Philip Michael Thomas
Real Name: Philip Michael Thomas, (born:
May 26, 1949
)
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
Where are they now?
He has always loved Florida especially Miami and currently resides there. He is hard at work on his autobiography, official web site, and writing songs for an album he may release in 2008.
He Has five daughters with 3 different live in girlfriends.
A bank foreclosed on his house in 1998.
In 2002 he was awarded an undisclosed amount by an arbitrator for his work in psychic phone commercials, ending an eight-year dispute in which Thomas claimed Traffix, Inc. owed him $12 million.
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Birth name: Philip Michael Thomas
Born: May 26, 1949
Height: 5ft 10in
Stage Name(s):
Philip Michael Thomas
Origin: Columbus, Ohio
Career years:
Biography
He first guest starred on TV in 1973 in the pilot for the series Toma (1973) (TV), followed by parts in "Good Times" (1974), "Police Woman" (1974), "Medical Center" (1969), Wonder Woman (1978)_, _Starsky and Hutch (1978)_, and "Trapper John, M.D." (1979) before landing the role on "Miami Vice" (1984) in 1984 that made him a household name - and took him on a whirlwind tour of the globe and into the presence of heads of state (including President Ronald Reagan and Nelson Mandela), fellow celebrities, and countless adoring fans.
Reference/Source(s):
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859365/bio (Bill Murphy)
