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 .

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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] 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

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006SerumEddie
2011Son of MorningSkyler
2011Betrayed at 17Detective MorrisTelevision film
2012A Scene from a Street in L.A.DanielShort film
2012 Inside Grant Carter
2013 42 Bobby Bragan
2013The JoggerPaul
2013RitualThe Man
2014Son of the DevilDavid DalyShort film
2016 Looking: The Movie JakeTelevision film
2016 Retake James
2018Point DefiancePeter Allen
2018Rift I DuhiRichard
2021 Injustice Dick Grayson / Nightwing / Deadwing, Arthur Curry / Aquaman Voice, direct-to-video [8] [9]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Guiding Light Keevan2 episodes
2006 Prison Break Field CopEpisode: "Dead Fall"
2006–2011 Friday Night Lights Billy Riggins60 episodes
2007 Grey's Anatomy Dale Winick2 episodes
2008 Numbers Ryan FerraroEpisode: "End Game"
2009 The Closer StomperEpisode: "Strike Three"
2010 Medium Sean RileyEpisode: "How to Beat a Bad Guy"
2010 Trauma JasonEpisode: "Tunnel Vision"
2010 Private Practice Eddie Lindy3 episodes
2011 Breakout Kings Joseph RamseyEpisode: "Out of the Mouths of Babes"
2011 Castle Reggie WalshEpisode: "To Love and Die in L.A."
2011 Body of Proof Kevin KraiserEpisode: "Love Thy Neighbour"
2012 Parenthood Billy GardnerEpisode: "My Brother's Wedding"
2013–2015 Longmire Travis Murphy7 episodes
2014Parenthood: Friday Night at the LuncheonetteBilly RigginsMiniseries
2014 Murder in the First Stewart HornadyEpisode: "The City of Sisterly Love"
2014 Reckless Ronnie Porter2 episodes
2015 Grimm Stetson DonovanEpisode: "Death Do Us Part"
2015 The Mentalist Stan Lisbon2 episodes
2015–2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent O'Brien 3 episodes
2015 Chicago P.D. Damien BoydEpisode: "Natural Born Storyteller"
2015 Rosewood Trevor McCownEpisode: "Necrosis and New Beginnings"
2015 Doc McStuffins WyattVoice, episode: "Factory Fabulous" [9]
2017 Scorpion Sandhog FrankEpisode: “The Hole Truth”
2017 Game of Silence Boots3 episodes
2018 Criminal Minds Danny WallaceEpisode: "Innocence"
2020–present Blood of Zeus HeronVoice [9]
2021 The Rookie Mack Daniels2 episodes
2022 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Ty HackmanEpisode: "A Final Call at Forlini's Bar"
2022 The Terminal List SSA Stephen Ramsay2 episodes
2022–2023 NCIS: Hawaiʻi FBI ASAC Michael Curtis4 episodes

Video games

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

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  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.
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  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "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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