Hipp, Paul 1963(?)-

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Hipp, Paul 1963(?)-

PERSONAL

Born July 17, 1963 (some sources cite July 9, 1964), in Philadelphia, PA; son of Jack and Nancy Hipp. Education: Trained for the stage with William Hickey and Mira Rostova in New York City.

Addresses:

Agent—Stone Manners Talent and Literary Agency, 6500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career:

Actor, singer, composer and songwriter, director, producer, and film editor. Paul Hipp and the Heroes, band leader; worked as a street singer and guitarist in New York City; performed at clubs in Greenwich Village; appeared in commercials.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild, Actors' Equity Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

Awards, Honors:

Antoinette Perry Award nomination and Laurence Olivier Award nomination, Society of West End Theatre, both best performance by an actor in a musical, 1991, Theater World Award, best Broadway debut performance, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk nomination, and Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Toronto Theatre Alliance, all for Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Nino Villache, China Girl, Vestron, 1987.

Michael, Sticky Fingers, Spectrafilm, 1988.

Doogie, Fathers & Sons, Columbia, 1991.

Dr. Shorts, Lethal Weapon 3, Warner Bros., 1992.

Jesus, Bad Lieutenant, Aries Film Releasing, 1992.

Dan O'Dare, Bad Channels, 1992.

Boy Meets Girl, 1993.

Ghouly, The Funeral, October Films, 1996.

Fitch, Face/Off (also known as Face Off), Paramount, 1997.

Joe Odom, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Warner Bros., 1997.

Dylan, Vicious Circles, Trimark Pictures, 1997.

Robert Marrs, Cleopatra's Second Husband, Indican Pictures, 1998.

Richard Johnson, Another Day in Paradise, Trimark Pictures, 1998.

Danny Pierce, Waking the Dead, USA Films, 1999.

Quinn, More Dogs than Bones, Dream Entertainment, Inc., 2000.

Dick, Death of a Dog, Groovy Fish Productions, 2000.

Alexander, Sunset Tuxedo (short film), 2004.

Vice president, Bye Bye Benjamin (short film), American Film Institute, 2006.

Jason Klein, Dirt Nap (also known as Two Tickets to Paradise), Scrudge, 2006.

Frank, Hide & Seek (short film), DaDoo Productions, 2006.

Comma, South of Pico, Snails Pace Productions/Vent Productions, 2007.

Film Work:

Song performer, "I Want You Back," and song producer, Body Snatchers, Warner Bros., 1993.

Producer, director, and film editor, Death of a Dog, Groovy Fish Productions, 2000.

Television Appearances; Series:

Elliot Quinn, Three Sisters, NBC, 2001-2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Elvis Presley, Liberace: Behind the Music, CBS, 1988.

Nicholas "Nick" De Noia, The Chippendales Murder, USA Network, 2000.

Shaman, Teenage Caveman, Cinemax, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC, 1990.

Peter Tullis, The Last Shot, Showtime, 1993.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Richard/Ricky, Fantasy Island, 1998.

Manchild, Showtime, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Andrew McCauley, The Hat Squad, 1992.

Nick Bosch, "On a Dead Man's Chest," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1992.

Harry, "Love Is Hell," Parker Lewis Can't Lose (also known as Parker Lewis), 1992.

Charlie Nevers, "Dial ‘H’ for Murder," The Cosby Mysteries, 1995.

Aaron Crow, "Vanishing Act," Nash Bridges (also known as Bridges), CBS, 1996.

Simon, "Testing, Testing," Men Behaving Badly (also known as It's a Man's World), NBC, 1997.

Lewis Abernathy, "Black Pearl," Pacific Blue, 1997.

Lon Colomby, "Vegas Mother's Day: Parts 1 & 2," Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (also known as Cover Me), USA Network, 2001.

Craig Turner, "Lockdown," ER, NBC, 2002.

Craig Turner, "Chaos Theory," ER, NBC, 2002.

Vince Fisher, "Game Over," CSI: Miami, CBS, 2005.

Bert, "The Road to Damascus," Carnivale, HBO, 2005.

Bert, "Outskirts, Damascus, NE," Carnivale, HBO, 2005.

Bert/Bertha Hagenback, "New Canaan, CA," Carnivale, HBO, 2005.

Marc Coleman, "My Chopped Liver," Scrubs, NBC, 2006.

William Mamet, "Stealing Home," CSI: NY, CBS, 2006.

Dr. Woods, "Heroic Measures," The Closer, TNT, 2006.

Detective Chris Pappas, "The Damage Done," Without a Trace (also known as W.A.T.), CBS, 2006.

Also appeared in episodes of Entertainment Tonight, syndicated, Good Morning America, ABC, and Today, NBC.

Television Appearances; Other:

Buddy Holly, Nothing like a Royal Show, London Weekend Television), 1990.

Stage Appearances:

Title role, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (musical), West End production, c. 1989, then Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1990-91.

Berger, Hair (musical), Old Vic Theatre, London, 1993.

Appeared as Gene Vincent, Be Bop a Lulu, Theatre-Theatre, Los Angeles; in A Minor Incident, Theatre Row Theatre, New York City, and Royal Albert Hall, London; and Rockabilly Road, New York City.