Derek Phillips Biography: Net Worth, Awards, YouTube, Height, Movies, Age, Wife

Derek Phillips is an American actor and voice actor.

He is best known for portraying Billy Riggins in the NBC sports drama Friday Night Lights and for providing the voice and motion capture of Jerry Anderson in The Last of Us Part II.

He has also voiced characters in Life Is Strange, Fallout 4, Dishonored, Mortal Kombat 1, Blood of Zeus, and numerous other video games.

Derek Phillips
Wiki Facts & About Data
Name:	Derek Phillips
Born:	April 18, 1976 (age 50 years old)
Place of Birth:	Miami, Florida, United States
Nationality:	American
Ethnicity:	White (American)
Height:	5 feet 9 inches (175 cm)
Religion:	Christianity
Parents:	Mr. and Mrs. Phillips
Occupation:	Actor, Voice Actor
Net Worth:	$3 million

Early Life and Education

Derek Phillips was born on April 18, 1976, in Miami, Florida, United States. He is of White American ethnicity. Derek was raised by Mr. and Mrs. Phillips.

Information about his siblings has not been publicly disclosed. He attended Westminster Christian School in Palmetto Bay, Florida, where he played football alongside future Major League Baseball players Alex Rodriguez and Doug Mientkiewicz.

He later attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting. After graduating, he moved to New York City to pursue a professional acting career in theatre before transitioning to television and film. He is believed to be a Christian.

Career

Derek Phillips began his professional career in regional theatre, appearing in productions such as The Winter’s Tale, Of Mice and Men, The Glass Menagerie, and King o’ the Moon.

He later appeared in daytime soap operas including Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and All My Children, gradually establishing himself as a television actor.

His breakthrough came in Friday Night Lights, where he portrayed Billy Riggins, one of the series’ most beloved characters.

Following the show’s success, he appeared in Longmire, The Rookie, NCIS: Hawaiʻi, Chicago Fire, and The Terminal List. Derek also became a highly respected voice actor, voicing characters in The Last of Us Part II, Life Is Strange, Fallout 4, Dishonored, Call of Duty, Blood of Zeus, Creature Commandos, and Mortal Kombat 1, where he voiced Reiko.

Social Media

• Derek Phillips does not have a social media account.

Personal Life

Derek Phillips is 50 years old. He is believed to be a Christian. He is currently single. He does not have any publicly known children.

His height is 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm). There is no verified public information about his past relationships.

Outside acting, Derek continues to work extensively in theatre and voice acting, particularly in video games and animation.

Net Worth

Derek Phillips has a net worth of roughly $3 million USD. His primary sources of income include acting, voice acting, motion capture performances, television productions, film appearances, and theatre.

His work on Friday Night Lights, The Last of Us Part II, and numerous major video game franchises has contributed significantly to his financial success.

Filmography

Films

• Serum (2006)
• Son of Morning (2011)
• 42 (2013)
• The Jogger (2013)
• Ritual (2013)
• Retake (2016)
• Looking: The Movie (2016)
• Point Defiance (2018)
• Lake George (2024)

Television

• Guiding Light
• Prison Break
• Friday Night Lights
• Grey’s Anatomy
• Numb3rs
• The Closer
• Medium
• Private Practice
• Castle
• Parenthood
• Longmire
• The Rookie
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• The Terminal List
• Chicago Fire
• NCIS: Hawaiʻi
• Creature Commandos

Video Games

• Dishonored
• The Last of Us
• Life Is Strange
• Battlefield Hardline
• Fallout 4
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• The Walking Dead: Michonne
• The Last of Us Part II
• Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
• Call of Duty: Vanguard
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Concord
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

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