Paul Hipp was born on July 16,1963 and is an American actor, singer, songwriter and filmmaker.
21 Facts About Paul Hipp
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Paul Hipp was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Warminster.
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Paul Hipp left Pennsylvania for New York City immediately after high school, starting his career playing guitar and singing for tips on the streets of Greenwich Village while studying acting with acting coach Mira Rostova and at HB Studio with William Hickey.
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Paul Hipp made his New York stage debut in the off-Broadway show Rockabilly Road at the West Bank Theater.
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Paul Hipp landed the role, and a decades-long collaboration began as he became a mainstay in Ferrara's core group of actors that includes Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel and Willem Dafoe.
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Paul Hipp then co-starred in the off-Broadway show A Minor Incident with Carole King.
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Buddy opened to rave reviews on October 12,1989, at The Victoria Palace Theatre, and Paul Hipp was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Musical.
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Paul Hipp was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance and won a Theater World Award.
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Paul Hipp appeared as Gene Vincent opposite Donal Logue in the play Be-Bop-A-Lula at Hollywood's Theater-Theater before returning to the London stage for the 25th anniversary revival of Hair at the Old Vic, in the role of Berger opposite John Barrowman as Claude.
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In 2000, Paul Hipp made his feature film directorial debut with Death of a Dog, which stars Julie Kessler and Edie Falco, executive produced by Ferrara.
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Paul Hipp wrote the script, soundtrack and score for the film.
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Paul Hipp co-starred in Two Tickets to Paradise and appeared in South of Pico.
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In 2006, for The Huffington Post, Hipp wrote a blog with videos that included satirical musical parodies like his take on Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" and The Beatles' "I Am the Walrus".
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Paul Hipp contributed the opening and closing credit themes of this film.
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Paul Hipp guest-starred as guitar-slinging minister Reverend Tim Tom in the ABC's comedy The Middle from 2009 until 2018.
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Paul Hipp co-starred in and co-wrote the Argentine-American film No Somos Animales.
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Paul Hipp wrote and produced several songs sung by Hilary Duff for the film War, Inc.
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Paul Hipp wrote and recorded an album of songs culled from his work for The Huffington Post, called Blog of War.
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Paul Hipp's song, We're Number 37 was circulated on social media and led to an appearance on The Dylan Ratigan Show.
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Paul Hipp released a CD of original music called The Remote Distance.
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Paul Hipp released a CD of songs from and inspired by the film No Somos Animales, called Buenos Aires, in the fall of 2015.