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Detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs is a fictional character from the Miami Vice television series. Tubbs was originally portrayed by Philip Michael Thomas in the television series from 1984 to 1990, and later by Jamie Foxx in the feature film in 2006.
Philip Michael Thomas (born May 26, 1949) is a retired American actor and musician, best known for his role as detective Ricardo Tubbs on the hit 1980s TV series Miami Vice. His first notable roles were in Coonskin (1975) and opposite Irene Cara in the 1976 film Sparkle.
The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs, two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. The series ran for five seasons on NBC from September 16, 1984 to June 28, 1989.
Philip Michael Thomas - the multi-talented performer best known as Detective Rico Tubbs in the iconic 1980s TV series Miami Vice (1984) - made his Broadway debut in 1971 in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play No Place to Be Somebody...and hasn't looked back since.
- January 1, 1
- 1.77 m
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Early Career
- Miami Vice
- After Vice
- Personal Life
He began acting in 1972, appearing in the pilot episode of the TV police drama Toma and an episode of Norman Lear's Good Times before getting movie roles the blaxplotation films Black Fist and Coonskin before starring alongside rising star Irene Cara in 1976's Sparkle (he & Cara would play in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations along wi...
Thomas was cast as Detective Ricardo Tubbs of the NYPD, who traveled to Miami to exact revenge on the drug lord that killed his fellow cop & brother Rafael Tubbs. He teamed up with James "Sonny" Crockett and, after catching the lord (who was later released by a corrupt judge) Tubbs decided to stay in Miami, a partnership that lasted five years. Tho...
After Miami Vice was cancelled, Thomas fell into obscurity, appearing in some made-for-TV movies until returning for a series of commercials for the Psychic Friends Network, wearing a wardrobe in his Tubbs persona, using the phrase "From Miami Vice to world advice!". After Psychic Friends Network changed its' name to Traffix Inc, Thomas was replace...
Thomas was married to Kassandra Thomas from 1986-1998 and has five children. Thomas also has six other children from previous relationships. Coincidentally, Thomas's birthday is identical to his Vice love interest, Pam Grier.
- Miami Vice (TV series)
- Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
- May 26, 1949 (age 75)
- 3 min
Detective Sergeant Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs (born May 26, 1949) was an officer with the Metro-Dade Police Department, working undercover in the Organized Crime Bureau, Vice Division. He was the partner of Detective Sergeant James "Sonny" Crockett.
Aug 18, 2023 · The show starred the effortlessly cool Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as the incredibly fashionable Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, two drug-busting cops working in a sunny, beachy,...
