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. 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.

Filmography

• 2025The Home — Ethan
• Star Trek: very Short Treks — Neelix (voice)
• 20201 — Boss
• Avenue 5 — Spike Martin
• 2019The Circuit
• 2018Most Likely to Murder — Billy's Dad
• New Amsterdam — Dan Marken
• 2018The Price for Silence — Mayor Winston
• 2017Future '38 — Dr. Elcourt
• 2017Miles — Mr. Wilson
• 2016All the Way — Joe Alsop
• 2016Cozmo's — Cozmo
• 2016The Purge: Election Year — Chief Couper
• Better Call Saul — Judge Benedict Munninger
• 2015Irrational Man — Jill's Father
• 2015The Murder Pact — Professor
• Younger — Paul
• 2014Audrey — Donny
• 2014The Adventures of RoboRex — Randy Jenkins / Professor Apocalypse
• 2013Coffin Baby — Coroner B. Jones
• 2013Inside Llewyn Davis — Mitch Gorfein
• 2012A Night at the Silent Movie Theater — Carlos
• 2012Arachnoquake — Roy
• 2012Shadow Witness — Frank
• Veep — Mr. Wallace
• 2010Dahmer vs. Gacy — X-13
• Rizzoli & Isles — John J. Murray
• The Good Guys — Alfonse LaViolette
• Castle — James Farnham
• Mental
• 2009The Eastmans — Dr. Donal Ennis
• The Good Wife — Dr. Morris Weiner
• The Middle — Chairman
• 2008Big Game — Mr. Foxx
• Eli Stone — Principal Ackerman
• 2008Keith — Mr. Miles
• 2008The Babysitters — Mark Wessler
• The Mentalist — Newsome Kirk
• 2007California Dreaming — Wayne Porter
• Cavemen
• Chuck — Woodley
• 2007Hallowed Ground — Preacher
• 2007Have Dreams, Will Travel — Businessman
• 2007Law Dogs — Judge Coleman Gen
• 2007Plugged — Murdered Man
• Pushing Daisies — Daniel Hill
• 2007Super Sweet 16: The Movie — Craig
• Bones — Jerry Lincoln
• 2005Cerebral Print: The Secret Files — Agent Larry Cornbloom
• Criminal Minds — Doyle
• Love, Inc. — Dr. Elliot Schmallenberg
• Numb3rs — Leonard Philbrick
• 2005The Island — Jones Three Echo
• The War at Home — Bob Cooper
• Boston Legal — Michael Schiller
• 2004Chestnut: Hero of Central Park — Marty
• Arrested Development — Military Officer
• 2003Bad Santa — Roger Merman
• 2003Family Tree — Dad / Troll
• Las Vegas — Gabe Labrador
• Oliver Beene — Mr. Stitt
• Rock Me Baby — The Doctor
• 2003Rugrats Go Wild — Toa (voice)
• 8 Simple Rules — Dave
• Half & Half — Dr. Adelman
• The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
• Star Trek: Enterprise — Ulis
• 2000Endsville — Terry Festinger
• 2000Star Trek: Voyager - Future's End — Neelix
• 2000Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion — Neelix
• Providence — Finch
• 1999Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier — Neelix
• From the Earth to the Moon — Stanley Craig
• 1998The Lost World — Copy boy
• 1997For Richer or Poorer — Jerry
• 1996Star Trek: First Contact — Holodock Nightclub Maitre d' (uncredited)
• 1996Star Trek: Voyager - Basics — Neelix
• 1995Jeffrey — Dave
• Star Trek: Voyager — Neelix
• Chicago Hope — Bob Stewart
• 1994Natural Selection — Henry
• 1994The Shadow — Nelson
• Touched by an Angel — Wally Kniver
• 1994Wagons East! — Smedly
• NYPD Blue — Dwight
• 1993Rain Without Thunder — Gynecologist
• 1993The Man Without a Face — Todd Lansing
• 1992Condition: Critical — Randy
• 1991Critters 3 — Deputy (archive footage)
• 1990Green Card — Mr. Gorsky
• Law & Order — Mark Hauser
• 1989Bloodhounds of Broadway — Basil Valentine
• 1989Glory — Hospital Steward
• 1989Lean On Me — Mr. Rosenberg
• Murphy Brown
• 1987Burglar — Bartender at Parker's on Fifth
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Dr. Farek
• Werewolf — Eddie Armondo
• 1986Critters — Jeff Barnes
• L.A. Law — Sam Waibel, Marvin Pick
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Devil's Alphabet")
• Hunter — State Department Man
• American Playhouse — Basil Valentine
• 1981Ragtime — Guard at Family House
• Benson — Pete Downey
• Hart to Hart

Appearances as themselves (12)

• The D-Con Chamber — Self
• 2024To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager — Self
• Star Trek Day — Self
• 201650 Years of Star Trek — Self
• 2014Showing Up — Self
• 2004Star Trek's Favorite Moments — Self
• 2004Trekkies 2 — Himself
• 1997Trekkies — Self
• 1996Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond — Self
• 1995E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager — Himself
• 1995Launch of Star Trek: Voyager — Himself
• 1995Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure — Self