Philip Michael Thomas | Born 1949

Philip Michael Thomas has always been associated with a single, iconic TV character: Ricardo Tubbs, Sonny Crockett’s partner on the enduring 1980s cop drama Miami Vice. However, people familiar with him are likely aware that this was only part of his entire career since he was active for a considerable amount of time, at least until he left the industry in 2011.

While he played in a few movies in the 1970s, such as Coonskin and Sparkle, landing the credit in Miami Vice was his real break. He experimented with music and released an album titled Living the Book of My Life. He reconnected with Don Johnson in the 1990s television series Nash Bridges. In the 1990s, he also rose to the position of spokesperson for the Philip Michael Thomas International Psychic Network. Later, he provided the voice-over for Grand Theft Auto, a well-known video game.