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Derek Phillips (actor)

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Derek Phillips
Born (1976-04-18) April 18, 1976 (age 48)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present

Derek Phillips (born April 18, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Billy Riggins in the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights, as well as providing the voice and motion capture of Jerry Anderson in the action-adventure survival horror video game The Last of Us Part II. He has also voiced characters in video games such as Dishonored, The Last of Us, Life Is Strange, Battlefield Hardline, Fallout 4, and Rise of the Tomb Raider. He currently voices Heron on the Netflix animated series Blood of Zeus.

Early life

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Phillips was born in Miami, Florida, on April 18, 1976. He attended Westminster Christian School in Palmetto Bay, Florida, where he played football alongside future MLB baseball players Alex Rodriguez and Doug Mientkiewicz. He later attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he received a BFA in acting.

Career

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Upon graduating, Phillips moved to New York City to look for acting roles. He performed throughout the country in numerous plays, including The Winter's Tale at the Baltimore Center Stage, Of Mice and Men at the Dallas Theater Center, The Glass Menagerie at the Virginia Stage Company, and King o' the Moon at the Capital Repertory Theatre. He is also an actor, associate producer, and assistant director at the award-winning ensemble theater company Second Thought, with whom he has performed in Douglas Post's Earth and Sky, the regional premiere of Eric Bogosian's Humpty Dumpty, and the world premiere of Steven Walters' Pluck the Day.

After years of regional theater and recurring roles on the television series Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and All My Children, Phillips had his breakout role as Billy Riggins on the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights.[1][2] When the series ended, he went on to voice characters in video games such as Dishonored, Aliens: Colonial Marines, The Last of Us, Life Is Strange, Battlefield Hardline, Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and The Walking Dead: Michonne. He received more attention for providing the voice and motion capture of Jerry Anderson in the action-adventure survival horror video game The Last of Us Part II, and currently voices Heron on the Netflix animated series Blood of Zeus.[3][4][5] He currently hosts the Friday Night Lights rewatch podcast "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts" with Stacey Oristano, who played Mindy Collette-Riggins (Tyra Collette's older sister, whom Billy eventually married).[6][7]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Serum Eddie
2011 Son of Morning Skyler
2011 Betrayed at 17 Detective Morris Television film
2012 A Scene from a Street in L.A. Daniel Short film
2012 Inside Grant Carter
2013 42 Bobby Bragan
2013 The Jogger Paul
2013 Ritual The Man
2014 Son of the Devil David Daly Short film
2016 Looking: The Movie Jake Television film
2016 Retake James
2018 Point Defiance Peter Allen
2018 Rift I Duhi Richard
2021 Injustice Dick Grayson / Nightwing / Deadwing, Arthur Curry / Aquaman Voice, direct-to-video[8][9]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Guiding Light Keevan 2 episodes
2006 Prison Break Field Cop Episode: "Dead Fall"
2006–2011 Friday Night Lights Billy Riggins 60 episodes
2007 Grey's Anatomy Dale Winick 2 episodes
2008 Numbers Ryan Ferraro Episode: "End Game"
2009 The Closer Stomper Episode: "Strike Three"
2010 Medium Sean Riley Episode: "How to Beat a Bad Guy"
2010 Trauma Jason Episode: "Tunnel Vision"
2010 Private Practice Eddie Lindy 3 episodes
2011 Breakout Kings Joseph Ramsey Episode: "Out of the Mouths of Babes"
2011 Castle Reggie Walsh Episode: "To Love and Die in L.A."
2011 Body of Proof Kevin Kraiser Episode: "Love Thy Neighbour"
2012 Parenthood Billy Gardner Episode: "My Brother's Wedding"
2013–2015 Longmire Travis Murphy 7 episodes
2014 Parenthood: Friday Night at the Luncheonette Billy Riggins Miniseries
2014 Murder in the First Stewart Hornady Episode: "The City of Sisterly Love"
2014 Reckless Ronnie Porter 2 episodes
2015 Grimm Stetson Donovan Episode: "Death Do Us Part"
2015 The Mentalist Stan Lisbon 2 episodes
2015–2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent O'Brien 3 episodes
2015 Chicago P.D. Damien Boyd Episode: "Natural Born Storyteller"
2015 Rosewood Trevor McCown Episode: "Necrosis and New Beginnings"
2015 Doc McStuffins Wyatt Voice, episode: "Factory Fabulous"[9]
2017 Scorpion Sandhog Frank Episode: “The Hole Truth”
2017 Game of Silence Boots 3 episodes
2018 Criminal Minds Danny Wallace Episode: "Innocence"
2020–present Blood of Zeus Heron Voice[9]
2021 The Rookie Mack Daniels 2 episodes
2022 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Ty Hackman Episode: "A Final Call at Forlini's Bar"
2022 The Terminal List SSA Stephen Ramsay 2 episodes
2022–2023 NCIS: Hawaiʻi FBI ASAC Michael Curtis 4 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Dishonored Lord Treavor Pendleton Voice[9]
2013 Aliens: Colonial Marines Corporal Christopher Winter Voice[9]
2013 The Last of Us Additional Voices Voice
2014 Murdered: Soul Suspect Officer Scott / Kurt Wehlander Voice
2015 Life Is Strange Mark Jefferson Voice[9]
2015 Battlefield Hardline Additional Voices Voice
2015 Fallout 4 Elder Maxson, Z2-47 Voice[9]
2015 Rise of the Tomb Raider Additional Voices Voice
2016 The Walking Dead: Michonne Randall Voice[9]
2020 The Last of Us Part II Jerry Anderson Voice and motion capture[9]
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Raptor-1 Voice
2021 Call of Duty: Vanguard Lt. 1st Class Wade Jackson Voice and motion capture[9]
2022 The Last of Us Part I Jerry Anderson Voice, re-used from Part II
2023 Mortal Kombat 1 Reiko Voice[10]
2024 Concord Lennox

References

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  1. ^ Andrew Dansby (January 6, 2009). "Catch the magic of Friday Night Lights". Chron.com - Houston Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
  2. ^ Petski, Denise (June 5, 2020). "'Friday Night Lights': Adrianne Palicki, Taylor Kitsch, Derek Phillips & Stacey Oristano Envision Their Characters Today During ATX TV Festival Reunion". Deadline.com.
  3. ^ Evans, Greg (March 12, 2019). "Netflix Orders 'Gods & Heroes' Greek Mythology Anime Series". Deadline.com. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  4. ^ Francisco, Eric (October 30, 2020). "'Blood of Zeus' creators explain how a surprise character sets up Season 2". Inverse.com.
  5. ^ Lyons, Margaret (October 29, 2020). "How Much Watching Time do You Have This Weekend?". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Home". cleareyesfullheartspod.com.
  7. ^ White, Peter (September 22, 2021). "'Friday Night Lights' Gets Rewatch Podcast Hosted By Derek Phillips & Stacey Oristano For Cadence13". Deadline.
  8. ^ Couch, Aaron (July 21, 2021). "DC's 'Injustice' Sets Cast for Animated Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Derek Phillips (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 16, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  10. ^ Cianciolo, Dominic [@domcianciolo] (September 12, 2023). "The #MK1 launch trailer is here! Mileena!Shang Tsung!Reiko!Invasions! Please welcome Derek Phillips as the voice of Reiko!! #MortalKombat1 #MortalKombat #ItsInOurBlood" (Tweet). Retrieved June 16, 2024 – via Twitter.
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