Philip Michael Thomas (born May 26, 1949) is a retired American actor and musician.
He is perhaps best known for Miami Vice, Sparkle, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
He was married to Kassandra Green and has 11 children, five with Green and six from other relationships.
He also coined the acronym EGOT in The '80s when, at the height of his career, he expressed his desire to win all four major American showbiz awards in five years. He's never been nominated for any of them.
Filmography
Films
- 1972: Come Back Charleston Blue as Minister
- 1972: Stigma as Dr. Calvin Crosse
- 1973: Book Of Numbers as Dave Green
- 1974: Coonskin as Randy/Brother Rabbit
- 1975: Mr. Ricco as Purvis Mapes
- 1975: Black Fist as Fletch/Boom Boom
- 1976: Sparkle as Stix
- 1976: El Hombre De Los Hongos as Gaspar/Adopted Boy
- 1978: The Beasts Are on the Streets as Eddie Morgan
- 1978: Lawman Without A Gun as Rufus Cartwright
- 1978: Death Drug as Jesse
- 1979: The Dark (1979) as Corn Rows
- 1979: Valentine as Bean
- 1982: Hey Good Looking as Chaplin
- 1986: A Fight For Jenny as David Caldwell
- 1988: The Wizard of Speed and Time as Policeman Mickey Polanko
- 1989: False Witness as Bobby Marsh
- 1990: A Little Piece Of Sunshine as Tomson
- 1991: Perry Mason The Case Of The Ruthless Reporter as Chuck Gilmore
- 1993: Miami Shakedown as Frank Ferguson (also producer)
- 2003: Fate as Det. Ciprian Raines
- 2022: Whealthy And Wise as David Anderson
Television
- 1973: Griff as Eddie Marshall
- 1973-1974: Toma as Bad Sam/Sam Hooper (5 episodes)
- 1974: Good Times as Eddie Conroy
- 1974: Police Woman as Sonny
- 1975: Caribe as Prince John
- 1976: Movin' On as Banjo
- 1976: Medical Center as Dr. Sam Karter
- 1976: Sirotas Court as J.V.
- 1977: Insight as Luther
- 1978: Wonder Woman (1975) as Furst
- 1978: Starsky & Hutch as Kingston St. Jacques
- 1979: Roots The Next Generations as Eddie Franklin
- 1981: Strike Force as Wesley
- 1982: Trapper John, M.D. as Floyd Walsh
- 1984-1989: Miami Vice as Det. Ricardo Tubbs
- 1990: The Adventures of Superboy as Brimstone
- 1990: Zorro (1990) as Jack Holten
- 1991: Detective Extralarge as Dumas
- 1992: Swamp Thing (1990) as Barry Scott
- 1994: Fortune Hunter as Gary Colt
- 1997: We Are Angels as Joe/Father Zaccaria (6 episodes)
- 1997-2001: Nash Bridges as Cedrick Hawks (2 episodes)
Video games
- 1997: We Are Angels as Father Zaccaria
- 2002: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as Lance Vance
Shorts
- 1977: Roosevelt And Truman as Truman
- 2009: Poet Soldier as West