Known for movies
Miami Vice (1984-1990)
as Detective Ricardo Tubbs
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
as Lance Vance
Sparkle (1976)
as Stix
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006)
as Lance Vance
Short Info
| Net Worth | $2.5 million |
| Date Of Birth | May 26, 1949 |
| Spouse | Kassandra Thomas |
| Fact | Has six daughters, one step-daughter, and five sons from 5 different relationships. Step-daughter, Monica. Sacha, his first born daughter with first wife Pat Thomas. Daughter Khrishna to Merria Ross. Daughters Melody and India to actress Sheila Dewindt. Daughter Chayenne and son Gabriel (A.K.A. "Philip Jr.") with Dhaima Matthews. Daughter Imaj and sons Sovereign, Sacred, Kharisma, and Noble with second wife Kassandra Thomas. |
Philip Michael Thomas is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Detective Ricardo Tubbs on the 1980s television series Miami Vice.
Thomas was born in Columbus, Ohio, on May 26, 1949, the son of Philip M. Thomas Sr., a steelworker, and his wife, Thelma (née Johnson), a homemaker. He has two sisters, Pamela and Patricia. Thomas was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended John Adams High School.
Thomas’s first acting role was in a high school production of The King and I. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Michigan, where he studied drama. He later transferred to Wayne State University.
Thomas’s first professional acting role was in a production of Hair in Detroit. He later moved to New York City, where he appeared in off-Broadway productions and commercials. In 1978, he made his film debut in The Wiz.
Thomas’s breakout role came in 1984, when he was cast as Detective Ricardo Tubbs on Miami Vice. The show was a huge success and made Thomas a household name. He starred on the show for five seasons, until 1989.
After Miami Vice ended, Thomas starred in a number of films, including Harlem Nights (1989), Marked for Death (1990), and New Jack City (1991). He also starred on the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992-1993) and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994).
In recent years, Thomas has appeared in a number of reality television shows, including Celebrity Fit Club (2005) and I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! (2009).
Thomas has been married three times. His first marriage was to actress Sheila DeWindt from 1974 to 1977. His second marriage was to model Marcy Walker from 1984 to 1985. His third marriage is to Gina Thomas, with whom he has two children.
Thomas has a net worth of $5 million.
General Info
| Full Name | Philip Michael Thomas |
| Net Worth | $2.5 million |
| Date Of Birth | May 26, 1949 |
| Height | 1.78 m |
| Profession | Musician, Theatrical producer, Actor |
| Education | Oakwood University |
| Nationality | American |
Family
| Spouse | Kassandra Thomas |
| Children | Sacha Thomas, Sacred Thomas, Khrishna Thomas, Noble Thomas, Sovereign Thomas, Kharisma Thomas, India Thomas, Gabriel Thomas, Chayenne Thomas, Melody Thomas, Imaj Thomas |
| Parents | Louis Diggs, Lulu McMorris |
Accomplishments
| Awards | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama, VGX Award for Best Supporting Male Performance, TV Land Coolest Crime Fighting Team Award |
| Movies | Sparkle, Coonskin, Death Drug, The Wizard of Speed and Time, Book of Numbers, El hombre de los hongos, Hey Good Lookin', Black Fist, Stigma, Mamma Mia!, Fate, Canciones del Corazon, Soul Brothas and Sistas: Vol. 4: Quadruple Feature |
| TV Shows | Noi siamo angeli, Miami Vice |
Social profile links
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | I will always be a gypsy, and if a woman is going to love me, she will have to love the gypsy spirit in me. This is the thing in the past most women have not understood. They want to embrace the physical relationship and settle down. That means death to me. I gotta fly. |
| 2 | I'm locked in as one of the showbiz superstars. Like Dr. Kildare is forever. Telly Savalas is forever. |
| 3 | There are only a few who will be the Fords, the Edisons, the Carnegies, and I think I'm in that number. |
| 4 | I'm like Gandhi in a sense. I don't mind walking with the people. I will take off my suits and ties and get down there and work. |
| 5 | I have been recommending Napoleon Hill's book Think and Grow Rich to almost everybody I have met since I first read it in 1967. It is the master key to anyone who wants to succeed. |
| 6 | I love encouraging people to read great books. You can travel the world and the universe if you just go to your local library and choose a book to read. I tell my children you must read to lead. |
| 7 | Some people never live a day in a lifetime. I live a lifetime in a day. |
| 8 | Once you get to the mountain top that's where you really begin to climb. |
| 9 | Good life is like good music. There are rests and pauses and melody and rhythm and lyric and reason and rhyme and love that last for all time. Music and all that it possesses is a multi-dimensional life itself. Not just a trip, but a round trip. |
| 10 | Look deep into the mirror of your soul and discover a wonderful truth, the greatest book you'll ever know is written and lived by you. |
| 11 | "I've become greened, like money. I respect the position. I'm enthusiastic, as opposed to excited. Enthusiasm comes from the Greek entheos, which means "God-inspired"...I recommend fame, but with fortune. Otherwise, it's a bitch." (Playboy 1985) |
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | PMT has always loved Florida and has chosen to call The Sunshine State his home. He is hard at work on his autobiography, official web site, and writing songs for an album he may release in 2008. [August 2007] |
| 2 | Co-producer and co-creator of the smash-hit musical Sacha on Broadway, which is staged periodically in Florida and is being groomed for a national tour. [August 2007] |
| 3 | Was an ordained Pentecostal preacher at the age of 16. |
| 4 | Before transferring to the University of California-Riverside, PMT attended Oakwood College, a small liberal arts institution in Huntsville, Alabama (started by the Seventh-day Adventist church), intending to become a pastor. |
| 5 | In addition to being highly creative, even bookish, PMT is gifted mechanically and can rebuild a car engine from the ground up or diagnose it merely by hearing someone describe its symptoms. |
| 6 | Of Native-American, Irish, & African-American ancestry. |
| 7 | Attended the University of California at Riverside, California. |
| 8 | Was awarded an undisclosed amount by an arbitrator for his work in psychic phone commercials, ending an eight-year dispute in which Thomas claimed Traffix, Inc. owed him $12 million. [June 2002] |
| 9 | A bank foreclosed on his house in 1998. |
| 10 | Lived with Kassandra Thomas from 1986-1998. They have 5 children. |
| 11 | Lived with Dhaima Matthews from 1982-1986. They had 2 children. |
| 12 | Has six daughters, one step-daughter, and five sons from 5 different relationships. Step-daughter, Monica. Sacha, his first born daughter with first wife Pat Thomas. Daughter Khrishna to Merria Ross. Daughters Melody and India to actress Sheila Dewindt. Daughter Chayenne and son Gabriel (A.K.A. "Philip Jr.") with Dhaima Matthews. Daughter Imaj and sons Sovereign, Sacred, Kharisma, and Noble with second wife Kassandra Thomas. |
Pictures
Movies
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories | 2006 | Video Game | Lance Vance (voice) |
| Fate | 2003 | Detective Ciprian Raines | |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | 2002 | Video Game | Lance Vance (voice) |
| Nash Bridges | 1997-2001 | TV Series | Cedrick Hawks |
| Noi siamo angeli | 1997 | TV Series | Joe / Father Zaccaria |
| We Are Angels | 1997 | Video Game | Father Zaccaria |
| River of Stone | 1994 | ||
| Fortune Hunter | 1994 | TV Series | Gary Colt |
| Miami Shakedown | 1993 | Frank Ferguson | |
| Extralarge: Black Magic | 1992 | TV Movie | Dumas |
| Extralarge: Cannonball | 1992 | TV Movie | Dumas |
| Detective Extralarge: Yo-Yo | 1992 | TV Movie | Dumas |
| Extralarge: Moving Target | 1992 | TV Movie | Dumas |
| Swamp Thing | 1992 | TV Series | Barry Scott |
| Extralarge: Miami Killer | 1991 | TV Movie | Willy Dumas |
| Extralarge: Black and White | 1991 | TV Movie | Dumas |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter | 1991 | TV Movie | Chuck Gilmore |
| A Little Piece of Sunshine | 1990 | TV Movie | Tomson |
| Zorro | 1990 | TV Series | Jack Holten |
| Superboy | 1990 | TV Series | Brimstone |
| Miami Vice | 1984-1990 | TV Series | Detective Ricardo Tubbs |
| False Witness | 1989 | TV Movie | Bobby Marsh |
| The Wizard of Speed and Time | 1988 | Policeman Mickey Polanko | |
| Motown Merry Christmas | 1987 | TV Movie | Host |
| A Fight for Jenny | 1986 | TV Movie | David Caldwell |
| Hey Good Lookin' | 1982 | Chaplin (voice, as Philip M. Thomas) | |
| Trapper John, M.D. | 1982 | TV Series | Floyd Walsh |
| Ot Kain | 1982 | as Philip M. Thomas | |
| Strike Force | 1981 | TV Series | Wesley |
| Valentine | 1979 | TV Movie | Bean |
| The Dark | 1979 | Corn Rows | |
| Roots: The Next Generations | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Eddie |
| Death Drug | 1978 | Jesse | |
| Lawman Without a Gun | 1978 | TV Movie | Rufus Cartwright |
| The Beasts Are on the Streets | 1978 | TV Movie | Eddie Morgan |
| Starsky and Hutch | 1978 | TV Series | Kingston St. Jacques |
| Wonder Woman | 1978 | TV Series | Furst |
| Roosevelt and Truman | 1977 | TV Movie | Truman |
| Insight | 1977 | TV Series | Luther |
| El hombre de los hongos | 1976 | Gaspar | |
| Sparkle | 1976 | Stix | |
| Medical Center | 1976 | TV Series | Dr. Sam Karter |
| Movin' On | 1976 | TV Series | Banjo |
| Coonskin | 1975 | Randy / Brother Rabbit (as Philip Thomas) | |
| Caribe | 1975 | TV Series | Prince John |
| Mr. Ricco | 1975 | Purvis Mapes (as Philip Thomas) | |
| Police Woman | 1974 | TV Series | Sonny |
| Toma | 1973-1974 | TV Series | Bad Sam / Sam Hooper |
| Good Times | 1974 | TV Series | Eddie Conroy |
| Bogard | 1974 | Fletch & Boom Boom | |
| Griff | 1973 | TV Series | Eddie Marshall |
| Book of Numbers | 1973 | Dave Green | |
| Stigma | 1972 | Dr. Calvin Crosse | |
| Come Back, Charleston Blue | 1972 | Minister |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Chaparall | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 2003 writer - 1 episode, 2003 | ||
| Noi siamo angeli | 1997 | TV Series performer: "A NEW WAY" | |
| Extralarge: Black Magic | 1992 | TV Movie performer: "SHE'S SO SWEET, SHE'S SO FINE" / writer: "SHE'S SO SWEET, SHE'S SO FINE" | |
| Extralarge: Black and White | 1991 | TV Movie performer: "She's So Sweet, She's So Fine" | |
| Miami Vice | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1985 writer - 1 episode, 1985 | ||
| Sparkle | 1976 | performer: "JUMP", "Look Into Your Heart" |
Composer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Shakedown | 1993 |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Shakedown | 1993 | executive producer |
Stunts
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wizard of Speed and Time | 1988 | stunt driver |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piñero | 2001 | the producers wish to thank |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gylne tider | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Ricardo Tubbs |
| High Chaparall | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| VH-1 Where Are They Now: TV Hunks | 2003 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Inside TV Land: Cops on Camera | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| NBC 75th Anniversary Special | 2002 | TV Special | Himself |
| Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| I Love 1980's | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Never Can Say Goodbye: The Sheena Easton Story | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| VH-1 Where Are They Now? | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Primero izquierda | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Debbie Allen Special | 1989 | TV Special | Himself |
| 21st NAACP Image Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| This Is Your Life | 1988 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Hour Magazine | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Ebony/Jet Showcase | 1987 | TV Series | Himself |
| Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment | 1986 | Video | Himself |
| The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series |
| NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration | 1986 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite Television Dramatic Program |
| The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Drama Series |
| Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1985 | TV Special | Himself |
| Battle of the Network Stars XVIII | 1985 | TV Special | Himself - NBC Team |
| La La, Making It in L.A. | 1979 | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneers of Television | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Det. Ricardo Tubbs - Miami Vice |
| 1002 Momentos de la tele | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| La imagen de tu vida | 2006 | TV Series | Detective Ricardo Tubbs |
| Retrosexual: The 80's | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Piñero | 2001 | Detective Ricardo Tubbs (uncredited) | |
| Sex Violence & Values: Changing Images | 1986 | TV Movie | Vice Cop with Shotgun (uncredited) |
Awards
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | TV Land Award | TV Land Awards | Coolest Crime Fighting Team | Miami Vice (1984) |
| 1986 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama | Miami Vice (1984) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
