Philip Rosenthal

Philip Rosenthal
Rosenthal in 2011
Born	(1960-01-27) January 27, 1960 (age 57) Queens, New York, US
Residence	Burbank, California, US
Occupation	Producer, writer, creator, executive producer
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Monica Horan (1990–present)
Children	2

Philip Rosenthal (born January 27, 1960) is an American television writer and producer who is best known as the creator, writer, and executive producer for the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005).

Rosenthal was born to a Jewish family in Queens, New York, but spent most of his childhood living in New City, New York, located in Rockland County. He attended Clarkstown North High School where he became very active in the school's drama club, Cue 'N Curtain. During his four years at Clarkstown, Rosenthal was involved in theatre. Rosenthal graduated from Clarkstown North in 1977. He attended Hofstra University, from which he graduated in 1981.

In the early 1980s, Rosenthal was an actor based out of New York City before shifting his focus to production work, becoming the writer and producer of such shows as Coach with Craig T. Nelson and the short-lived Baby Talk. Rosenthal's largest commercial success and longest running project was the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. The show was co-produced by Ray Romano, and based in part on Ray Romano's comedy material. Rosenthal's wife, actress Monica Horan, played the role of Amy MacDougall-Barone, the off and on girlfriend (wife after season 7) of Robert Barone (Brad Garrett) in Raymond. It was Rosenthal and Romano who decided to retire the series over the objections or reservations of the other cast members. Rosenthal wrote or co-wrote twenty-one episodes of the series.

Rosenthal has occasionally acted as well, in projects such as James L. Brooks' Spanglish; The Simpsons Movie, a big screen adaption of the long running TV series which was also produced by Brooks and his company, Gracie Films; Curb Your Enthusiasm; 30 Rock; and Jake Kasdan's feature, The TV Set.