Nathan Scott Phillips (born 13 March 1980) is an Australian actor. His acting career began in 1999, with a role in long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours. In 2002, Phillips made his feature film debut with a role in Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao. He is perhaps most known for his role as backpacker Ben Mitchell in the 2005 horror film Wolf Creek. After the success of this film, Phillips moved to Los Angeles and made his American debut in the 2006 thriller Snakes on a Plane. He studied English literature at La Trobe University in Melbourne, with the intention of becoming a teacher, before he turned to acting as a career.

Filmography

• 2026Badland Rising — Morgan
• 2026Beast — Skipper
• 202413th Summer — Ben Trainor
• 2024Kid Snow — Billy
• 2023Kane — Frankie
• NCIS: Sydney — Chief Finn McKay
• 2021The Devil Below — Cain
• 2020Blood Vessel — Nathan Sinclair, Producer
• Halifax: Retribution — Jack McCarthy
• 2020Tuscaloosa — Deputy
• 20193 Day Weekend — Schnappsie
• Hunters — Flynn Carroll
• 2016Tom Wills — Tom Wills
• 2014These Final Hours — James
• 2013Satellite of Love — Samuel
• The Bridge — Jack Dobbs
• 2013Unlucky Charms — Farr Darrig
• 2012Chernobyl Diaries — Michael
• 2010Quit — Benji
• 2010Summer Coda — Joey
• 2009Balibo — Malcolm Rennie
• 2008Dying Breed — Jack
• 2008Surfer, Dude — Baker Smith
• 2007Redline — Carlo
• 2007West — Jerry
• 2006Pirates of the Great Salt Lake — Writer
• 2006Snakes on a Plane — Sean Jones
• 2006The Making of 'Wolf Creek' — Self, Camera Operator
• 2005Snow White The Musical — Dwerg
• 2005The Saddle Club: Horse Crazy — Red O'Malley
• 2005Wolf Creek — Ben Mitchell
• 2005You and Your Stupid Mate — Philip
• 2004One Perfect Day — Trig
• 2004Under the Radar — Brandon
• 2003In the Realm of the Hackers — Phoenix
• 2003Take Away — Dave
• 2002Australian Rules — Gary 'Blacky' Black
• 2002Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao — Ryan Jeffers
• 2001Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story — Hugh
• 2001The Saddle Club — Red O'Malley
• Eugenie Sandler P.I. — Leo
• Something in the Air — Angus Moore

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2007Snakes on a Blog — Self
• 2007The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane' — Self
• 2006Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane — Self