Philip Michael Thomas (Co-writer, Executive producer) was born May 26, 1949 in Columbus, Ohio. He is a 1967 graduate from San Bernardino High School in California. He attended Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, UC Riverside and UC Berkley. Mr. Thomas received the degree of Doctor of Arts (Honoris Causa) from Shaw University in 1997 for his contribution to the arts. He has been writing children’s music and lyrics for over forty-years. In 1996 he co-produced “We are the children of the world” (A children’s television show with puppets and music in Spanish and English in Costa Rica. From the first time Philip won his first talent show as a boy of eleven years old singing Rockin Robin, music has been the medium that most captivated his heart and soul. It was also music that helped to raise his spirit as a youth minister and led him to his first professional theatrical performance in the 1969 San Francisco production of the Rock Musical Hair. Philip starred as Hud and Burger for eighteen months at and the Geary and Orpheum theaters. In 1971 Philip and Ben Vereen were in the San Francisco cast of Charles Gordone’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, No Place To Be Somebody and in November 1971 Philip went on to finally make a dream come true when he starred on Broadway in New York City, as Gabe Gabriel with Terry Alexander as Johnny at the Morasco Theater. He also co-starred in The Selling of the President on Broadway in 1972 with veteran Broadway actors Pat Hingle and Barbara Berry. In 1980 he starred with Calvin Lochart and Cheryl Lee Ralph in Reggae on Broadway. In 2001 Philip went on a national tour starring in Dr. Karen Ward’s play titled Mamma Dee’s Girls with Jennifer Holliday.
Music has always been a big part of Philip’s career. He released his first album Living The Book of My Life on his Spaceship/Atlantic record label in 1986. He teamed up with music legends Ashford & Simpson to produce his second album titled Somebody. The album was released on Spaceship/Atlantic Records in 1988. Philip was cast in the Debbie Allen Special as a choreographer with Ms. Allen for her television special, and he sang the sophisticated tune Falling from his Somebody Album. Philip and Kathy Rayhill composed My, My, My, My AM… I. The song was adopted as the Miami City anthem in 1994. He co-hosted the television special Celebrate the Soul of America with Dionne Warwick and Dianne Carrol as well as the Motown Christmas Special with Smokey Robinson. Philip co-starred in two Italian mini-series Extra Large and We are Angels with Bud Spencer, and several of his songs were featured in the soundtrack. He co-produced and starred in the Spanish independent film, Mistaken Woman, and he also sang the title track. In 2001 Philip produced the music for Sandi’s Golden Workout DVD, and in 2006 he produced the music for her Tune-up DVD workout.
Philip starred as Dr. Calvin Cross in Stigma which was his first motion picture release in 1972 and he also starred in eleven other motion pictures including Book of Numbers with Raymond St. Jacques and Freda Payne (1973) and Sparkle (1976) starring as Stix opposite Irene Cara. It is the film’s timeless sound track by Curtis Mayfield that equally makes this film a classic especially when Philip and Irene sing the duet Look into your heart. Philip went on to guest star in over forty television shows such as, Starsky & Hutch, Good Times, Trapper John M.D., Wonder Woman, Police Woman, Toma and Roots, the Next Generation. In 1979 Philip went on to star in the ABC movie The Wack Attack/Death Drug, which earned him his first Emmy Award nomination. Philip gained international recognition in 1984 for his starring role as Ricardo Tubbs on the Emmy Award-winning television series Miami Vice. He won the 1985 and 1986 NAACP Image Award for best performance by an actor, dramatic mini series or television movie. After Miami Vice he went on to star with Leslie Ann Warren in the movie Fight for Jenny. Philip also starred in the NBC movie False Witness with Phylicia Rashad, and guest-starred with Lauren Bacall in England’s A Little Piece of Sunshine. Philip was a special guest star in television series Superboy that was filmed in Orlando and he also guest starred in Zorro filmed in Spain. In 1990 Philip hosted Treasure for Bill Burred Productions on the travel channel.
Philip is a 1986 recipient of the CEBA Award and a GOLDEN GLOBE Award. The charitable organizations that he is involved with include the Variety Club, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, The Black Heritage Museum and M.A.A.D. Philip owned and operated Spaceship Recording Studio and the Miami Way Theater in North Miami, Florida for fifteen years, where he produced musicals, puppet shows, dramatic plays, recorded albums, commercials and produced film festivals and Amateur Night. In 2001 Philip was Artist-in-Residence at Hampton University and Sacha and the magic Cookie Maker was produced as Hampton’s end of the year theatrical production. Philip is co-writer and composer of Sacha on Broadway.
EXECUTIVE PRODCER
2007 SACHA ON BROADWAY Jones High School Theater ORLANDO, FLORIDA June 1, 2 & 3, 2007.
2005 SACHA ON BROADWAY The Theater of the Riverside Church, New York, City (September 23 thru October 1,
2005).
2005 SACHA" A MUSICAL REVIEW, BYRON CARLYLE THEATER March 19th & 20th 2005. Miami Beach,
Florida
2005 SACHA a Musical Review, Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center January 8th & 9th 2005. Hollywood, Florida
2004 SACHA (MUSICAL REVIEW) OCEAN REEF YAHAT CLUB and CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
(February 28, 2004)
2003 SACHA(an Enchanting Musical Love Story) Ex: Producer HOLLYWOOD PLAYHOUSE
2002 SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER/EX. PRODUCER F.I.U. MARY ANNE WOLFE THEATER
2001 SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER/ HAMPTON, VA. (CO-WRITER with SANDI MORAlS)
2001 SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER/ EX. PRODUCER FT. LAUDERDALE CHILDRENS
THEATER
STAGE:
2001 MOMMA DEES GIRLS GOSPEL MUSICAL STAR AS (STEAMBOAT) THIRTEEN CITY TOUR
1993 NO PLACE TO BE SOMEBODY STAR AS GABE GABRIEL NY, DETROIT, AND WASHINGTON, DC
1980 REGGAE STAR (BROADWAY) BILTMORE THEATER, NY.
1972 THE SELLING OF THE PRESIDENT (BROADWAY) NY
1970-1971 NO PLACE TO BE SOMEBODY, STAR AS GABE WITH BEN VEREEN, SAN FRANCISCO
1969-1970 HAIR STAR AS HUD & BERGER (GEARY AND ORPHEUM THEATERS, SAN FRANCISCO)
FILM
2002 FATE STAR AS DETECTIVE CIPRIAN RAINES WITH LEE MAJORS/MICHAEL PARE
1994 RIVER OF STONE. STAR. GECKO FILMS
1993 MIAMI SHAKEDOWN. STAR. SING TITLE SONG. MS. TAKEN WOMAN
1976 SPARKLE, STAR WITH IRENE CARA, WARNER BROTHERS
1975 EL HOMBRE DE LOS HONGOS STAR AS GASPAR WITH ISELA VEGA (MEXICO)
1974 STREET FIGHT STAR AS BRE RABBIT/RANDY A RALPH BAKSHI FILM WITH BARRY WHITE
1973 BOOK OF NUMBERS, CO-STAR WITH RAYMOND ST JACQUES/ FREDA PAYNE
1972 STIGMA, STAR, (DR. CALVIN CROSS) CINERAMA RELEASE
TELEVISION
2006
Philip continued with the character Lance Vance again for the video game Grand Thief Auto and he also starred in icons of the
80's Trivial Pursuit with Cyndi Lauper, Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, Downtown Julie Brown, Kelly LeBrock, Charlotte Rae and
DMC.
2003 VH-1 TV HUNKS (WHERE ARE THEY NOW) JULY 1, 2003
1997-2001 NASH BRIDGES, SPECIAL GUEST STAR
1995-1996 WE ARE ANGELS, STAR PMT/BUD SPENCER, MINI-SERIES FILMED IN COSTA RICA
1992 DEBBIE ALLEN SPECIAL, GUEST STAR! SING FALLING /ALBUM 1988
1991 EXTRA LARGE, STARING/ PMT & BUD SPENCER, MINI-SERIES ROME ITALY/ MIAMI
1991 MOTOWN CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, CO-HOST, WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON
1990 TREASURE, HOST DOCUMENTARY, BILL BURRUD PRODUCTIONS
1984-1989 MIAMI VICE, STAR, AS RICARDO TUBBS, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, NBC
1989 SUPERBOY SPECIAL GUEST STAR, AS BRIMSTONE, SALKIND PRODUCTIONS
1989 ZORRO, “THE PRIDE OF THE PUEBLO”, GUEST STAR, FAMILY CHANNEL
1989 A LITTLE PIECE OF SUNSHINE STAR. FREDERICH FORSYTH PRESENTS, USA NETWORK
1989 FALSE WITNESS, STAR, NEW WORLD PRODUCTIONS, NBC
1986 FIGHT FOR JENNY, STAR WITH LESLIE ANN WARREN, NBC
1979 THE WACK A1TACK (DEATH DRUG), JESSIE. EMMY NOMINATION, ABC
ROOTS: THE NEXT GENERATION, GUEST STAR, AND ABC
1974 STARSKY AND HUTCH, GUEST STAR AS KINGSTON ST JACQUES, 20TH CENTRY FOX
MEDICAL CENTER, STAR AS DR. SAMUEL CARTER, ANGELS NEST, MGM (PILOT)
1973 BUFFALO SOLDIERS, ALSO-STARRING NBC (PILOT)
1972 TOMA, GUEST STAR AS BAD SAM WITH TONY MUSANTE, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
MEMBERSHIPS & AWARDS
2001 COASTAL TRAINING TECNOLOGIES/ HOST- BIOLOGICAL & CHEMICAL THREATS
2001 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, VA. ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: AUGUST 2001 TO MAY 2002
2000 SPOKES PERSON FOR: WWW.NEXTONES.COM
1997 DOCTOR OF ARTS DEGREE, (NOVEMBER 27,1997) SHAW UNWERS1TY, RALEIGH NORTH
CAROLINA
1989 MTV AWARD FOR MIAMI VICE (BEST SERIES)
1987 ASCAP AWARD, BIG BROTHERS / BIG SISTERS, MADD, GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD,
1986-1987 NAACP IMAGE AWARD (BEST ACTOR / TELEVISION SERIES /MIAMI VICE ) SAG, AFTRA,
ASCAP,
CEBA AWARD, VARIETY CLUB, SPACESHIP RECORDING STUDIOS, MIAM1WAY THEATER
(OWNER)
PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
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