Paul Hipp

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Paul Hipp
Born	July 17, 1963 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Paul Hipp (born July 17, 1963) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter, best known for his role as Elliot in Three Sisters. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Nancy and Jack Hipp.^[1]

Hipp made his British stage debut in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story in the titular role, on 12 October 1989 at the Victoria Palace theatre in London's West End, for which he earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Musical. The following year, he opened in Buddy at Broadway's Shubert Theater in New York; he was nominated for a Tony Award and won The Theater World Award for Best Broadway Debut.^[2] He returned to the London stage in 1993 for a short-lived 25th anniversary revival of Hair at the Old Vic, in the role of Berger. That production also starred John Barrowman.

Hipp has performed with, and written songs for, Carole King, and fronted his own rock-and-roll band, Paul Hipp and The Heroes. He had his film directorial debut with Death of a Dog in 2000, which he also wrote.

[edit] Filmography

• China Girl (1987) as Nino
• Sticky Fingers (1988) as Michael
• Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) as Doctor
• Bad Channels (1992) as Dan O'Dare
• Bad Lieutenant (1992) as Jesus
• Fathers & Sons (1992) as Doogy
• The Last Shot (1993) as Peter Tullis
• The Funeral (1996) as Ghouly
• Another Day in Paradise (1997) as Richard Johnson
• Face/Off (1997) as Fitch
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) as Joe Odom
• Waking the Dead (2000) as Danny Pierce
• Carnivàle (2005) as Bert/Bertha
• Three Sisters (2001-2002) as Elliot
• Teenage Caveman (2002) (TV) as Shaman
• ER (2002) as Craig Turner
• Two Tickets to Paradise (2006) as Jason Klein
• South of Pico (2007) as Comma

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site: http://www.paulhipp.com/
• Paul Hipp at the Internet Movie Database
• Paul Hipp at the Internet Broadway Database