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Emo Philips (born Philip Soltanec, February 7, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His stand-up comedy persona makes use of spoken in a wandering falsetto tone of voice.
Philips has recorded three comedy albums. His album E=mo², recorded live at Caroline's in Manhattan, New York City won the 1985 New Music Award for best comedy album. It was later re-released along with his Live at the Hasty Pudding Theatre album on a single compact disc. He also released an album called Emo in 2001. A joke of his was voted funniest Religious satire ever in a 2005 online poll. In 2006, he appeared at the Newbury Comedy Festival. He was included in the top 50 of E4s 100 Greatest Comedians, and also appeared number 54 on Channel 4's top 100 greatest standups.
Aside from Philips's long career as a standup comic, he has been featured in acting roles on television series such as Miami Vice and The Weird Al Show. In 2006, he appeared on United Kingdom television, as a guest on the panel game 8 Out of 10 Cats. Philips has several voiceover credits in animation, including the animated improv series Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist; improvised sitcom Home Movies; talk show parody Space Ghost Coast to Coast; scripted fantasy series Adventure Time as Cuber the mysterious storyteller; and the voice of Dooper in the animated series Slacker Cats. he has also appeared on four episodes of @midnight, in February 2015, April 8, 2016, a 1990s themed episode on September 26, 2016, and the finale episode on August 4, 2017.
He has appeared in including 1989's UHF (as Joe Earley, a rather clumsy school shop teacher who accidentally saws his thumb off) and Desperation Boulevard in 1998. Additionally, he appeared in the original 1992 version of Meet the Parents (also Film producer) and was an associate producer of the 2000 remake.
Around 2001, Philips began to appear more often after a hiatus in the 1990s.
"Weird Al" Yankovic and Philips toured together throughout the US in 2018, in Yankovic's Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, and again in the 2022 iteration. On November 5, 2011, Emo married actress and screenwriter Kipleigh Brown.
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| 1988 ! scope="row" | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Nimrod | Film debut role |
| 1989 ! scope="row" | UHF | Joe Earley | |
| 1992 ! scope="row" | Meet the Parents | Video Store Employee | Independent film Also executive producer and writer of title theme song |
| 1992 ! scope="row" | The Can Man | The Can Man | Short film |
| 1995 ! scope="row" | The Fan | Screenwriter Direct-to-video | |
| 1998 ! scope="row" | Desperation Boulevard | ||
| 2000 ! scope="row" | Meet the Parents | Associate producer Remake of the 1992 film | |
| 2005 ! scope="row" | The Aristocrats | Himself | Documentary |
| 2006 ! scope="row" | Relative Strangers | Guest at Hoedown | |
| 2008 ! scope="row" | The Seventh Python | Himself | Documentary |
| 2014 ! scope="row" | Rise of the Kitchen Appliances | Blender | Voice role Short film |
| 2015 ! scope="row" | American Dirtbags | Gundealer's Brother-in-Law | |
| 2017 ! scope="row" | Dying Laughing | Himself | Documentary |
| 2020 ! scope="row" | Meeks Servant | Voice role | |
| 2022 ! scope="row" | Salvador Dalí | ||
| ! scope="row" Himself | Post-Production | ||
| ! scope="row" Himself | Post-Production |
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| 1984—89 ! scope="row" | Late Night with David Letterman | Himself | Episode: "Dated 25 September 1984" |
| 1985 ! scope="row" | Miami Vice | Rat Race Contestant | Episode: "Phil the Shill" |
| 1986 ! scope="row" | Bob Monkhouse | Himself | Episode: "#3.6" |
| 1987 ! scope="row" | Emo Philips Live! at the Hasty Pudding Theatre | Himself | Television special |
| 1987 ! scope="row" | Stand-Up America | Himself | 1 episode |
| 1987 ! scope="row" | The Max Headroom Show | Himself | Episode: "#1.5" |
| 1987 ! scope="row" | The Secret Policeman's Third Ball | Himself | Television special |
| 1987 ! scope="row" | Showtime at the Apollo | Himself | Episode: "#1.7" |
| 1988 ! scope="row" | Saturday Live (British TV programme) | Himself | Episode: "#3.5" |
| 1988 ! scope="row" | Howard Stern's Negligeé and Underpants Party | Himself | Television film |
| 1988 ! scope="row" | 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards | Himself | Television special |
| 1989 ! scope="row" | The Hippodrome Show | Himself | Episode: "#1.5" |
| 1989—90 ! scope="row" | The Arsenio Hall Show | Himself | Episode: "9 February 1990" |
| 1990 ! scope="row" | The Lowdown | Himself | Episode: "Making People Laugh" |
| 1990 ! scope="row" | Emo Philips: Comedian and Mammal | Himself | Television special |
| 1991 ! scope="row" | Molson Canadian Comedy Releaf | Himself | Television special |
| 1991 ! scope="row" | Amnesty International's Big 30 | Himself | Television special |
| 1995—96 ! scope="row" | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Emo | Voice role 2 episodes |
| 1997 ! scope="row" | The Weird Al Show | Dr. Philips / The Slawmeister | 2 episodes |
| 1998 ! scope="row" | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Himself | Episode: "Curses" |
| 1999 ! scope="row" | Behind the Music | Himself | Episode: "Weird Al Yankovic" |
| 1999—2004 ! scope="row" | Home Movies | Shannon | Voice role 3 episodes |
| 2001 ! scope="row" | Late Show with David Letterman | Himself | Episode: "October 5, 2001" |
| 2002 ! scope="row" | Late Friday | Himself | Episode: "#2.12" |
| 2004 ! scope="row" | The World Stands Up | Himself | Episode: "#1.2" |
| 2004—05 ! scope="row" | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2005 ! scope="row" | Himself | 2 episodes | |
| 2006 ! scope="row" | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Himself | Episode: "#3.7" |
| 2007 ! scope="row" | Scott Bateman Presents | Himself | Episode: "One" |
| 2007 ! scope="row" | 100 Greatest Stand-Ups | Himself | Television special |
| 2007—09 ! scope="row" | Slacker Cats | Dooper | Voice role 10 episodes |
| 2010 ! scope="row" | Iron Core Talk | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2012—16 ! scope="row" | Adventure Time | Cuber / Flour Demon | Voice role 6 episodes |
| 2014 ! scope="row" | Review | Georgie | Episode: "Revenge; Getting Rich; Aching" |
| 2014 ! scope="row" | TripTank | Karl | Voice role |
| 2016 ! scope="row" | Funny as Hell | Himself | Episode: "#6.6" |
| 2016—17 ! scope="row" | @midnight | Himself | 3 episodes |
| 2017 ! scope="row" | Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom | Writer Episode: "Welcome to Ben's Palace" | |
| 2017 ! scope="row" | SXSW Comedy with Natasha Leggero: Part 2 | Himself | Television special |
| 2017—19 ! scope="row" | Welcome to the Wayne | Dennis O'Bannon | Voice role 6 episodes |
| 2018 ! scope="row" | Hunky Boys Go Ding-Dong | Cecil | Television film |
| 2019 ! scope="row" | Le Lineup du Bordel | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2019 ! scope="row" | Crashing | Himself | Episode: "The Viewing Party" |
| 2019 ! scope="row" | Vendors | Len | Television film |
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| 2015 ! scope="row" | Cuber | Voice role |
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| 1999 ! scope="row" | "It's All About the Pentiums" | 'Weird Al' Yankovic | Directed by 'Weird Al' Yankovic |
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