Philip Pickard was born in Atlanta, GA. As a boy he lived in both Albany, Ga and Sumatra, Indonesia. At the age of 15 he moved to Pasadena, California. It was there that he began to excel as the quarterback of his high school football team, eventually going on to play at Pasadena City College. At PCC he helped his team to win the 1977 National Championship in the Rose Bowl. Philip received honors as a first team all conference running back and would eventually be inducted into the Pasadena California Sports Hall of Fame on April 28, 2018. After an illustrious career in Pasadena, he moved on to start as a wide receiver at Kansas State University, where he studied both Political Science and Business. Once his ambitions diverged from athletics, Philip spent his final year of college working under Senator Pete Domenici in the US Senate in Washington, DC. After graduating college, Philip went to work for Chase Manhattan Bank in Johannesburg, South Africa. Because of his athletic history, he was eventually invited to appear on SABC's nationally syndicated sports show "Sports Vision" to explain, in depth, the rules of American Football to the entire country of South Africa. This successful spot eventually led to Philip having his own weekly television show in which he would teach young African kids in the Soweto Province the fundamentals of Basketball. Utilizing this new-found fame, and in the spirit of competition, Philip created, coached, and played on the first multiracial basketball team in South African history...The Converse Allstars. He also played for the South African national basketball team. The success of his TV show, as well as his South African-celebrity, propelled Philip to become almost immediately involved in the movie industry in Los Angeles, where he then moved in 1985. Once in LA, Philip worked both in front of the camera (as an actor and member of the Screen Actors Guild) as well as behind the camera (as a partner in a movie advertising agency). As he grew older Philip noticed an opportunity to invest and develop real estate in New Mexico and upon visiting numerous times, decided to move and settle in Albuquerque. He still currently resides there along with his Wife Irina and their two daughters. They share time at their homes in Mexico and Moldova. Philip also has two sons who live in Los Angeles.