Phil Reeves
Biography
Born in New York City, Phil Reeves is an American actor and screenwriter who studied philosophy and English at Earlham College before earning a Master of Fine Arts at the Dallas Theater Center, where playwright Mark Medoff mentored him. His film work includes many Alexander Payne projects, among them Election (1999), About Schmidt (2002) and Sideways, along with 13 Going on 30 (2004), Central Intelligence (2016) and Fun with Dick and Jane. On television he is known as Charles Swedelson on Girlfriends, Andrew Doyle on Veep, General Krieger on Commander in Chief and Dr. Klieger on My Wife and Kids, and he had a regular guest role as Paul Iaresco on Parks and Recreation. He also wrote the screenplay for Happy, Texas (1999), appeared as Commissioner John Kelly on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and acted on regional stages, including the Mark Taper Forum.
73years old
Turns 74 on January 12in 89 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Philip Reeves
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 27 years1993 to 2020
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Early training
Reeves studied philosophy and English at Earlham College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. At the Dallas Theater Center he earned a Master of Fine Arts and was mentored by playwright Mark Medoff.
Behind the camera
Reeves wrote scripts for several movies, among them Happy, Texas (1999), and a second film, The Other Side, was in production.
Beyond film
Reeves spent years on stage in regional theater, including at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and toured in Children of a Lesser God.
Phil Reeves movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Phil Reeves shares two films with Sam Ball, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Sam Ball's page
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Stephen Tobolowsky's page
Udo Kier's page
Matt Damon's page
Kathy Bates's page
All films by Alexander Payne
Box office
What Phil Reeves's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$595 million
8 of the 10 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 10 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$217M36.5% of the total
- 2$106M17.8% of the total
- 3$103M17.3% of the total
- 4$96M16.2% of the total
- 5$55M9.2% of the total
- 6$15M2.5% of the total
- 7$2.6M0.4% of the total
- 8$308K0.1% of the total
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