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."

Filmography

• 2025STRAW — Agent Bryce
• Creature Commandos — Billy / Justin (voice)
• 2024Lake George — Cory
• Secret Level — Lennox (voice)
• Tracker — Sean Wooledge
• 2022The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11 — Agent Hayward
• The Terminal List — SSA Stephen Ramsay
• FBI: International — Sam Keaton
• 2021Injustice — Dick Grayson / Nightwing / Arthur Curry / Aquaman (voice)
• NCIS: Hawaiʻi — Michael Curtis
• Them — Sergeant Bull Wheatley
• Blood of Zeus — Heron (voice)
• 9-1-1 — Roger Moss
• 2018A Play — Chad
• For the People — Agent Jason Goode
• 2018Point Defiance — Peter Allen
• The Rookie — Mack Daniels
• S.W.A.T. — Reid
• SEAL Team — LCDR Kirkpatrick
• Game of Silence — Boots
• 2016Looking: The Movie — Jake
• 2016Retake — James
• Shooter — Earl Swagger
• Rosewood — Trevor McCown
• Murder in the First — Stewart Hornady
• Scorpion — Sandhog Frank
• 201342 — Bobby Bragan
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Agent O'Brien
• 2013Ritual — Mr. Man
• 2013The Jogger — Paul
• Chicago Fire — Robert Demarco
• Doc McStuffins — Wyatt (voice)
• 2012Inside — Grant Carter
• Longmire — Travis Murphy
• Scandal — Gerald Stillman
• 2011Betrayed at 17 — Detective Morris
• Body of Proof — Kevin Kaiser
• Grimm — Stetson Donovan
• 2011Son of Morning — Skyler
• Parenthood — Billy Gardner
• Castle — Reggie Walsh
• The Mentalist — Stan Lisbon
• Private Practice — Eddie Lindy
• Friday Night Lights — Billy Riggins
• 2006Serum — Eddie
• Criminal Minds — Danny Wallace
• Grey's Anatomy — Dale Winick
• Medium — Sean Riley
• Numb3rs — Ryan Ferraro
• The Closer — Stomper
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Ty Hackman

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2016Life Is Strange: Directors' Commentary — Self