Philip trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Recent theatre includes Sting's musical, The Last Ship (Toronto); Long Day’s Journey Into Night (West End, New York & Los Angeles); Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (UK & International); Wicked (West End).
Other theatre credits include Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Brockwell Park and New Morden Hall); Lloyd in Noises Off and Gordon in Neville's Island (Milford Haven); The Hired Man (West End); Alan Bennett’s People and The Habit Of Art at the Royal National Theatre, both directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner; Stan in Stand Up And be Counted (UK Tour); Lord Astor in Keeler (UK Tour); Crichton in Guilty Secret (The Mill at Sonning); Nick Wilmott in On Your Honour (Jermyn Street Theatre); Serge in Art (tour of Gulf States); Jimmy Grimes in Marvin Gaye – The Musical written and directed by Kid Creole; Paul Burns in Oh! What a Night! (UK & European Tour); Romeo in Romeo & Juliet (Oldham); Lenny in Having A Ball (Cheltenham); Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (Canizaro Park, Wimbledon); Bernard in Don’t Dress For Dinner (Northampton); Vincent Minelli in Judy (Bristol Old Vic, Greenwich & West End); Antonio in The Tempest (Oxford Stage Company); Killing For Company- a one-man play about the mass-murderer Dennis Nilsen (Hen & Chickens); Sgt.Match in What The Butler Saw and Christopher Riley in Shadowlands (Coventry); Phil Spear in The Ballroom (Attic, Wimbledon); Snoopy in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Overground, Kingston).
Television credits include the pilot episode for a TV series called The Trial, in which he portrays the prominent barrister Michael Beloff, Emmerdale, Eastenders, Dream Team, Bernard’s Watch, The Bill, Woof, Backup, Out of Sight, Into The Fire, 2 Point 4 Children, Cracker, Peak Practice, Waiting For God, A Dark Adapted Eye, Minder, Inspector Morse, Sophia and Constance, Mile High, Murder City and Men Are Wonderful.
Film credits include Vera Drake directed by Mike Leigh and The Damned United.
Philip Childs has not appeared on Broadway.
Philip Childs has appeared on London's West End in 3 shows.
Philip Childs's first West End show was Wicked West End which opened in 2021
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