Derek Phillips (actor)

Derek Phillips (born April 18, 1976) is an American actor and voice 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.

Derek Phillips
Phillips in 2019
Born (1976-04-18) April 18, 1976
OccupationActor, voice actor
Years active2002present

Early life

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

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]

Filmography

Film

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

Television

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 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent O'Brien Episode: "Melinda"
2015 Chicago P.D. Damien Boyd Episode: "Natural Born Storyteller"
2015 Rosewood Trevor McCown Episode: "Necrosis and New Beginnings"
2015 Doc McStuffins Wyatt Episode: "The Search for Squibbles; Factory Fabulous"
2017 Game of Silence Boots 3 episodes
2018 Criminal Minds Danny Wallace 1 episode (“Innocence“)
2020 Blood of Zeus Heron Voice

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Dishonored Lord Treavor Pendleton Voice
2013 Aliens: Colonial Marines Cpl. Christopher Winter Voice
2013 The Last of Us Additional Voices Voice
2014 Murdered: Soul Suspect Officer Scott / Kurt Wehlander Voice
2015 Life Is Strange Mark Jefferson / Samuel / Zachary / Daniel Lee / Fisherman / Weatherman Voice
2015 Battlefield Hardline Additional Voices Voice
2015 Fallout 4 Elder Maxson / Z2-47 Voice
2015 Rise of the Tomb Raider Additional Voices Voice
2016 The Walking Dead: Michonne Randall Voice
2020 The Last of Us Part II Jerry Anderson Voice and motion capture

References


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