Philip Rosenthal Biography
Philip Rosenthal is an American television writer and producer who created, wrote, and executive produced the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. In recent years, he has hosted the culinary and travel documentaries I’ll Have What Phil’s Having on PBS and Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix.
How old is Philip Rosenthal? – Age
He is 64 years old as of 27 January 2024. He was born in 1960 in Queens, New York, United States.
Philip Rosenthal Family – Education
Rosenthal’s parents were both born in Germany; after being incarcerated in France, his mother relocated to Cuba after WWII, then to Manhattan, where she met her husband. Rosenthal was born to a Jewish family in Queens, but spent the majority of his boyhood in New City, Rockland County. He attended Clarkstown North High School, where he was heavily involved in the school’s theater club, Cue ‘N Curtain, and theatre.In 1977, Rosenthal received his diploma from Clarkstown North. He went to Hofstra University after high school, where he earned his degree in 1981.
Philip Rosenthal Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $200 million.
Philip Rosenthal Books
Rosenthal is the author of the book You’re Lucky You’re Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom, which came out on October 21, 2006. He explains how his life contributed to the popularity of Everybody Loves Raymond.
Philip Rosenthal Career
Rosenthal began his career as an actor in New York City in the early 1980s before transitioning to production, where he wrote and produced shows like Coach with Craig T. Nelson and the short-lived Baby Talk.
Rosenthal’s most successful and longest-running endeavor was the comedy Everybody Loves Raymond. Ray Romano co-produced the show, which was partly based on his comedy stuff. Rosenthal’s wife, actress Monica Horan, played Amy MacDougall-Barone, Robert Barone’s (Brad Garrett) on-and-off girlfriend (wife after season 7). Despite the concerns or reservations of the other cast members, Rosenthal and Romano decided to stop the series. Rosenthal wrote or co-wrote 21 of the show’s episodes.
Rosenthal has also performed in films such as James L. Brooks’ Spanglish, The Simpsons Movie (a big-screen adaptation of the long-running TV series), Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, The TV Set, and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Rosenthal directed President Bill Clinton’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner video, which was aired to great acclaim at the April 2000 event. Rosenthal co-wrote the 9/11 telethon America: A Tribute to Heroes, which ran across all four networks and earned a Peabody Award and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing. Rosenthal created and directed Exporting Raymond, a documentary film for Sony Pictures about his efforts to adapt Everybody Loves Raymond for Russian television despite his limited grasp of Russian culture.
In August 2015, as one of 98 members of the Los Angeles Jewish community, he signed an open letter endorsing the proposed nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers led by the United States “as being in the best interests of the United States and Israel.”
Beginning September 28, 2015, PBS aired the six-episode television series I’ll Have What Phil’s Having, in which Rosenthal travels around the world to learn about other cuisine cultures. Following six episodes, the series was not renewed. On January 12, 2018, Netflix debuted a revamped version of the sitcom called Somebody Feed Phil. His brother, Richard “Rich” Rosenthal, acts as an executive producer. Rosenthal is on the Creative Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption initiative.
He and the Rosenthal Family Foundation created a national campaign called “Somebody Feed The People” to support organizations that served food to voters in long lines during the 2020 US presidential election, matching contributions up to $250,000.