Biography
Distinctive Features
His Tattoos
Friends and Family
David E. Siegal
[Friend]
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Seth Green
[Friend]
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JD Harmeyer
[Friend]
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Breckin Meyer
[Friend]
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Katelyn
[Sister]
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Kirsten
[Sister]
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Lindsay
[Sister]
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Susan Phillippe
[Mother]
(His mother works in pre- and post-natal care.)
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Richard Phillippe
[Father]
(His father is a chemical technician.)
Pets
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Dog
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Coco Channel
Dog
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Frank Sinatra
Dog
Trivia and Quotes
Quotes
 (About ex-wife Reese Witherspoon): The person I trust most in this world is Reese, definitely. She`s that pure-hearted a person, and that honest. And I would never suspect her of any wrong. (About his daughter, Ava): She is a relief from all the stress in my life; everyday she does something new and it is so amazing.
(On filming the Iraqi war film Stop-Loss (2008) in Morocco): You felt like a monster. We were there in full gear, with these assault rifles, on what`s akin to their Christmas. We were barging into peoples` actual homes to shoot those scenes. I felt incredibly uncomfortable and ashamed at the time.
(On life and family before having the affairs that broke-up the marriage): Home life`s great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I`ve reached this sort of wonderful precipice. I`ve been in this business for a long time at my age, I`ve just turned 30, and I feel like my wife`s career is going incredibly well, my kids are happy and healthy in schools, we`ve both been able to buy a house for our parents, respectively, in the places they live. And now I`m ready to work on my stuff, my career. I feel like everything`s taken care of. I`m just in a really good place.
(On starting a family with Reese): "It just makes so many other things insignificant. It is the most incredible thing that has happened to me, and I feel so lucky to have found the person I want to be with, and to be prepared and enthusiastic."
(On working and being with Reese Witherspoon on the film Cruel Intentions (1999)): It was great. I`m the luckiest guy in the world. Not only personally but professionally. She was an asset to the movie and we begged her to do it. She didn`t have as colorful a role as Sarah`s and mine, but she did an amazing job. Really elevated the piece.
I think who Reese is sort of radiates and emanates. She`s incredibly conscientious, kind and good to people. She has a perspective that extends far beyond her own personal gain, and I think that`s an impressive thing.
I`m such a supporter of women, work-related. I`m happy for my wife and I`m ecstatic that she makes more than most men in Hollywood. The first writer I hired for a movie I`m producing was a black woman. She did an amazing job. It`s like I just think that seeing women get passed over, being so intimately involved with so many women throughout my life - my sisters, my mother and that sort of thing - it`s shaped me and given me a sensitivity and understanding that I don`t think a lot of men necessarily have.
Things like my baby and my wife are a lot more important to me than being in one of the top ten grossing movies of all time.
Where you raise your children isn`t as important as how you raise your children. I think it`s what you talk to them about, what you expose them to, what you make them mindful of. And you`ve got to do that anywhere you live. LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people`s plight. I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it`s really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.
"Music is my greatest love. If I could play an instrument I would be a musician."
"I will no longer be an actor to hire, I have a passion for producing and making films."
"I have a huge CD collection. Music is an obsession of mine."
"I have good taste, that`s the one thing I`m cocky about."
"I secretly sing Frank Sinatra songs in the shower."
"People keep trying to make me a movie star but they just don`t understand. I`m not a movie star, I`m an actor."
Trivia
Fan of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Graduated from New Castle Baptist Academy, now New Castle Christian Academy in New Castle, Delaware.
Packed on 25 pounds of muscle and stopped shaving for 3 months for his role as Parker in The Way of the Gun (2000).
Runs a production company, Lucid Films, with David E. Siegel and fellow actors Seth Green and Breckin Meyer.
Son Deacon Phillippe was born [October 23rd, 2003]
Son, Deacon, was named for his distant relative, Charles Louis "Deacon" Phillipe, who pitched and won the first World Series game ever, in 1903, beating Cy Young, as well as for Hall of Fame football player Deacon Jones. (Reported on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992), 18 May 2005).
Was considered for the role of Harvey Dent in "The Dark Knight".
Black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Daughter Ava Elizabeth Phillippe born [9 September 1999]
Has three sisters: Kirsten, Lindsay and Katelyn.
He played baseball and soccer in highschool.
He was the Yearbook Editor in his senior year.
He`s a huge fan of Frank Sinatra, for both his music and as an interesting character in history. As a tribute he named his bulldog after the singer.
His parents names are Richard and Susan Phillippe. Richard is a chemical technician and Susan is a nurse working in pre- and post-natal care.
Hobbies: photography, cartooning, and writing.
Turned down the role of Anakin Skywalker, because of the age difference between Natalie Portman and himself.
Was considered for a role in The Patriot (2000), but lost out to Heath Ledger.
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