Phillip Edward Van Lear
Phillip Edward Van Lear is an American actor. He is known for playing C.O. Louis Patterson on the Fox series Prison Break.
Phillip Edward Van Lear | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Children | 3 |
Early life
Van Lear was born in Aurora, Illinois in 1938[1]
Career
He has also played in various other movies such as: Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Magic Mike, Chicago Cab, Night of the Lawyers, A Family Thing and Thieves Quartet. He also starred alongside Oprah Winfrey, in the film There Are No Children Here, where he plays a thug and a vandal hell-bent on corrupting youth for his own personal gain. He was originally cast to play Ray Charles in the movie Ray, but Jamie Foxx ended up with the role when funding for the movie he was filming fell through. Phillip played Robert Holiday in the 2019 holiday film "The Holiday Heist". Due to being considered legally blind, Jeff Lakemacher was brought in as a stunt double for the action scenes. Van Lear spent all of 2004 in the Cameroon on a spiritual journey. He is the father of seven. Lacey, his youngest child put him in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the oldest man born in Jamaica to have a child. He was 73 years and 14 days old when Lacey was born eclipsing the previous record of 72 years and 258 days.
References
- "Father knows best". Time Out Chicago (102). February 8–14, 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-30.