Philip Stephen Hendrie is an American radio personality and actor. He is widely known for his voiceover talent throughout the radio and film industry. He came to prominence in the 1990s hosting The Phil Hendrie Show, a radio talk show where he portrayed both himself as a calm, rational host while simultaneously portraying any of several outrageous and offensive characters who would engage in debates with both Hendrie as well as actual listeners calling in to the show.
Hendrie was born and raised in Arcadia, California. In 1958, his family took a road trip to visit relatives in Toronto, Ontario. They listened to the radio the whole way. He knew then he wanted to work in radio one day. He was one of four children in an upper-middle-class Catholic family and was an altar boy at Arcadia's Holy Angels Church.
Hendrie's father was a Sales Executive who came to Los Angeles in 1950 after serving in the Canadian Army during World War II. In his early teenage years, Hendrie has described listening to the radio as being his primary escape. He was a huge fan of the Top 40 D.J. "Emperor" Bob Hudson and once rode his bike to radio station KRLA in Pasadena to meet him.
When he was in his early teens, Hendrie's parents divorced. His father moved to Europe and married a woman who had four kids. Hendrie's family home was repossessed, forcing them to move into a small rented apartment where he slept on a couch during his senior year in high school. After graduating, Hendrie attended Pasadena City College to earn an English degree. After one year at college, he left for Orlando, Florida, in the early-1970s. He got a job in construction working on the build-out of Walt Disney World.
Date of Birth | 1st September 1952 |
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Age | 72 Years |
Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
Country | United States of America |
Current City | Arcadia |
Birth Place | Arcadia |
Nationality | United States of America |
Citizenship | United States of America |
Language | English |
Reference | IMDB |
Occupation | radio personality, actor, television actor, voice actor |
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