Acting · Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA · Born February 8, 1955
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.
MovieThe Home
2025
as Ethan
MovieTo the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
as Self
TVThe D-Con Chamber
2024
as Self
TVStar Trek: very Short Treks
2023
as Neelix (voice)
Movie1
2020
as Boss
TVStar Trek Day
2020
as Self
TVAvenue 5
2020
as Spike Martin
MovieThe Circuit
2019
MovieThe Price for Silence
2018
as Mayor Winston
TVNew Amsterdam
2018
as Dan Marken
MovieMost Likely to Murder
2018
as Billy's Dad
MovieFuture '38
2017
as Dr. Elcourt
MovieMiles
2017
as Mr. Wilson
Movie50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
MovieThe Purge: Election Year
2016
as Chief Couper
MovieAll the Way
2016
as Joe Alsop
MovieCozmo's
2016
as Cozmo
MovieThe Murder Pact
2015
as Professor
MovieIrrational Man
2015
as Jill's Father
TVYounger
2015
as Paul
TVBetter Call Saul
2015
as Judge Benedict Munninger
MovieThe Adventures of RoboRex
2014
as Randy Jenkins / Professor Apocalypse
MovieShowing Up
2014
as Self
MovieAudrey
2014
as Donny
MovieInside Llewyn Davis
2013
as Mitch Gorfein
MovieCoffin Baby
2013
as Coroner B. Jones
MovieArachnoquake
2012
as Roy
TVVeep
2012
as Mr. Wallace
MovieShadow Witness
2012
as Frank
MovieA Night at the Silent Movie Theater
2012
as Carlos
TVRizzoli & Isles
2010
as John J. Murray
TVThe Good Guys
2010
as Alfonse LaViolette
MovieDahmer vs. Gacy
2010
as X-13
TVThe Middle
2009
as Chairman
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Dr. Morris Weiner
TVMental
2009
TVCastle
2009
as James Farnham
MovieThe Eastmans
2009
as Dr. Donal Ennis
TVThe Mentalist
2008
as Newsome Kirk
MovieKeith
2008
as Mr. Miles
MovieBig Game
2008
as Mr. Foxx
MovieThe Babysitters
2008
as Mark Wessler
TVEli Stone
2008
as Principal Ackerman
MovieStar Trek: Of Gods and Men
2007
as Data Clerk
MovieHallowed Ground
2007
as Preacher
TVPushing Daisies
2007
as Daniel Hill
TVCavemen
2007
TVChuck
2007
as Woodley
MoviePlugged
2007
as Murdered Man
MovieSuper Sweet 16: The Movie
2007
as Craig
MovieLaw Dogs
2007
as Judge Coleman Gen
MovieHave Dreams, Will Travel
2007
as Businessman
MovieCalifornia Dreaming
2007
as Wayne Porter
Love, Inc.
2005
as Dr. Elliot Schmallenberg
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Doyle
TVBones
2005
as Jerry Lincoln
TVThe War at Home
2005
as Bob Cooper
MovieThe Island
2005
as Jones Three Echo
MovieCerebral Print: The Secret Files
2005
as Agent Larry Cornbloom
TVNumb3rs
2005
as Leonard Philbrick
MovieChestnut: Hero of Central Park
2004
as Marty
TVBoston Legal
2004
as Michael Schiller
MovieTrekkies 2
2004
as Himself
MovieStar Trek's Favorite Moments
2004
as Self
MovieBad Santa
2003
as Roger Merman
MovieRoddenberry on Patrol
2003
as Mr. Gorn
TVArrested Development
2003
as Military Officer
TVLas Vegas
2003
as Gabe Labrador
TVRock Me Baby
2003
as The Doctor
MovieRugrats Go Wild
2003
as Toa (voice)
TVOliver Beene
2003
as Mr. Stitt
MovieFamily Tree
2003
as Dad / Troll
TVHalf & Half
2002
as Dr. Adelman
TV8 Simple Rules
2002
as Dave
TVThe Jamie Kennedy Experiment
2002
TVStar Trek: Enterprise
2001
as Ulis
Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion
2000
as Neelix
MovieStar Trek Voyager - Future's End
2000
as Neelix
MovieStar Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier
1999
as Neelix
TVProvidence
1999
as Finch
The Lost World
1998
as Copy boy
TVFrom the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Stanley Craig
MovieFor Richer or Poorer
1997
as Jerry
MovieTrekkies
1997
as Self
MovieStar Trek: First Contact
1996
as Holodock Nightclub Maitre d' (uncredited)
MovieStar Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
as Self
MovieStar Trek: Voyager - Basics
1996
as Neelix
MovieJeffrey
1995
as Dave
MovieE! Inside Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Himself
TVStar Trek: Voyager
1995
as Neelix
MovieLaunch of Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Himself
MovieStar Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure
1995
as Self
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Wally Kniver
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Bob Stewart
MovieWagons East!
1994
as Smedly
MovieThe Shadow
1994
as Nelson
MovieNatural Selection
1994
as Henry
TVNYPD Blue
1993
as Dwight
MovieThe Man Without a Face
1993
as Todd Lansing
MovieRain Without Thunder
1993
as Gynecologist
MovieCondition: Critical
1992
as Randy
MovieCritters 3
1991
as Deputy (archive footage)
MovieGreen Card
1990
as Mr. Gorsky
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Mark Hauser
MovieGlory
1989
as Hospital Steward
MovieBloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Basil Valentine
MovieLean On Me
1989
as Mr. Rosenberg
TVMurphy Brown
1988
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Dr. Farek
TVWerewolf
1987
as Eddie Armondo
MovieBurglar
1987
as Bartender at Parker's on Fifth
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Sam Waibel
MovieCritters
1986
as Jeff Barnes
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Devil's Alphabet")
TVHunter
1984
as State Department Man
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Basil Valentine
MovieRagtime
1981
as Guard at Family House
TVHart to Hart
1979
TVBenson
1979
as Pete Downey
