Derek Phillips

American actor Derek Phillips studied acting at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, earning a BFA, and then went to New York City to pursue stage work. Born in Miami, he appeared in regional productions such as The Winter's Tale at Baltimore Center Stage, Of Mice and Men at Dallas Theater Center, and The Glass Menagerie at Virginia Stage Company. He also acts, associate produces, and assistant directs with the Second Thought theater company. After recurring television parts on All My Children, Guiding Light, and As the World Turns, he gained wider notice as Billy Riggins on NBC's Friday Night Lights. His voice roles include the games Dishonored, Fallout 4, and Rise of the Tomb Raider, and he also worked on Life Is Strange, The Last of Us, and Battlefield Hardline. In The Last of Us Part II he did voice and motion capture for Jerry Anderson, and he voices Heron in the Netflix animated series Blood of Zeus.