Name |
Philip Lawrence |
Height |
5 ft 10 in |
Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
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Place of Birth |
Winnfield, Louisiana, U.S. |
Famous for |
Acting |
Philip Lawrence is an American actor. Philip Lawrence was born in Winnfield, Louisiana and attended Weston High School near Jonesboro, Louisiana. He graduated from the University of Louisiana Monroe with a degree in psychology and served as an intelligence officer in the Marines on the front line in the Gulf War. He studied acting at the Stella Alder Studio of Acting and Theater and has acted on stage on all three coasts. He later transitioned to film and is best known for his role as Dr. Maloney in the film Beasts of the Southern Wild which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and the Camera d'or at the 2012 Cannes International Film Festival.