
Ethan Phillips
Acting • Born 1955-02-08
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.
Filmography
116 credits
The Island
Movie • 2005
Jones Three Echo

The Man Without a Face
Movie • 1993
Todd Lansing

Critters
Movie • 1986
Jeff Barnes

The Lost World
Movie • 1998
Copy boy

Condition: Critical
Movie • 1992
Randy

Big Game
Movie • 2008
Mr. Foxx

Hallowed Ground
Movie • 2007
Preacher

The Shadow
Movie • 1994
Nelson

Chestnut: Hero of Central Park
Movie • 2004
Marty

Have Dreams, Will Travel
Movie • 2007
Businessman

Roddenberry on Patrol
Movie • 2003
Mr. Gorn

Jeffrey
Movie • 1995
Dave

Star Trek: First Contact
Movie • 1996
Holodock Nightclub Maitre d' (uncredited)

Dahmer vs. Gacy
Movie • 2010
X-13

Coffin Baby
Movie • 2013
Coroner B. Jones

Bloodhounds of Broadway
Movie • 1989
Basil Valentine

Inside Llewyn Davis
Movie • 2013
Mitch Gorfein

Plugged
Movie • 2007
Murdered Man

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
Movie • 2024
Self

Showing Up
Movie • 2014
Self

Audrey
Movie • 2014
Donny

Launch of Star Trek: Voyager
Movie • 1995
Himself

E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager
Movie • 1995
Himself

Rain Without Thunder
Movie • 1993
Gynecologist

Family Tree
Movie • 2003
Dad / Troll

Lean On Me
Movie • 1989
Mr. Rosenberg

Irrational Man
Movie • 2015
Jill's Father

The Murder Pact
Movie • 2015
Professor

For Richer or Poorer
Movie • 1997
Jerry

Green Card
Movie • 1990
Mr. Gorsky

The Purge: Election Year
Movie • 2016
Chief Couper

The Circuit
Movie • 2019

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
Movie • 2007
Data Clerk

Miles
Movie • 2017
Mr. Wilson

All the Way
Movie • 2016
Joe Alsop

The Babysitters
Movie • 2008
Mark Wessler

Natural Selection
Movie • 1994
Henry

50 Years of Star Trek
Movie • 2016
Self

Wagons East!
Movie • 1994
Smedly

Arachnoquake
Movie • 2012
Roy

Rugrats Go Wild
Movie • 2003
Toa (voice)

Future '38
Movie • 2017
Dr. Elcourt

Most Likely to Murder
Movie • 2018
Billy's Dad

Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure
Movie • 1995
Self

Cozmo's
Movie • 2016
Cozmo

Shadow Witness
Movie • 2012
Frank

Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier
Movie • 1999
Neelix

1
Movie • 2020
Boss

Super Sweet 16: The Movie
Movie • 2007
Craig

The Price for Silence
Movie • 2018
Mayor Winston

Cerebral Print: The Secret Files
Movie • 2005
Agent Larry Cornbloom

Trekkies
Movie • 1997
Self

Burglar
Movie • 1987
Bartender at Parker's on Fifth

Star Trek's Favorite Moments
Movie • 2004
Himself

Keith
Movie • 2008
Mr. Miles

Trekkies 2
Movie • 2004
Himself

Glory
Movie • 1989
Hospital Steward

The Adventures of RoboRex
Movie • 2014
Randy Jenkins / Professor Apocalypse

Ragtime
Movie • 1981
Guard at Family House

Critters 3
Movie • 1991
Deputy (archive footage)

Bad Santa
Movie • 2003
Roger Merman

Law Dogs
Movie • 2007
Judge Coleman Gen

A Night at the Silent Movie Theater
Movie • 2012
Carlos

The Eastmans
Movie • 2009
Dr. Donal Ennis

The Home
Movie • 2025
Ethan

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Movie • 1996
Self

California Dreaming
Movie • 2007
Wayne Porter

Eli Stone
TV • 2008
Principal Ackerman

Law & Order
TV • 1990
Mark Hauser

Star Trek: Enterprise
TV • 2001
Ulis

Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Leonard Philbrick

Castle
TV • 2009
James Farnham

The Middle
TV • 2009
Chairman

Half & Half
TV • 2002
Dr. Adelman

Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Dr. Farek

L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Sam Waibel

Providence
TV • 1999
Finch

Benson
TV • 1979
Pete Downey

Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Neelix

Rock Me Baby
TV • 2003
The Doctor

The War at Home
TV • 2005
Bob Cooper

Bones
TV • 2005
Jerry Lincoln

The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "Devil's Alphabet")

Las Vegas
TV • 2003
Gabe Labrador

Murphy Brown
TV • 1988

Love, Inc.
TV • 2005
Dr. Elliot Schmallenberg

Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Doyle

Hart to Hart
TV • 1979

Cavemen
TV • 2007

8 Simple Rules
TV • 2002
Dave

Oliver Beene
TV • 2003
Mr. Stitt

Pushing Daisies
TV • 2007
Daniel Hill

Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Bob Stewart

Arrested Development
TV • 2003
Military Officer

Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Michael Schiller

Mental
TV • 2009

The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
TV • 2002

Werewolf
TV • 1987
Eddie Armondo

Chuck
TV • 2007
Woodley

New Amsterdam
TV • 2018
Dan Marken

Younger
TV • 2015
Paul

From the Earth to the Moon
TV • 1998
Stanley Craig

Rizzoli & Isles
TV • 2010
John J. Murray

The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Newsome Kirk

Star Trek Day
TV • 2020
Self

Better Call Saul
TV • 2015
Judge Benedict Munninger

L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Marvin Pick

NYPD Blue
TV • 1993
Dwight

Veep
TV • 2012
Mr. Wallace

Hunter
TV • 1984
State Department Man

Avenue 5
TV • 2020
Spike Martin

The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Dr. Morris Weiner

Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Wally Kniver

Star Trek: very Short Treks
TV • 2023
Neelix (voice)

The Good Guys
TV • 2010
Alfonse LaViolette

The D-Con Chamber
TV • 2024
Self