Philip Michael Bosco was born on September 26, 1930 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He is a Tony Award-winning American actor.

Bosco began his career in Broadway theatre. He received a Tony Award nomination for his debut in The Rape of the Belt in 1960 and spent the next three decades supporting major stars in classic revivals like Cyrano de Bergerac, King Lear, and Twelfth Night.

Bosco appeared on Broadway in An Inspector Calls (1994), The Heiress (1995), Twelfth Night (1998), Copenhagen (2000), and Twelve Angry Men (2004).

He also starred in Hogan's Goat, Working Girl, Nobody's Fool, Wonder Boys, and Quick Change.

Filmography

• "Damages" (5 episodes, 2007)
• The Savages (2007)
• "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (6 episodes, 2002-2006)
• Freedomland (2006)
• Hitch (2005)
• Abandon (2002)
• "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (1 episode, 2002)
• "Cyberchase" (1 episode, 2002)
• Kate & Leopold (2001)
• After Amy (2001)
• "Ed" (1 episode, 2001)
• Shaft (2000)
• Cupid & Cate (2000)
• Wonder Boys (2000)
• "All My Children" (1 episode, 2000)
• Brooklyn Sonnet (2000)
• Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999)
• "Law & Order" (5 episodes, 1990-1999)
• "Spin City"(1 episode, 1998)
• Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1998)
• Carriers (1998)
• "Cosby" (1 episode, 1998)
• "Remember WENN" (1 episode, 1997)
• Critical Care (1997)
• Deconstructing Harry (1997)
• My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
• "Early Edition"(1 episode, 1997)
• "Liberty! The American Revolution" (6 episodes, 1997)
• The First Wives Club (1996)
• Surprise! (1996)
• It Takes Two (1995)
• Young at Heart (1995)
• Safe Passage (1994)
• Nobody's Fool (1994)
• Janek: The Silent Betrayal (1994)
• Milk Money (1994)
• The Forget-Me-Not Murders (1994)
• Against the Wall (1994)
• Angie (1994)
• "Tribeca" (7 episodes, 1993)
• Lincoln (1992)
• Straight Talk (1992)
• Shadows and Fog (1992)
• The Return of Eliot Ness (1991)
• F/X2 (1991)
• True Colors (1991)
• Quick Change (1990)
• Blue Steel (1990)
• Murder in Black and White (1990)
• "The Equalizer" (2 episodes, 1986-1989)
• The Dream Team (1989)
• The Luckiest Man in the World (1989)
• Working Girl (1988)
• Internal Affairs (1988)
• Another Woman (1988)
• "Spenser: For Hire" (1 episode, 1988)
• 3 Men and a Baby (1987)
• Echoes in the Darkness (1987)
• "Leg Work" (1 episode, 1987)
• Suspect (1987)
• "ABC Weekend Specials" (1 episode, 1987)
• Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986)
• Children of a Lesser God (1986)
• Liberty (1986)
• The Money Pit (1986)
• Walls of Glass (1985)
• Some Men Need Help (1985)
• Heaven Help Us (1985)
• The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
• Trading Places (1983)
• "Nurse" (1 episode, 1981)
• "The Guiding Light" (1952)
• Hogan's Goat (1971)
• "N.Y.P.D." (1 episode, 1968)
• A Lovely Way to Die (1968)
• An Enemy of the People (1966)
• "Hawk" (1 episode, 1966)
• "The Trials of O'Brien" (1 episode, 1965)
• "For the People" (2 episodes, 1965)
• "The Nurses" (3 episodes, 1963-1965)
• "The Defenders" (1 episode, 1965)
• "Sunday Showcase" (1 episode, 1961)
• "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1 episode, 1961)
• "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1 episode, 1961)

Awards

•  Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play "Lend Me a Tenor" 1989
• Tony Actor in a Play "Lend Me a Tenor" 1989
• Daytime Emmy Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming "Read Between the Lines" ("ABC Afterschool special") 1987 - 1988
• OBIE Award Sustained Excellence of Performance 1986 - 1987
• Clarence Derwent Award 1968