Official Lifetime Telvision Press Release Bigoraphy:
Philip Casnoff was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the setting of Strong Medicine.
Philip Casnoff stars as Dr. Robert Jackson, Rittenhouse Hospital's chief of staff, whose primary concern is to keep the integrity of the hospital intact, in LIFETIME Television's hit dramma series "Strong Medicine"
Casnoff was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Frank Sinatra in the CBS miniseries "Sinatra." His numerous roles in television miniseries include both parts I & II of the
… More critically acclaimed epic "North and South" Danielle Stelle's "Zoya,"George Washington," in which he protrayed Lafayette, "Heaven and Hell," and "Hand of a Stranger." He has also starred in a slate of movies for telvision, including "Journey to Mrs," "Ironclads," "The Red Spider," "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes," and "Defenders, Taking the First." He most recently starred in the HBO series "OZ." He played Nikolai Stanislofsky, ending up murdered while taking a bath by means of electrocution.
He was a series regular in the drama "Under Suspicion," he played a recurring role on "Sisters" and has guest-starred on such series as "Chicago Hope" and "The Practice"
An accomplished performer who sings and playes the piano, Casnoff has also nejoyed a successful stae career. On Broadway, he starred in such productions as "Shogun the Muscial," "The Devil's Disciple," "Grease," and Trevor Nunn's "Chess," for which he won the 1988 Theater World Award. Off-Broadway, his credits include starring roles in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of "Up Against It," for which he recieved a Drama Desk Award nomination and "The Penny Opera - Mack the Knife" with Bebe Neuwirth.