Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ethan Phillips (born February 8, 1955, height 5' 6" (1,68 m)) 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
Complete Filmography

The Home
2025
as Ethan
A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building ...

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
as Self
The documentary explores the legacy of Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

1
2020
as Boss
Early morning silence is broken by screeching tires as a helicopter bears down on a speeding vehicle. Taking a quick corner, the team tumbles out into...

The Circuit
2019
The bold crew of the hit Sci-Fi TV series "Star Crew" are in for an adventure that will push them to their limits while they fight to find the heroes ...

The Price for Silence
2018
as Mayor Winston
After the death of her father, a troubled woman returns home to confront the family who paid for her silence. Kira Flynn grew up in a storybook NJ se...

Most Likely to Murder
2018
as Billy's Dad
Billy, once the coolest kid in high school, comes back to his hometown 15 years later to find he’s no longer cool and the girl he still has feelings f...

Future '38
2017
as Dr. Elcourt
An American Agent from 1938 travels through time to hamstring Hitler! Transported to the year 2018, he hoodwinks hoodlums, infuriates the Fuhrer, and...

Miles
2017
as Mr. Wilson
High school senior Miles Walton joins the girls volleyball team in hopes of winning a college scholarship, which causes an uproar in his small Illinoi...

50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
Over the last fifty years, America has been fascinated by Star Trek since it first aired in September of 1966. This 2-hour documentary celebrates the ...

The Purge: Election Year
2016
as Chief Couper
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Ro...

All the Way
2016
as Joe Alsop
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his...

Cozmo's
2016
as Cozmo
At Cozmo’s, humans are the new species on the block and are the butt of all the jokes. The main cast feature Cozmo (Ethan Phillips), a good-natured fo...

The Murder Pact
2015
as Professor
Four friends at a prestigious university whose promising futures are jeopardized when they become connected to the accidental death of a classmate. Wh...

Irrational Man
2015
as Jill's Father
On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his st...

The Adventures of RoboRex
2014
as Randy Jenkins / Professor Apocalypse
When a robot dog from the future pops up in their backyard on a mission to help them, 11-year-old James and his beloved golden retriever, Rex, learn t...

Showing Up
2014
as Self
An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe ...

Audrey
2014
as Donny
Audrey waits and wait and WAITS for her date to show.

Inside Llewyn Davis
2013
as Mitch Gorfein
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.

Coffin Baby
2013
as Coroner B. Jones
An attractive young woman is kidnapped, held captive and forced to endure the evils of one of the most violent homicidal maniacs in the city's history...

Arachnoquake
2012
as Roy
Giant albino spiders break free from the depths of Earth in New Orleans, making everyone’s worst nightmare a reality.

Shadow Witness
2012
as Frank
When a detective finds himself in the snarls of an Internal Affairs investigation, he has to turn to the only person he can trust, a young girl who ho...

A Night at the Silent Movie Theater
2012
as Carlos
A raucous comedy of errors about a singer stuck in a dead-end job who sees his last, best shot at rock stardom threatened by freak accidents, movie th...

Dahmer vs. Gacy
2010
as X-13
A secret government lab run by Dr. Hess (Art LaFleur) has been trying to create the ultimate killer using the DNA of infamous killers Jeffrey Dahmer (...

The Eastmans
2009
as Dr. Donal Ennis
Within a family of doctors, the parents and the adult children find themselves successful professionally but dysfunctional personally. When the patria...

Keith
2008
as Mr. Miles
Natalie is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith ignores her at first, th...

Big Game
2008
as Mr. Foxx
Sully is a psychotic criminal who has just been released from prison. Now he has only one goal: revenge against police detective Elaine Reynolds, who ...

The Babysitters
2008
as Mark Wessler
Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works f...

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
2007
as Data Clerk
It is the year 2306. Thirteen years have passed since Captain James T. Kirk was swept away by the Nexus, after saving the crew of the USS Enterprise-B...

Hallowed Ground
2007
as Preacher
After she becomes stranded in a small town, a young woman discovers her arrival there was foretold a century earlier by the town's founding preacher a...

Plugged
2007
as Murdered Man
Detectives Pitchman and Slogan have their hands full fighting product placement to solve a strange smelling murder mystery.

Super Sweet 16: The Movie
2007
as Craig
Two best friends try to outdo each other as their respective sweet 16 parties approach.

Law Dogs
2007
as Judge Coleman Gen
A look at life as a trial attorney for a public defender.

Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007
as Businessman
West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally ...

The Island
2005
as Jones Three Echo
In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled envi...

Cerebral Print: The Secret Files
2005
as Agent Larry Cornbloom
In 1967, a secret government organization called The Cerebral Print Program was created to capture and study extraterrestrials. Once in the lab, scien...

Chestnut: Hero of Central Park
2004
as Marty
Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment tha...

Trekkies 2
2004
as Himself
Denise Crosby takes another look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" and how the series from around the world has affected and shaped their lives.

Star Trek's Favorite Moments
2004
as Himself
Fans, cast and crew of the Star Trek shows reflect on their favorite moments from The Original Series.

Bad Santa
2003
as Roger Merman
You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tr...

Roddenberry on Patrol
2003
as Mr. Gorn
A very funny short film that parodies Gene Roddenberry's quest to find Star Trek. On the way he encounters several people who help him create the Sc-F...

Rugrats Go Wild
2003
as Toa (voice)
When the Rugrats find themselves stranded on a deserted island, they meet the Thornberrys, a family who agrees to help them escape.

Family Tree
2003
as Dad / Troll
Dysfunctional in-laws on Thanksgiving are one thing, but a long-lost brother-in-law who sprouts leaves when he gets wet is a whole other can of cranbe...

Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier
1999
as Neelix
Dark Frontier" is a feature length TV Movie of Star Trek: Voyager, the 15th and 16th episodes of the fifth season. This episode originally aired as a ...
The Lost World
1998
as Copy boy
Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lost World" performed live as a filmed audio drama.

For Richer or Poorer
1997
as Jerry
Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when ...

Trekkies
1997
as Self
Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the series has affected and shaped their lives.

Star Trek: First Contact
1996
as Holodock Nightclub Maitre d' (uncredited)
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew o...

Jeffrey
1995
as Dave
Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect ...

E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Himself
E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager is a documentary produced by the E! Entertainment Television channel which is now owned by NBCUniversal. It was hosted by...

Launch of Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Himself
Launch of Star Trek: Voyager is a documentary which was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel in the US on 12 January 1995. It was hosted and narrated by Ma...

Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure
1995
as Self
Star Trek: Voyager – Inside the New Adventure was a special documentary, running for 50 minutes, produced by BECK-OLA Productions for broadcasting by ...

Wagons East!
1994
as Smedly
After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide t...

The Shadow
1994
as Nelson
Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom u...

Natural Selection
1994
as Henry
Software programmer Ben Braden has it all: beautiful wife, cute kid, dream house, sports car, great job. Then one day the doorbell rings and he finds ...

The Man Without a Face
1993
as Todd Lansing
Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlie...

Rain Without Thunder
1993
as Gynecologist
This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is Alli...

Condition: Critical
1992
as Randy
Medical drama about a killer virus on the loose in Los Angeles.

Critters 3
1991
as Deputy (archive footage)
As fanged, furious furballs viciously invade an L.A. apartment building and sink their teeth into the low-rent tenants, Josh leads the battle to beat ...

Green Card
1990
as Mr. Gorsky
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fa...

Glory
1989
as Hospital Steward
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Basil Valentine
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hort...

Lean On Me
1989
as Mr. Rosenberg
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined...

Burglar
1987
as Bartender at Parker's on Fifth
Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burgl...

Critters
1986
as Jeff Barnes
Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.

Ragtime
1981
as Guard at Family House
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nos...