Jeff Daniel Phillips

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Jeff Daniel Phillips
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Jeffrey Daniel Phillips

Occupation(s)Actor, filmmaker
Years active1991–present
Height6’5”

Jeffrey Daniel Phillips is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Career

He is best known for playing a caveman in a popular series of GEICO commercials. [1] He played the part of Maurice in the short-lived Cavemen sitcom on ABC. [2] Other credits to him are Hide (2003), for which he was the director, producer, and co-author in addition to being a cast member; parts in Sneakers and Rob Zombie's Halloween II as Uncle Seymour, [3] The Lords of Salem [4] and 31; [5] and roles in TV series Flaked , Arrest and Trial, Philly, and Profiler. He appeared in the second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as David A. Angar, the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Angar the Screamer.

Selected filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Son of Darkness: To Die For II PolicemanUncredited
1992 Sneakers Playtronics Perimeter Guard
PeepholePsychological Mugger
2003HideLarkinShort film
2006 Unknown Iron Cross
2007 Zodiac InformantUncredited
2009 Elsewhere Officer Berg
Halloween II Howard / Uncle Seymour Coffins
ConvictDeputy Larson
2010Holiday with MommyUncle SeymourShort film
Faster Cohort #2
A Sweet SetUncle CoffinsShort film
Errand_boyBennyShort film
2012 The Lords of Salem Herman 'Whitey' Salvador
2013Carlos Spills the BeansStosh
GlowRolandShort film
2014Dr. Jeckel and Mr. CoffinsMr. CoffinsShort film
2015We Found FootageStevenShort film
The Weight of Blood and BonesSol WhiteShort film
Freaks of Nature ActorUncredited
2016IrwindaleKirby ReedShort film
31 Roscoe Pepper
Happy Birthday Frank Zappa
There Shall Come AngelsBearded ManShort film
2017 Psychopaths Storyteller
The Ice Cream Truck Delivery Man
2019Burning DogOliver
Satanic Panic Steve Larson
3 from Hell Warden Virgil Dallas Harper
Undercover Brother 2 Actor
2022 The Munsters Herman Munster, Shecky Von Rathbone, Zombo [6]
Christmas Bloody Christmas Sheriff Monroe
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Homeless Man1 episode (segment: "The Diner")
Profiler Dan TorptonEpisode: "Primal Scream"
2000 Arrest & Trial Jason BrumwellEpisode: "Dari Mart Death"
2001 Philly WitnessEpisode: "Philly Folly"
2006 Standoff Neil Van SickleEpisode: "Heroine"
2007–2008 Cavemen MauriceMain cast
2009 Trust Me Hal the Blind DateEpisode: "What's the Rush?"
2010 CSI: Miami Photo AssistantEpisode: "L.A."
2014FuturestatesThe ForemanEpisode: "As You Were"
2015 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. David A. Angar Episode: "One of Us"
2016 Westworld Tenderloin4 episodes
2016–2017 Flaked Uno3 episodes
2017 APB Duke JohnsonEpisode: "Fueling Fires"
Claws Circus3 episodes
2017–2018 The Gifted Tex / FadeRecurring

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