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Philip is the only man in Broadway history to have played both Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert in Les Misérables. He made his Broadway debut in the Original Cast of the Tony Award-winning Kander and Ebb musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, directed by the legendary Harold Prince. In Kiss, he created the role of Esteban and later went on to play the impassioned revolutionary Valentin in London's West End and on Broadway. Philip also created the role of the Reverend

Gonzalez opposite Marc Anthony, Ruben Blades and Ednita Nazario in the Original Cast of Paul Simon's The Capeman. He starred as Don Quixote in the acclaimed Paper Mill Playhouse revival of Man of La Mancha and as Rico (yes, he wore a diamond) in the National Tour of Barry Manilow's Copacabana.

He has worked in concert with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Leonard Bernstein, Robert Shaw and Zubin Mehta, and in concert with Symphony orchestras throughout the United States. Philip played attorney Enrico Alvarez on ABC's All My Children and has also appeared in featured roles on the daytime dramas One Life To Live, Loving and Another World.  Mr. Hernández is co-founder and Executive Producer of Judith Shakespeare Company, an award-winning classical acting ensemble in NYC.

His just-released debut solo CD The beat of my heart has received unanimous acclaim from the Broadway, Latin and Jazz communities alike.  He is currently performing live to promote it's release.  It is available at Amazon.com and at his website, PhilipHernandez.com, where he encourages visitors and welcomes emails from fellow music lovers!