Ethan Phillips

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.

Biography

Early life

Phillips was born in Garden City, Long Island, New York. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from Boston University and an MFA from Cornell University.

Career

He authored the play Penguin Blues, which has been staged around the United States and Canada. He also coauthored the Star Trek Cookbook.

Phillips played Neelix on Voyager from 1995 to 2001.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2008	Bones	Checker Box Manager
2007	Cavemen (TV series)	Red Goldreyer
	Hallowed Ground	Preacher
	The Babysitters	Mark Kessler
	Have Dreams, Will Travel	Businessman
	Keith	Mr. Miles
	Super Sweet 16: The Movie	Craig
2005	The Island	Jones Three Echo
2004	Geeks	Himself
	Trekkies 2	Himself
2003	Bad Santa	Roger Merman
	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	Various/Dantooine Civilian/Galon Lor(Korriban)	Voice
	Rugrats Go Wild!	Toa	Voice
2002	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	Loris	Uncredited
	Star Trek: Enterprise	Ulis, group leader of Ferengi thieves
2001	Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds	Empire medical droid/Krantian governor/Royal grenade trooper
2000	9mm of Love	Guy
	Star Wars: Force Commander	Transport Pilot/Governor of Abridon	Voice
	Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force	Neelix	Voice
1997	Trekkies	Himself
1996	Star Trek: First Contact	Holodeck Nightclub Maitre d'	Uncredited
1995-2001	Star Trek Voyager	Neelix
1994	Wagons East	CMMDR. S. L. Smedly
	The Shadow	Nelson
1990	Green Card	Gorsky, INS agent
1990	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Dr. Farek
1989	Glory	Hospital steward
	Lean on Me	Mr. Rosenberg
1986	Critters	Jeff Barnes
1981	Ragtime	Guard at Family House
1980	Benson	Peter 'Pete' 'The Pete Boy' 'Petey'	Seasons 2-6

Further reading

• The Star Trek Cookbook - Ethan Philips and William J. Birnes (ISBN 0-671-00022-5)

References

External links

• Ethan Phillips at the Internet Movie Database