PaulHippgrewupinthePhiladelphiaarea.HemovedtoNewYorkat17tostudyactingwithWilliamHickeyandMiraRostova.DuringtheseyearsPaulsupportedhimselfbyplayingguitarandsingingonthestreetsofNewYork.HeeventuallylandedgigsplayingthelegendaryclubsofGreenwichVillageandoccasionalcommercials.OnenightdirectorAbelFerraraspottedHippatagigonBleekerStreetandaskedhimtoauditionforhisfilmChin...(展开全部) PaulHippgrewupinthePhiladelphiaarea.HemovedtoNewYorkat17tostudyactingwithWilliamHickeyandMiraRostova.DuringtheseyearsPaulsupportedhimselfbyplayingguitarandsingingonthestreetsofNewYork.HeeventuallylandedgigsplayingthelegendaryclubsofGreenwichVillageandoccasionalcommercials.OnenightdirectorAbelFerraraspottedHippatagigonBleekerStreetandaskedhimtoauditionforhisfilmChinaGirl(1987).PaulwonthepartofNinoVillacheoverhundredsofotheryoungactors.SincethenPaulhasworkedsteadilyonthebigandsmallscreenaswellasoff-Broadway,BroadwayandLondonWestEndstages. In1990PaulwasnominatedforTheLaurenceOlivierAwardforoutstandingperformancebyanactorinamusicalforhisperformanceasrockerBuddyHollyin"Buddy".HetooktheshowtoBroadway'sShubertTheaterthefollowingyearwhereheopenedtoravereviewsandwashonoredwithaTonyAwardnomination.HealsowonaTheaterWorldAwardforbestBroadwaydebutperformance. Paulhasappearedinover25featurefilms,mostrecentlyErnstGossner'sfeatureSouthofPico(2007).OnthesmallscreenPaulhasappearedinnumerousTVshows. PaulmadehisfeaturefilmdirectorialdebutwithDeathofaDog(2000).ExecutiveproducedbyAbelFerrarathefilmstarsJulieKesslerandEdieFalco. Hissecondfilmasdirector,tentativelytitledBurnOutwhileinproduction,featuresappearancesbyNickNolte,JohnCusack,LarryClarke,LairdJohnHamilton,andMalcolmMcLaren.Itisslatedforreleasesometimeafterthefall0f2012.