---
name: "Philip Ettinger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-ettinger"
fi1m_id: "philip-ettinger"
imdb_id: "nm3464684"
tmdb_id: 211991
wikidata_id: "Q84264616"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 September 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-22T04:30:05.099627+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Philip Ettinger

## Identity

Philip Ettinger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philip-ettinger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philip-ettinger
- **IMDb ID:** nm3464684
- **TMDB ID:** 211991
- **Wikidata ID:** Q84264616
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Ettinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84264616, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3464684/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211991

Actor. Born 8 September 1985 in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 September 1985, Fair Lawn, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Φίλιπ Έτινγκερ
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Ettinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84264616, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3464684/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211991

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*First Reformed*](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Philip Ettinger is an American actor. He was born on 8 September 1985 in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. He attended Fair Lawn High School and began studying film directing at Emerson College before transferring to the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. His training also included time at the William Esper Studio and a year at the Globe Theatre in London.

Ettinger's professional career began in 2008 with an appearance in *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*. He is known for his supporting role as Michael Mensana in *First Reformed* (2017). Other credits include *Compliance* (2012), *Brawl in Cell Block 99* (2017), *I Know This Much Is True* (2020) as the young-adult versions of the Birdsey twins, and the lead role of Cole Freeman in *The Evening Hour* (2020). In 2014 he was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for his stage work in *Bad Jews*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *First Reformed* (2018), Fi1m 86, as Michael Mensana — [page](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Josephine* (2026), as Greg — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/josephine.md)
- *Chi Mangia Solo* (2026), as UMBERTO
- *The Terror: Devil in Silver* (2026), series, as Louie
- *Crisis Actor* (2026), as Josh
- *Little Brother* (2025), as Pete Duffy
- *Get-Together-ers* (2025), as Phil
- *Happy Face* (2025), series, as Shane
- *After This Death* (2025), as Ronnie
- *My First Film* (2024), as Dustin
- *Sardinia* (2024), as Ryszard Przybyszewski
- *Wildcat* (2024), as Robert 'Cal' Lowell
- *Manodrome* (2023), as Jason
- *Bupkis* (2023), series, as Evan
- *A Friend of the Family* (2022), series, as Joe Berchtold
- *Hold Up* (2022), as Graham
- *Every Last Secret* (2022), as Cabbot
- *The Evening Hour* (2021), as Cole Freeman
- *Safe* (2021), as Danny
- *Bad Jews* (2021), as Jonah
- *Last Call* (2020), as Alexi
- *I Know This Much Is True* (2020), series, as Early Adulthood Dominick Birdsey / Thomas Birdsey — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-know-this-much-is-true.md)
- *The Undiscovered Country* (2019), as Richie
- *Tyrel* (2018), as Charles
- *Holy Moses* (2018), as Justice
- *One Dollar* (2018), series, as Garrett Drimmer
- *First Reformed* (2018), as Michael Mensana — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md)
- *The Pirates of Somalia* (2017), as Alex
- *November Criminals* (2017), as Mike Lorriner
- *Brawl in Cell Block 99* (2017), as Derrick
- *One Percent More Humid* (2017), as Billy
- *Indignation* (2016), as Ron Foxman
- *Anesthesia* (2016), as Roger
- *The Maid's Room* (2014), as Brandon Crawford
- *Manhattan* (2014), series, as Watts
- *Chu and Blossom* (2014), as Donnie
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Toby Dannon
- *Sleepwalk with Me* (2012), as Doug
- *Compliance* (2012), as Kevin
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as John-John
- *Twelve* (2010), as Hunter
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Michael — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Jake Burrell
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Alec Bernardi
- *Someday It Is*, as Man
- *Naked in the Park*, as Sean
- *Da Vinci*, as Da Vinci
- *Triumph of the Will*, Actor
- *Seven Sisters*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Leo Zhang, Alex Bendo, Luca Scoppetta-Stern, Lexi Preiser, Lily Platt, Sophie Seyd, Sarah Steele, Philip Ettinger, and Rosanne Wilke of Crisis Actor at 2026 Sun](https://film.one/media/person/126297/gallery-414fa5264dbc.jpg) Leo Zhang, Alex Bendo, Luca Scoppetta-Stern, Lexi Preiser, Lily Platt, Sophie Seyd, Sarah Steele, Philip Ettinger, and Rosanne Wilke of Crisis Actor at 2026 Sun — LaShawnda Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Leo_Zhang%2C_Alex_Bendo%2C_Luca_Scoppetta-Stern%2C_Lexi_Preiser%2C_Lily_Platt%2C_Sophie_Seyd%2C_Sarah_Steele%2C_Philip_Ettinger%2C_and_Rosanne_Wilke_of_Crisis_Actor_at_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Leo Zhang, Alex Bendo, Luca Scoppetta-Stern, Lexi Preiser, Lily Platt, Sophie Seyd, Sarah Steele, Philip Ettinger, and Rosanne Wilke of Crisis Actor at 2026 Sun](https://film.one/media/person/126297/gallery-43d8e50e6e64.jpg) Leo Zhang, Alex Bendo, Luca Scoppetta-Stern, Lexi Preiser, Lily Platt, Sophie Seyd, Sarah Steele, Philip Ettinger, and Rosanne Wilke of Crisis Actor at 2026 Sun — LaShawnda Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Leo_Zhang%2C_Alex_Bendo%2C_Luca_Scoppetta-Stern%2C_Lexi_Preiser%2C_Lily_Platt%2C_Sophie_Seyd%2C_Sarah_Steele%2C_Philip_Ettinger%2C_and_Rosanne_Wilke_of_Crisis_Actor_at_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_2.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Philip Ettinger presenting the movie Manodrome at the Berlinale 2023](https://film.one/media/person/126297/gallery-d1f938aef4f0.jpg) Philip Ettinger presenting the movie Manodrome at the Berlinale 2023 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/MKr21925_Philip_Ettinger_%28Manodrome%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg/1280px-MKr21925_Philip_Ettinger_%28Manodrome%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Philip Ettinger, Lily Platt and Sarah Steele at the Crisis Actor premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/126297/gallery-e93e7844f7a0.jpg) Philip Ettinger, Lily Platt and Sarah Steele at the Crisis Actor premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival — LaShawnda Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Philip_Ettinger%2C_Lily_Platt_and_Sarah_Steele_at_the_Crisis_Actor_premiere_during_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Philip_Ettinger%2C_Lily_Platt_and_Sarah_Steele_at_the_Crisis_Actor_premiere_during_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Philip Ettinger](https://film.one/media/person/126297/gallery-8782a6e4d5bf.jpg) Philip Ettinger — Image via TMDB
- ![Philip Ettinger](https://film.one/media/person/126297/gallery-0741c048b053.jpg) Philip Ettinger — Image via TMDB
- ![Philip Ettinger](https://film.one/media/person/126297/gallery-c458fbdc8077.jpg) Philip Ettinger — Image via TMDB
- ![Philip Ettinger](https://film.one/media/person/126297/gallery-97af5ca3cd80.jpg) Philip Ettinger — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Philip_Ettinger-61760.jpg/1280px-Philip_Ettinger-61760.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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