Ethan Phillips was born on February 8, 1955 in Long Island, New York as the only boy of six children. He graduated from Boston University with a degree in English Literature and received a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from Cornell University. He has acted on stage, screen, and television for over four decades.
His father was the owner of the famous New York steakhouse Frankie and
Johnnie's, which still serves up "the most delicious sirloin in all of
Manhattan."
He is an accomplished tenor sax player.
Narrated the JASON undersea probe exhibit at Walt Disney World's EPCOT
Center's "The Living Seas."
He has five sisters, Maddy, Maria, Joanny, Meg, and Angie.