Nathan Phillips (actor)

Nathan Phillips (born 13 March 1980) is an Australian actor.

For other people with the same name, see Nathan Phillips (disambiguation).

Nathan Phillips
Born (1980-03-13) March 13, 1980
Sunbury, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Life and career

His professional acting career began in 1999, with a role on the popular Australian soap opera Neighbours. His television career was later followed by roles in Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story, Blue Heelers, Something in the Air and The Saddle Club.

In 2002, he made his feature film debut with a role in Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao (also starring Kevin Smith, Shedrack Anderson III and Nina Liu). His next role, the lead in Australian Rules, earned him a nomination for the Film Critics Circle of Australia's Best Actor award, alongside David Gulpilil, Guy Pearce and Vince Colosimo.

Phillips has since enjoyed a thriving film career, starring in movies such as Take Away (with Rose Byrne), Chernobyl Diaries, One Perfect Day (with Abbie Cornish) and Under the Radar. In 2005, hit horror film Wolf Creek introduced him to an international audience, helping to launch his career in the United States with roles in Snakes on a Plane,[1] Redline and Surfer, Dude.

Phillips portrayed Tom Wills, Australia's first significant cricketer and father of Australian rules football, in a docudrama about the tragic sportsman's life. It was first screened publicly in 2014 and had its television debut in 2016.[2] In 2020 Phillips appeared in the Nine Networks Halifax Retribution

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999NeighboursJohn "Teabag" TeasdaleTV series
2001The Saddle ClubRed O'Malley #1TV series
Child Star: The Shirley Temple StoryHughTV movie
2002Australian RulesGary "Blacky" Black
Warriors of Virtue: The Return to TaoRyan Jeffers
2003Take AwayDave
2004Under the RadarBrandon
One Perfect DayTrig
2005Wolf CreekBen Mitchell
You and Your Stupid MatePhilip
2006Snakes on a PlaneSean Jones
2007WestJerry
RedlineCarlo
2008Surfer, DudeBaker Smith
Dying BreedJack
2009BaliboMalcolm Rennie
2010Summer CodaJoey
QuitBenji
2012Chernobyl DiariesMichael
2014The BridgeJack DobbsTV series
These Final HoursJames
Tom WillsTom Wills
2016HuntersFlynn CarrollTV series
2019Blood Vessel
2020Halifax Retribution”

Awards

References
  1. https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3612665/simple-pleasures-snakes-plane/
  2. Flanagan, Martin (5 August 2016). "Tom Wills one hell of a story", The Age. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. In the running. The Age (16 October 2002)
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