| Philip Anglim | |
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| Born | February 11, 1953 |
Philip Charles Anglim (born February 11, 1953) is an American actor best known for his performance as Joseph Merrick in the stage and television versions of The Elephant Man, a role for which he received a Best Actor nomination in the 1979 Tony Awards. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Elephant Man is a 1979 play by Bernard Pomerance. The production's Broadway debut was produced by Richmond Crinkley and Nelle Nugent The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Other notable roles include Macbeth on Broadway and Dane O'Neill, the ill-fated love child who grew up to follow in his unknown father's footsteps on the path to the priesthood, in the television mini-series The Thorn Birds. Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling Novel by Colleen McCullough, an Australian author He also had a recurring guest role as the Bajoran priest Vedek Bareil on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This is a list of minor characters from the Science fiction television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
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Born in San Francisco, Anglim's original career goal was to be a veterinarian, but after he was asked to appear in a play, he switched to acting. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city A veterinarian ( American English) or a Veterinary surgeon ( British English) often shortened to vet, is a Physician He studied English literature at Yale, receiving a BA degree in 1973, and then spent a year in Connecticut at the Southbury Playhouse. The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. His feature film debut was in 1973 in The All-American Boy, and his first television appearance was in 1976 in the PBS The Adams Chronicles.
In 1979, while still an unknown, Anglim optioned the London play The Elephant Man, and debuted off-Broadway at St. Peter's Church. It later moved to The Booth Theater on Broadway in 1979, and earned several awards. In 1982, Anglim appeared in the NBC television version of the play, and earned Best Actor nominations for the performance.
Anglim also maintains a cattle farm in Tennessee, and in 1992, founded The Lewis County Children's Fund, to help children in the area. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States.
All of the following were for his performance in The Elephant Man:
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| Preceded by Barnard Hughes for Da |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play 1978-1979 for The Elephant Man |
Succeeded by John Rubinstein for Children of a Lesser God |