Philip Michael Thomas
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday26 May 1949 (77 years old)
Place of birthColumbus, Ohio, USA
Known credits49
Biography
Philip Michael Thomas (born May 26, 1949) is a retired 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. After his success in Miami Vice, he appeared in numerous made-for-TV movies and advertisements for telephone psychic services. He also voiced the character Lance Vance in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006).
No Family Without Blood
2024 · Godfrey
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 · (archive footage)
High Chaparall
2003
Fate
2003 · Detective Ciprian Raines
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · Self
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Self
We Are Angels
1997 · Joe Thomas / Father Zaccaria
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Nash Bridges
1996 · Cedrick Hawks
Miami Shakedown
1993 · Frank Ferguson
Miami Shakedown
1993 · Executive Producer
Detective Extralarge: Yo-yo
1991 · Dumas
Detective Extralarge
1991 · Dumas
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991 · Chuck Gilmore
A Little Piece of Sunshine
1990 · Tomson
False Witness
1989 · Bobby Marsh
The Wizard of Speed and Time
1989 · Policeman Mickey Polanko
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989 · Det. Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988 · Self
A Fight for Jenny
1986 · David Caldwell
Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
1986 · Himself
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984 · Det. Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs
Miami Vice
1984 · Rico Tubbs
Hey Good Lookin'
1982 · Chaplin (voice)
Valentine
1979 · Bean
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Lawman Without a Gun
1979 · Rufus Cartwright
The Dark
1979 · Corn Rows
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Eddie Franklin
The Beasts Are on the Streets
1978 · Eddie Morgan
Loose Change
1978 · Skip
Death Drug
1978 · Jesse
Black Fist
1977 · Fletch & Boom Boom
Sirota's Court
1976
The Fungi Man
1976 · Gaspar / Adopted boy
Sparkle
1976 · Stix
Wonder Woman
1975 · Furst
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Kingston St. Jacques
Coonskin
1975 · Randy / Brother Rabbit (voice)
Mr. Ricco
1975 · Purvis Mapes (as Philip Thomas)
Police Woman
1974
Movin' On
1974
Good Times
1974
Toma
1973 · Bad Sam
Book of Numbers
1973 · Dave Green
Toma
1973 · Sam Hooper
Stigma
1972 · Dr. Calvin Crosse
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