# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philip-michael-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:12:57.688Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philip-michael-thomas"
name: "Philip Michael Thomas"
slug: "philip-michael-thomas"
description: "Philip Michael Thomas is an American retired actor and musician and composer best known for his role as detective Ricardo Tubbs on the hit 1980s TV series Miami Vice. His first notable roles were in Coonskin (1975) and opposite Irene Cara in the 1976 film Sparkle. After his success in Miami Vice, he appeared in numerous made-for-TV movies and advertisements for telephone psychic services. He also voiced the character Lance Vance in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006)."
tagline: "American actor (born 1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philip_Michael_Thomas_1985.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-05-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.25978
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859365/"
    handle:    "nm0859365"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%BF_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Філіпп Майкл Томас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "فيليب مايكل توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "فيليب مايكل توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "فیلیپ مایکل توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "فیلیپ مایکل تۆماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "فیلیپ مایکل توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A4_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9C_%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A1"
    title: "פיליפ מייקל תומאס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9"
    title: "フィリップ・マイケル・トーマス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%84%EB%A6%BD_%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%B4_%ED%86%A0%EB%A7%88%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "필립 마이클 토마스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ppl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Томас, Филип Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Michael_Thomas"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528839"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70759"
    title: "Philip Michael Thomas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump