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Acting

Philip Michael Thomas

Career

Active from 1972 to 2024, with a break from 2004 to 2023, busiest in 1989 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
18
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Miami Vice: Freefall
Miami Vice: Freefall
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Philip Michael Thomas Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    4.3, average 5.5
  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6
  • Pathos
    4.2, average 5.3
  • Uncanny
    1.5, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Crime 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
No Family Without Blood
No Family Without Blood (2024)

as Godfrey

2010s

1 title · average score 67
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
GoodWatch score 67

as (archive footage)

2000s

2 titles · average score 63
Fate
Fate (2003)
GoodWatch score 42

as Detective Ciprian Raines

High Chaparall
High Chaparall (2003)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show

1990s

8 titles · average score 55
We Are Angels
We Are Angels (1997)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Joe Thomas / Father Zaccaria

Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges (1996)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show · as Cedrick Hawks

E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show

Miami Shakedown
Miami Shakedown (1993)

as Frank Ferguson

Detective Extralarge
Detective Extralarge (1991)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Dumas

Detective Extralarge: Yo-yo
Detective Extralarge: Yo-yo (1991)
GoodWatch score 57

as Dumas

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter (1991)
GoodWatch score 55

as Chuck Gilmore

A Little Piece of Sunshine
A Little Piece of Sunshine (1990)

as Tomson

1980s

7 titles · average score 70
False Witness
False Witness (1989)

as Bobby Marsh

Miami Vice: Freefall
Miami Vice: Freefall (1989)
GoodWatch score 82

as Det. Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs

The Wizard of Speed and Time
The Wizard of Speed and Time (1989)
GoodWatch score 55

as Policeman Mickey Polanko

A Fight for Jenny
A Fight for Jenny (1986)

as David Caldwell

Miami Vice
Miami Vice (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Rico Tubbs

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper (1984)
GoodWatch score 80

as Det. Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs

Hey Good Lookin'
Hey Good Lookin' (1982)
GoodWatch score 56

as Chaplin (voice)

1970s

23 titles · average score 57
Trapper John, M.D.
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Death Drug
Death Drug (1978)

as Jesse

Black Fist
Black Fist (1977)
GoodWatch score 36

as Fletch & Boom Boom

Sparkle
Sparkle (1976)
GoodWatch score 47

as Stix

Coonskin
Coonskin (1975)
GoodWatch score 68

as Randy / Brother Rabbit (voice)

Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Kingston St. Jacques

Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman (1975)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Furst

Mr. Ricco
Mr. Ricco (1975)
GoodWatch score 43

as Purvis Mapes (as Philip Thomas)

Good Times
Good Times (1974)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show

Police Woman
Police Woman (1974)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show

Book of Numbers
Book of Numbers (1973)

as Dave Green

Stigma
Stigma (1972)
GoodWatch score 51

as Dr. Calvin Crosse

1960s

1 title · average score 67
Medical Center
Medical Center (1969)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show