Philip Anglim

Philip Anglim is an American actor best known for his performances as John 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. Other roles include the title role in Macbeth on Broadway and Dane O'Neill in the television mini-series The Thorn Birds. He also had a recurring role as Vedek Bareil on the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Anglim was born and raised in San Francisco, California to Paule Anglim, an art dealer mother of French-Jewish descent, and Charles Anglim, a Catholic of Irish descent who worked as a patent attorney.^[1][2] He originally aspired to become a veterinarian, but was bitten by the acting bug while in college.^[3] Anglim graduated with a bachelor's degree in English literature from Yale University in 1973.^[4] Failing to gain admission to an acting conservatory, he returned to San Francisco and joined American Conservatory Theater.^[3] Subsequently, Anglim spent a year in Connecticut at the Southbury Playhouse.^[4]

His feature film debut was in The All-American Boy (1973), and his first television appearance was in the PBS miniseries The Adams Chronicles (1976).^[4] In 1979, while still an unknown, Anglim optioned the London play The Elephant Man and debuted off-Broadway, in the title role, at St. Peter's Church in the Citigroup Center in mid-town Manhattan,^[3] winning the Obie Award for best actor for his performance.^[5] He later moved with the production to Booth Theatre on Broadway in 1979,^[3] where it earned three Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards, including best/outstanding play; Anglim was nominated for a Tony and won a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Circle Critics Award and a Theatre World Award.^[5][6] He performed as Macbeth on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. in 1981^[7] and again on TV in 1982. In 1982, Anglim appeared in the ABC television version of The Elephant Man^[8][9] for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.^[10][11] He continued in theatre, co-starring as Rene Gallimard in a tour of M. Butterfly in 1991 among other roles.^[5]

His television work includes the main role of Dane O'Neill in the television mini-series The Thorn Birds^[4] and the recurring role of Vedek Bareil in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine^[12][13] He has also appeared in film roles.

Anglim owns a cattle farm in Tennessee and is the founder of The Lewis County Children's Fund, which help children in the area.^[4]

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• What the Butler Saw, 1975, Cincinnati
• The Contrast, 1975, Cincinnati
• Snow White, 1976, New York
• The Elephant Man, 1979, Broadway
• Macbeth, 1981, Broadway

• The Elephant Man (1982) as John Merrick
• Testament (1983) as Hollis
• Malone (1987) as Harvey
• Haunted Summer (1988) as Lord Byron
• The Man Inside (1990) as Rolf Gruel
• The Thorn Birds as Dane O'Neill
• Dallas reunion War of the Ewings
• Millennium episode "Sacrament"
• Macbeth (title role)

• "In the Hands of the Prophets"
• "The Circle"
• "The Siege"
• "Shadowplay"
• "The Collaborator"
• "Fascination"
• "Life Support"
• "Resurrection"

All of the following were for his performance in The Elephant Man:

• 1979 Outstanding Actor in a Play, Drama Desk Award
• 1979 nomination for Best Actor, Tony Awards
• 1979 Theatre World Award
• 1978–1979 OBIE Award Performance
• 1982 nomination, Emmy Award
• 1982 nomination, Golden Globe

• Philip Anglim at the Internet Broadway Database
• Philip Anglim at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived)
• Philip Anglim at IMDb 
• NY Times review of Welded
• NY Times review of Judgment
• Anglim article at Little Review