Paul Hipp
| Paul Hipp | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 17, 1963 Philadelphia, United States |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Paul Hipp (born July 16, 1963) is an American actor, singer, songwriter and filmmaker.
Paul Hipp was born in Philadelphia. Hipp 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 legendary acting coach Mira Rostova and at HB Studio with William Hickey.
Paul soon found employment as a musician at various clubs in the Village. 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 spotted Hipp during one of his shows on Bleeker Street and asked Paul to audition for the Role of Nino Valacci in his upcoming film China Girl, Hipp landed the role and a decades long collaboration was born as he became a mainstay in Ferrara’s core group of actors that includes Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel and Willem Dafoe. It was during filming of “China Girl” in Little Italy that Hipp wrote the song “Midnight For You” that would be used as the films end credit theme song and mark his first published track.
Hipp then co-starred in the off-Broadway show A Minor Incident with legendary songwriter Carole King, who was making her stage acting debut in the play. During a break in rehearsal Paul played “Midnight For You”. King later credited this song for inspiring her to come out of musical retirement. The two started writing songs together and King could often be found sitting in with Hipp at his gigs on Bleeker Street. The two collaborated on songs for her Capitol Records release City Streets, including the song "I Can't Stop Thinking About You", which Hipp co-wrote and plays guitar and performs backing vocals on. A tour followed the LP release which featured Hipp joining King onstage for a duet on "I Can't Stop Thinking About You”. It was on stage with Carole King at London's Royal Albert Hall that Hipp was spotted by the producers of a new West End musical Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.
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