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Popular As | Philip Charles MacKenzie |
Occupation | Actor |
Age | 77 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Born | May 7, 1946 (Brooklyn, New York, USA) |
Birthday | May 7 |
Town/City | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Nationality | USA |
Philip Charles MacKenzie’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Philip Charles MacKenzie was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Philip is the son of William Harris, an NYPD (Captain) policeman and Sophia Muller, a school teacher. He grew up in the Bay Ridge-Fort Hamilton section of Brooklyn and attended Fort Hamilton HS. He started playing drums at 14 and in addition to his acting, directing and teaching careers, he still plays drums live and on recordings.
He graduated from SUNY Cortland with a degree in elementary education. From there, he received an MFA in acting from the prestigious NYU School of the Arts. Upon graduation, he never stopped working as an actor.
It was while he starred in Showtime's "Brothers" playing the flamboyant, groundbreaking gay character, Donald Maltby that he moved into directing, a career that continued for another twenty-five years, directing such hit shows as Roseanne, Frasier, According to Jim and many others.
He is also a much sought after film acting teacher in the Los Angeles area. He is married to actress Alison LaPlaca. They have one son.