Joseph C. Phillips
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| Born | Joseph Connor Phillips January 17, 1962 Denver, Colorado,  United States |
Joseph Connor Phillips (born January 17, 1962 in Denver, Colorado) is an African American actor and a conservative, Christian commentator and writer. He is the son of Dr. Clarence Phillips, a Denver pediatrician.
Phillips played Martin Kendall on the NBC sitcom, The Cosby Show from 1989 to 1991. Additionally, he portrayed Justus Ward on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital from 1994 to 1998. Phillips is also a guest political commentator on "News and Notes with Ed Gordon" on most NPR radio stations. In 2006, Phillips published an autobiography, He Talk Like A White Boy, which had a foreword by Tavis Smiley.
Phillips role as Martin Kendall came about when Denise Huxtable married him in Africa, unbeknownest to her parents and family. Kendall was in the Navy, and had a young daughter named Olivia and an ex-wife named Paula. In the finale, it is learned that he and Denise are expecting a baby together.
Phillips is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. He attended the University of the Pacific as a communications major, but later transferred to the acting conservatory at New York University where he graduated with a BFA in Acting in 1983.
Phillips is an ambassador for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America. He has spoken extensively about the disease and its effect on the family.[1]He is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actors Equity Association, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, was National Co-Chair of the African American Steering committee for Bush/Cheney ’04, was named a member of the Republican National Committees African American Advisory Board, was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the state board of directors of the California African American Museum and was named a 2005 Claremont Institute Lincoln Fellow.
[edit] Conservative activism
Phillips, is a television and radio commentator and writes a weekly syndicated column that promotes traditional family values, limited government and a return to Americas founding principles. He has been criticized by gay marriage advocates for his support of traditional marriage. NPR story
