








Thomas was born on May 26, 1949 and broke into acting in his early 20s in the 1970s. His first role was in the 1972 blaxploitation film, "Come Back, Charleston Blue" where he had a minor role as a minister. Thomas followed with small roles over the next 10-15 years in films such as Stigma, Book of Numbers, Bogart, Coonskin and in TV shows such as Griff, Good Times, Toma, The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, and Trapper John, M.D.
Thomas finally caught his big break when he was cast as Detective Ricardo Tubbs on the hit TV show Miami Vice in 1984. Although co-star Don Johnson was the biggest star of Miami Vice, Thomas was popular and achieved his own acclaim. Among Miami Vice fans, Thomas was known affectionately as "the scuzzy black guy on Miami Vice." 
On Miami Vice, Thomas played Miami undercover police detective Ricardo Tubbs, a former NYPD police officer who traveled to Miami to find the person who killed his brother, Rafael Tubbs. While in Miami Tubbs encountered another undercover cop, Sonny Crockett (played by Don Johnson), who is also looking for the same person.


Thomas was known for having a massive ego. During a mid-1980s Academy Awards ceremony, Thomas wore a gaudy gold medallion emblazoned with the letters "EGOT," which stands for "Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony." During a 1984 interview, Thomas said, "Hopefully in the next five years I will win all of those awards." Despite his massive career aspirations, Thomas neither won nor was nominated for any of these awards.

Thomas later joined forces with Jamaican fitness instructor Sandi Morais to compose songs for a family-friendly musical entitled Sacha, which enjoyed runs in south Florida and New York. Thomas also produced music for Morais' fitness videos in 2001 and 2006.
Having sunk from a headline actor on Miami Vice to the spokesman for a physic network by 1994, fans of Thomas must have thought that the actor's career couldn't possibly sink any lower. However, fans were wrong - according to the Internet Movie Database, Thomas's only role since 2003 was a voice-over role for the video game, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
Philip Michael Thomas struggled in Hollywood for years until finally catching his big break when he was cast as Detective Ricardo Tubbs on Miami Vice. Thomas fought the odds to become a success despite possessing arguably the greasiest skin and hair in all of Hollywood. However, Thomas's career quickly plummeted after the cancellation of Miami Vice as quickly as it rose during the mid-1980s. Now, the actor would be fortunate to be cast in an infomercial. All of this makes Philip Michael Thomas one washed-up celebrity!
Morning! Christy is on vacation so it'll just be me for a little while. But I'm doing my own little stay-cation since my husband Abe took the day off, and I've got nothing on my plate today! He's been working really hard on an upcoming episode of "In Their Boots" and deserves a little break. I'm so proud of him - he just had an
on The New York Times too.
So we slept in this morning, til about 8:30, I journaled, and then I went to the gym. I did 30 minutes on the elliptical, 20 minutes of lower body weights, and stretched. Then I came home to find Abe and Julius on the couch.
They were supposed to go on a hike while I was at the gym, but work got in the way. So much for a day off! Since he was about to go exercise, Abe requested a lighter portion of oatmeal:
My mouth was still hungry (from the smaller portion of oats?) so I had a few dried figs.
Followed by decaf green tea and a ginger chew
Plus 2 green pills and my multivitamin.
Now Abe and Julius are hiking and I have no idea what the day has in store for us! We plan on seeing a movie later on, but otherwise who knows...I do have to get a new Sigg bottle because I left mine at the table read last night. This is the second time I've done that!