As per our current Database, Richard Phillips is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Richard Phillips is 69 years, 7 months and 6 days old. Richard Phillips will celebrate 70rd birthday on a Friday 16th of May 2025. Below we countdown to Richard Phillips upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Richard Phillips |
| Occupation | Non-Fiction Author |
| Age | 69 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 16, 1955 (Winchester, MA) |
| Birthday | May 16 |
| Town/City | Winchester, MA |
| Nationality | MA |
Richard Phillips’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Richard Phillips was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
United States merchant mariner who was captain of the MV Maersk Alabama when it was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. He wrote the book called A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea about his experience.
He attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst before transferring to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
A film entitled Captain Phillips, about his experience as a hostage of the pirates, came out in 2013.
He married Andrea Coggio in 1987, and they had two children together.
He was portrayed by actor Tom Hanks in the film Captain Phillips.
