Philip Anglim is an American actor best known for his performances as John Merrick in the stage and television versions of The Elephant Man, a role for which he received a Best Actor nomination in the 1979 Tony Awards. Other roles include the title role in Macbeth on Broadway and Dane O'Neill in the television mini-series The Thorn Birds. He also had a recurring role as Vedek Bareil on the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Biography
Anglim was born and raised in San Francisco, California to Paule Anglim, an art dealer mother of French-Jewish descent, and Charles Anglim, a Catholic of Irish descent who worked as a patent attorney. He originally aspired to become a veterinarian, but was bitten by the acting bug while in college. Anglim graduated with a bachelor's degree in English literature from Yale University in 1973. Failing to gain admission to an acting conservatory, he returned to San Francisco and joined American Conservatory Theater. He later moved with the production to Booth Theatre on Broadway in 1979, He performed as Macbeth on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. in 1981 and again on TV in 1982. In 1982, Anglim appeared in the ABC television version of The Elephant Man for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He continued in theatre, co-starring as Rene Gallimard in a tour of M. Butterfly in 1991 among other roles. He has also appeared in film roles.
Anglim owns a cattle farm in Tennessee and is the founder of The Lewis County Children's Fund, which help children in the area.