Phillip Michael Thomas is popular for being an American retired actor and also a musician; he is also well known for his detective role as detective Ricardo Tubbs on one of his hit 1980s TV series.
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Phillip Michael Thomas Biography
Phillip Michael Thomas was born on May 26, 1949, in Columbus, Ohio, United States, into the family of Louis Diggs and Lulu McMorris, who was a homemaker.
The 75-year-old was born in Columbus into a large family, but he was later raised in San Bernardino, California; he happens to be an African American.
However, he will be turning 76 on May 26, 2025, and he is of three descent: German, Irish, and Native American.
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Philip’s father, Louis Diggs, was a foreman at a Westinghouse plant, and he has seven half brothers and sisters with whom he shared the same surname, which happens to be Thomas, and that was his mother’s first husband’s name.
Philip Michael Thomas attended San Bernardino High School when he was a child. He graduated from the school in 1967, and he had to work as a janitor to save up for college.
He was lucky enough to earn a scholarship to the historically Black Oakwood College, a college in Huntsville, Alabama and he earned a degree in religion and philosophy.
He was later transferred to the University of California, Riverside, after his two years at Oakwood College.
However, Phillip had to quit college to focus on his acting career. He is a vegetarian, and he does not smoke neither does he drink.
Phillip Michael Thomas Career
Phillip Michael Thomas started his career at a very young age. He started his acting career at the age of 15, and he was always acting in his Church’s theater group.
He was one of the participants in the Pentecostal Delma Heights Four Gospel Church choir, and he later became interested in the ministry.
He went into acting fully in 1984 when he began playing the role of Ricardo Tubbs in Miami Vice, who was an ex-NYPD police officer from the Bronx who came seeking revenge on the person who killed his brother, Rafael Tubbs.
Thomas has starred in so many TV mini-series, he also did a voice-over in the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as Lance Vance.
Phillip Michael is also into music; he released his music album titled Living The Book Of My Life in 1985 under his record label called Spaceship Records.
However, the music did not go viral as expected, and the sales were poor because there was no hit single in it despite producing a video for the track.
Along the line of his music production, he also signed a deal with the Psychic Reader’s Network, which was later known as the Traffix, Inc., which is based in Melbourne, Florida.
He became the spokesman for the Philip Michael Thomas International Psychic Network, a network that was named after him.
However, Traffix was later replaced with Miss Cleo, and he was able to sue them for breaching of contract, and with luck on his side, he won the case.
Phillip Michael Thomas Wife
Phillip Michael Thomas was in a relationship with his first lover, Dhaima Matthews, and the relationship produced a daughter who was 2 years old and a son who was 9 weeks old before they split.
In 1986, after they went their separate ways, Thomas was sued for his child support for their son and daughter.
He later got married to a model named Kassandra Green, and the marriage did not last for years before she filed a domestic violence complaint against the actor in 1997.
However, that came after she was described as the mother of 5 of his 12 kids, but Philip Thomas dismissed the complaint and regarded it as an absolute, blatant lie.
Thomas and Kassandra Green were from 1986 -1998, and they have five children together, and he has a total of 11 children.
He has 6 daughters, one stepdaughter, and also 5 sons, all from five different relationships; his stepdaughter is named Monica.
Sacha happens to be his first daughter from his first wife, Pat Thomas, and then his second relationship with Merria Ross produces Khrishna.
He also went further to have another relationship with actress Sheila Dewindt and the relationship produced two daughters named Melody and India.
After this, he went into a relationship with Dhaima Matthews, and they had a son named Gabriel (A.K.A Phillip June) and a daughter named Cheyenne.
The veteran’s last relationship was with the model Kassandra Green, and the marriage produced 5 children: a girl named Imaj and four sons named Sovereign, Sacred, Kharisma, and Noble.
Phillip Michael Thomas Net Worth
Phillip Michael Thomas has an estimated net worth of about $2.5 million as of 2024, and that was recorded from his earnings.
Thomas’s earnings stemmed from his acting career, his endorsement, and also his music ventures.
He has been dedicated to his family and he is known for being committed to a healthy lifestyle despite being married twice.
However, his family has every access to his resources and he has always been committed to his work as well.
Also, one of his daughters, Imaj, is also doing well and has an awesome network; she has been supportive of the family.
