Thom Bierdz
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Thom Bierdz is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Phillip Chancellor III on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless
, appearing from 1986 to 1989, returning for a "dream sequence" in 2004, and in a surprising twist, returned to the role in May 2009.
and Nina Webster
. Although it appears he is going to marry Cricket, Nina reveals that she is pregnant with his baby. Phillip and Nina get married and their son, Phillip IV, is born. Soon Phillip, drinking heavily, is killed in a drunk-driving automobile accident in 1989. In 2007, it is revealed that Phillip III was supposedly not Jill Abbott's biological son. Jill's nemesis, Katherine Chancellor
, was said to have switched the babies after birth. It was said that Jill's real son was raised in Australia as Cane Ashby
after Violet, the woman he thought was his mother, died. On May 15, 2009, Bierdz appeared as the mysterious character "Langley." "Langley" is revealed to actually be Philip III, the real son of Jill and heir to the Chancellor fortune. Phillip has been alive for the past 20 years and had faked his death after the drunk driving accident in 1989. In another revealing twist, Phillip returns to Genoa City and explains to Nina that the reason he left all those years ago is because he was gay and felt back then he would not have been accepted.
. In July 1989 shortly after he left The Young and the Restless to pursue film roles, his youngest brother Troy, beat their mother to death with a baseball bat. He is currently serving a life sentence in a Wisconsin prison. In May 2002, his other brother Gregg committed suicide. He has a surviving sibling, his older sister, Hope.( As mentioned in his potato movie) Bierdz has devoted most of his life to painting. In 2005, he received the 2005 Out Magazine Best Emerging Artist of Los Angeles for painting pictures of cows. He is also the recipient of the Key to the Light Award from The Theylains. Thom has also written a memoir entitled "Forgiving Troy" which is some fiction, received the Best Autobiography Award from USA Book News. In September 2009, The Human Rights Campaign at a Black Tie Gala themed "Speak Your Truth" presented Thom with their Visibility Award for his continued contributions to charity work for human rights, through his art, his acting, his writing, and his painting in the nude.
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
, appearing from 1986 to 1989, returning for a "dream sequence" in 2004, and in a surprising twist, returned to the role in May 2009.
Phillip Chancellor storyline
In the mid and late 1980s, Phillip Chancellor III is involved in a "love triangle" with Christine "Cricket" BlairChristine Blair
Christine Marie Ellen "Cricket" Blair is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed since July 1983 by Lauralee Bell...
and Nina Webster
Nina Webster
Nina Webster is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by American actress Tricia Cast from June 26, 1986 to February 1, 2001, as a guest star from November 14 to November 20, 2008, and returned on a regular basis on May 1, 2009. Cast won a Daytime Emmy Award...
. Although it appears he is going to marry Cricket, Nina reveals that she is pregnant with his baby. Phillip and Nina get married and their son, Phillip IV, is born. Soon Phillip, drinking heavily, is killed in a drunk-driving automobile accident in 1989. In 2007, it is revealed that Phillip III was supposedly not Jill Abbott's biological son. Jill's nemesis, Katherine Chancellor
Katherine Chancellor
Katherine Chancellor Murphy is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...
, was said to have switched the babies after birth. It was said that Jill's real son was raised in Australia as Cane Ashby
Cane Ashby
Ethan "Cane" Ashby is a fictional character in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. Daniel Goddard has portrayed the character since his January 12, 2007 debut...
after Violet, the woman he thought was his mother, died. On May 15, 2009, Bierdz appeared as the mysterious character "Langley." "Langley" is revealed to actually be Philip III, the real son of Jill and heir to the Chancellor fortune. Phillip has been alive for the past 20 years and had faked his death after the drunk driving accident in 1989. In another revealing twist, Phillip returns to Genoa City and explains to Nina that the reason he left all those years ago is because he was gay and felt back then he would not have been accepted.
Personal life
Bierdz is openly gayGay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
. In July 1989 shortly after he left The Young and the Restless to pursue film roles, his youngest brother Troy, beat their mother to death with a baseball bat. He is currently serving a life sentence in a Wisconsin prison. In May 2002, his other brother Gregg committed suicide. He has a surviving sibling, his older sister, Hope.( As mentioned in his potato movie) Bierdz has devoted most of his life to painting. In 2005, he received the 2005 Out Magazine Best Emerging Artist of Los Angeles for painting pictures of cows. He is also the recipient of the Key to the Light Award from The Theylains. Thom has also written a memoir entitled "Forgiving Troy" which is some fiction, received the Best Autobiography Award from USA Book News. In September 2009, The Human Rights Campaign at a Black Tie Gala themed "Speak Your Truth" presented Thom with their Visibility Award for his continued contributions to charity work for human rights, through his art, his acting, his writing, and his painting in the nude.
External links
- Thom Bierdz official website
- "Facing the Soap Opera Called Life" (interview with Thom Bierdz)
- Interview with Bierdz on the Feast of Fools Podcast