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Philip Michael Thomas (born May 26, 1949) is an American actor and musician, best known for his role as detective Ricardo Tubbs on the hit 1980s TV series Miami Vice. His first notable roles were in Coonskin (1975) and opposite Irene Cara in the 1976 film Sparkle.
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American actor Philip Michael Thomas was born in Columbus, Ohio USA, on 26 May 1949, meaning that his zodiac sign’s Gemini. He’s had roles in more than 50 movies and TV series, and is perhaps still best known forplaying the lead character Detective Ricardo Tubbs in the crime action series “Miami Vice”, created by Anthony Yerkovich, and which also s...
Philip and his seven half-siblings were raised in San Bernardino, California by his mother Lulu McMorris who was a housewife, and father Louis Diggs who worked at Westinghouse as a plant foreman. Philip grew up being interested in acting, appearing in nearly all the plays performed by his church’s theatre group. He was a member of the Pentecostal D...
Philip’s debut film role was his playing of Minister in the 1972 action crime comedy “Come Back Charleston Blue”, while some of his following roles were in the 1972 thriller “Stigma”, the 1973 crime drama “Book of Numbers”, and the 1974 animated action comedy “Coonskin” (voice role). In 1975, he portrayed Purvis Mapes in the crime thriller“Mr. Ricc...
Philip’s debut TV series role was playing Eddie Marshall in the 1973 episode “The Framing of Billy the Kid” of the crime drama “Griff”, and he could then have been seen appearing in an episode or two of the comedy “Good Times”, the crime drama “Toma”, and the crime action “Police Woman”. In 1976, Philip played Banjo in the drama “Movin’ On”, create...
He received special thanks for the 2001 biographical movie “Pinero”. Philip’s voiced characters in three video games: Father Zaccaria in the 1997 “We Are Angels”, and Lance Vance in both the 2002 “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City” and the 2006 “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories”. He wrote the 2015 short movie “Thank You, Fifteen”. Some of Philip’s tal...
Philip was nominated for a 1986 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama, for “Miami Vice”, as well as for a 2006 TV Land Award for Coolest Crime Fighting Team, also for “Miami Vice” (shared with Don Johnson).
Philip prefers not to share details of his past and present relationships with the public, but some things are still known. He married non-celebrity American Kassandra Green in 1986, and she gave birth to their five children in the following 10 years; Philip and Kassandra have managed to keep their children away from media, and their names and birt...
Philip’s also into music, and he released his debut album “Living the Book of My Life” in 1985, under his own record label Spaceship Records; his second album “Somebody” followed in 1988, but neither were commercially successful. He became the spokesman for the Philip Michael Thomas International Psychic Network in 1994, and was replaced by Miss Cl...
Philip’s age is 73. He has brown eyes and his hair’s black, he’s 5ft 10ins (1.78m) tall and weighs about 180lbs (81kgs). Philip’s net worth’s been estimated atmore than $2.5 million, as of December 2022.
Philip Michael Thomas - the multi-talented performer best known as Detective Rico Tubbs in the iconic 1980s TV series Miami Vice (1984) - made his Broadway debut in 1971 in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play No Place to Be Somebody...and hasn't looked back since.
- May 26, 1949
Philip Michael Thomas - the multi-talented performer best known as Detective Rico Tubbs in the iconic 1980s TV series Miami Vice (1984) - made his Broadway debut in 1971 in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play No Place to Be Somebody...and hasn't looked back since.
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Jun 2, 2021 · Philip Michael Thomas rose to fame thanks to his iconic role in the beloved 1980s cop show Miami Vice. Alongside the legendary Don Johnson, Thomas went down in history as a TV’s favorite duo....
Philip Michael Thomas (born May 26, 1949) is an American actor and musician, best known for his role as detective Ricardo Tubbs on the hit 1980s TV series Miami Vice. His first notable roles were in Coonskin (1975) and opposite Irene Cara in the 1976 film Sparkle.
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Miami Vice is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann for NBC. [1] The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs, two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami.
