Derek Phillips

Derek Phillips

Birth : 1976-04-18, Miami, Florida, USA

History

Film and stage actor Derek Phillips was born in Miami, Florida on April 18, 1976, and attended Baylor University where he received a BFA in acting. Upon graduation Derek moved to New York and began acting professionally in both television and regional theatre performing throughout the country in numerous plays including "The Winter's Tale" (Baltimore Center Stage), "Of Mice and Men" (Dallas Theater Center), "The Glass Menagerie" (Virginia Stage Company), and "King o' The Moon" (Capital Repertory Theatre). After years of regional theatre and recurring roles on "The Guiding Light", "As the World Turns", and "All My Children" Derek finally got his break playing the emotionally charged role of Billy Riggins on the critically acclaimed NBC television show "Friday Night Lights." Derek is also an associate producer, assistant director and resident actor for the award-winning, ensemble based theatre company Second Thought Theatre, where he has performed as an actor in the regional premiere of Eric Bogosian's "Humpty Dumpty", Douglas Post's "Earth and Sky", and the world premiere of Steven Walters "Pluck the Day."

Profile

Derek Phillips

Movies

The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11
Agent Hayward
Days after 9/11, letters containing fatal anthrax spores spark panic and tragedy in the US. This documentary follows the subsequent FBI investigation.
Injustice
Dick Grayson / Nightwing / Arthur Curry / Aquaman (voice)
When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes go to war, can the world survive?
Point Defiance
Peter Allen
While under house arrest, stockbroker Peter Allen's (Derek Phillips) world is turned upside down after Alex (Josh Crotty), his troubled brother, returns from military duty in Afghanistan, forcing Peter to face a forgotten past harboring a dark secret.
A Play
Chad
Two friends go to see a play and realize just how terrifying supporting the arts can be.
Looking: The Movie
Jake
Patrick returns to San Francisco for the first time in almost a year to celebrate a momentous event with his old friends. In the process, he must face the unresolved relationships he left behind and make difficult choices about what’s important to him.
Retake
James
A lonely, middle-aged man hires a male prostitute to recreate a road trip from his past.
Life Is Strange: Directors' Commentary
Self
An exclusive behind the scenes documentary with Co-Producers Michel Koch, Raoul Barbet and Luc Baghadoust as they discuss the inspirations and challenges they faced when creating the critically and award winning Life is Strange.
Ritual
Mr. Man
A long time ago Tom loved Lovely. They were married and everything was perfect, at least for a little while. But that was then and this is now. Lovely has just killed a man in cold blood after he tried to drug and kidnap her in a motel. She calls Tom to help but now they've found a VHS tape that depicts a satanic ritual in which a woman is murdered. Lovely desperately wants to leave and they do, but Tom forgot his engraved lighter in the room, and when they go back to find it, the dead body appears missing.
The Jogger
Paul
A man goes on an evening jog only to have it turn into a race for his life when he is stalked by a psychotic killer.
42
Bobby Bragan
The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey, the MLB executive who first signed Robinson to the minors and then helped to bring him up to the show.
Inside
Grant Carter
Prison inmate Miles Barrett is ripped awake in the middle of the night by a terrifying crash, gunfire, and the sickening screams of a man being torn apart. Something is loose in the prison - and it's coming for Miles...
Betrayed at 17
Detective Morris
A mother vows to get justice when her daughter's life is destroyed by a sex video that goes viral.
Serum
Eddie
While searching for a "cure all" serum, Dr. Edward Kanopolus, "Dr. K", is being pressured for results by the pharmaceutical company funding the project. With time running out, tragedy and desperation drive him to make decisions that will jeopardize the lives of everyone around him and ultimately unleash a terrifying monster on a killing spree.