazz Band.
Ethan Phillips received an MFA from Cornell University. He 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; the Wonderhorse Theater, in the premier of Christopher Durang's The Nature and Purpose of the Universe; and at in a revival of [[]]. Legendary writer, who helped shape the latter production, wrote a new monologue for Phillips, which Williams personally dictated to him when it was realized that leading lady needed more time for a dress change.
In 1979–80, Phillips appeared as Utrillo in the premier of Dennis McIntyre's Modigliani at the. It ran for 208 performances.
Phillips performed in many plays in New York over the next fifteen years, including Terrence McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart at the Lucille Lortel, [[]] with Kevin Kline, at the '; and the premier of My Favorite Year at as well as new works for, the Hudson Guild Theater, the American Jewish Theater, and many others.
He went on to appear in the premier of November at the, and played the title character opposite in the all-male cast of The Imaginary Invalid for s 2012 SummerScape Festival. In 2013-14 he appeared as Stanley Levison in All the Way at the. Mr. Phillips moved with the show to Broadway’s, where the play won Tonys for Best Play and Best Actor Bryan Cranston. More recently Mr. Phillips played leading roles in the premiers of Dennis Kelly’s Taking Care Of Baby,Golden Age, and Sharyn Rothstein’s By the Water, all for the.
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