Ethan Phillips

Actor Feb 8 (age 71) Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA 1979–2025 (46 year career)

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Biography

Ethan Phillips (born February 8, 1955) is an American actor, playwright and author. He is known for television roles such as Star Trek: Voyager's Neelix and Benson's Pete Downey. Raised in Garden City, New York, Phillips attended Boston University and received a bachelor's degree in English literature and a Master of Fine Arts from Cornell University.

Known For

Film

The Island

Jones Three Echo

Film

Inside Llewyn Davis

Mitch Gorfein

Film

Glory

Hospital Steward

Film

Star Trek: First Contact

Holodock Nightclub Maitre d' (uncredited)

Film

The Purge: Election Year

Chief Couper

Film

Star Trek: Voyager

Neelix

Film

Bad Santa

Roger Merman

Film

Irrational Man

Jill's Father

Filmography

Acting (115)

Movies (66)

The Home

2025

as Ethan

6.7

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

as Self

as Boss

The Circuit

Most Likely to Murder

2018

as Billy's Dad

5.5

The Price for Silence

as Mayor Winston

Future '38

as Dr. Elcourt

Miles

as Mr. Wilson

The Purge: Election Year

as Chief Couper

All the Way

as Joe Alsop

50 Years of Star Trek

2016

as Self

6.4

Cozmo's

2016

as Cozmo

The Murder Pact

as Professor

Irrational Man

as Jill's Father

Showing Up

as Self

Audrey

as Donny

The Adventures of RoboRex

2014

as Randy Jenkins / Professor Apocalypse

Inside Llewyn Davis

as Mitch Gorfein

Coffin Baby

as Coroner B. Jones

Arachnoquake

as Roy

Shadow Witness

as Frank

A Night at the Silent Movie Theater

2012

as Carlos

Dahmer vs. Gacy

as X-13

The Eastmans

as Dr. Donal Ennis

The Babysitters

as Mark Wessler

Big Game

as Mr. Foxx

Keith

as Mr. Miles

Law Dogs

as Judge Coleman Gen

Plugged

2007

as Murdered Man

Have Dreams, Will Travel

2007

as Businessman

7.5

Super Sweet 16: The Movie

2007

as Craig

6.3

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men

as Data Clerk

Hallowed Ground

as Preacher

The Island

as Jones Three Echo

Cerebral Print: The Secret Files

2005

as Agent Larry Cornbloom

Chestnut: Hero of Central Park

2004

as Marty

7.2

Star Trek's Favorite Moments

as Himself

Trekkies 2

as Himself

Bad Santa

as Roger Merman

Rugrats Go Wild

as Toa (voice)

Roddenberry on Patrol

2003

as Mr. Gorn

Family Tree

2003

as Dad / Troll

Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier

as Neelix

The Lost World

as Copy boy

For Richer or Poorer

as Jerry

Trekkies

as Self

Star Trek: First Contact

1996

as Holodock Nightclub Maitre d' (uncredited)

7.3

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

as Self

Jeffrey

as Dave

Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure

1995

as Self

1.0

E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager

1995

as Himself

1.0

Launch of Star Trek: Voyager

as Himself

The Shadow

as Nelson

Wagons East!

as Smedly

Natural Selection

as Henry

The Man Without a Face

as Todd Lansing

Rain Without Thunder

as Gynecologist

Condition: Critical

as Randy

Critters 3

as Deputy (archive footage)

Green Card

as Mr. Gorsky

Glory

as Hospital Steward

Lean On Me

as Mr. Rosenberg

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1989

as Basil Valentine

5.6

Burglar

1987

as Bartender at Parker's on Fifth

Critters

as Jeff Barnes

Ragtime

as Guard at Family House

7.0

Television (49)

The D-Con Chamber

2024

as Self

Star Trek: very Short Treks

2023

as Neelix (voice)

4.4

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

as Self

Avenue 5

as Spike Martin

Star Trek Day

as Self

New Amsterdam

as Dan Marken

Better Call Saul

as Judge Benedict Munninger

Younger

as Paul

Veep

as Mr. Wallace

Rizzoli & Isles

as John J. Murray

The Good Guys

as Alfonse LaViolette

Castle

as James Farnham

The Good Wife

as Dr. Morris Weiner

The Middle

as Chairman

Mental

The Mentalist

as Newsome Kirk

Eli Stone

as Principal Ackerman

Chuck

as Woodley

Pushing Daisies

as Daniel Hill

Cavemen

Bones

as Jerry Lincoln

Criminal Minds

as Doyle

Numb3rs

as Leonard Philbrick

The War at Home

as Bob Cooper

Love, Inc.

as Dr. Elliot Schmallenberg

Boston Legal

as Michael Schiller

Arrested Development

as Military Officer

Las Vegas

as Gabe Labrador

Oliver Beene

as Mr. Stitt

Rock Me Baby

as The Doctor

Half & Half

as Dr. Adelman

8 Simple Rules

as Dave

The Jamie Kennedy Experiment

2002

6.6

Star Trek: Enterprise

as Ulis

Providence

as Finch

From the Earth to the Moon

as Stanley Craig

Star Trek: Voyager

as Neelix

Chicago Hope

as Bob Stewart

Touched by an Angel

as Wally Kniver

NYPD Blue

as Dwight

Law & Order

as Mark Hauser

Murphy Brown

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Dr. Farek

Werewolf

as Eddie Armondo

L.A. Law

as Sam Waibel

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Devil's Alphabet")

7.8

Hunter

1984

as State Department Man

Hart to Hart

Benson

as Pete Downey