Derek Phillips is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Billy Riggins in the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights, as well as providing the voice and motion capture of Jerry Anderson in the action-adventure survival horror video game The Last of Us Part II. He has also voiced characters in video games such as Dishonored, The Last of Us, Life Is Strange, Battlefield Hardline, Fallout 4, and Rise of the Tomb Raider. He currently voices Heron on the Netflix animated series Blood of Zeus.
Early life Phillips attended Westminster Christian School in Palmetto Bay, Florida, where he played football alongside future MLB baseball players Alex Rodriguez and Doug Mientkiewicz. He later attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he received a BFA in acting.
Career Upon graduating, Phillips moved to New York City to look for acting roles. He performed throughout the country in numerous plays, including The Winter's Tale at the Baltimore Center Stage, Of Mice and Men at the Dallas Theater Center, The Glass Menagerie at the Virginia Stage Company, and King o' the Moon at the Capital Repertory Theatre. He is also an actor, associate producer, and assistant director at the award-winning ensemble theater company Second Thought, with whom he has performed in Douglas Post's Earth and Sky, the regional premiere of Eric Bogosian's Humpty Dumpty, and the world premiere of Steven Walters' Pluck the Day.
After years of regional theater and recurring roles on the television series Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and All My Children, Phillips had his breakout role as Billy Riggins on the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights. When the series ended, he went on to voice characters in video games such as Dishonored, Aliens: Colonial Marines, The Last of Us, Life Is Strange, Battlefield Hardline, Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and The Walking Dead: Michonne. He received more attention for providing the voice and motion capture of Jerry Anderson in the action-adventure survival horror video game The Last of Us Part II, and currently voices Heron on the Netflix animated series Blood of Zeus. He currently hosts the Friday Night Lights rewatch podcast "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts" with Stacey Oristano, who played Mindy Collette-Riggins (Tyra Collette's older sister, whom Billy eventually married).
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotesSource2006SerumEddie 2011Son of MorningSkylerBetrayed at 17Detective MorrisTelevision film 2012A Scene from a Street in L.A.DanielShort filmInsideGrant Carter 201342 Bobby BraganThe JoggerPaulRitualThe Man2014Son of the DevilDavid DalyShort film 2016Looking: The MovieJakeTelevision filmRetakeJames 2018Point DefiancePeter AllenRift I DuhiRichard2021InjusticeDick Grayson / Nightwing / Deadwing; Arthur Curry / AquamanVoice, direct-to-video A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.2024Lake GeorgeCory
Television YearTitleRoleNotesSource2002Guiding LightKeevan2 episodes2006Prison BreakField CopEpisode: "Dead Fall"2006–2011Friday Night LightsBilly Riggins60 episodes2007Grey's AnatomyDale Winick2 episodes2008NumbersRyan FerraroEpisode: "End Game"2009The CloserStomperEpisode: "Strike Three" 2010MediumSean RileyEpisode: "How to Beat a Bad Guy"TraumaJasonEpisode: "Tunnel Vision"Private PracticeEddie Lindy3 episodes 2011Breakout KingsJoseph RamseyEpisode: "Out of the Mouths of Babes"CastleReggie WalshEpisode: "To Love and Die in L.A."Body of ProofKevin KraiserEpisode: "Love Thy Neighbour"2012ParenthoodBilly GardnerEpisode: "My Brother's Wedding"2013–2015LongmireTravis Murphy7 episodes 2014Parenthood: Friday Night at the LuncheonetteBilly RigginsMiniseriesMurder in the FirstStewart HornadyEpisode: "The City of Sisterly Love"Reckless Ronnie Porter2 episodes 2015GrimmStetson DonovanEpisode: "Death Do Us Part"The MentalistStan Lisbon2 episodesChicago P.D.Damien BoydEpisode: "Natural Born Storyteller"Rosewood Trevor McCownEpisode: "Necrosis and New Beginnings"Doc McStuffinsWyattVoice, episode: "Factory Fabulous"2015–2016Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Agent O'Brien3 episodes 2017ScorpionSandhog FrankEpisode: “The Hole Truth”Game of SilenceBoots3 episodes2018Criminal MindsDanny WallaceEpisode: "Innocence"20199-1-1Roger MossEpisode: "Broken"2020–2025Blood of ZeusHeronVoice; main role, 23 episodes2021The RookieMack Daniels2 episodes 2022Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTy HackmanEpisode: "A Final Call at Forlini's Bar" The Terminal ListSSA Stephen Ramsay2 episodes Chicago FireRobert DeMarcoEpisode: "All-Out Mystery"2022–2023NCIS: HawaiʻiFBI ASAC Michael Curtis4 episodes 2024Creature CommandosJustin, BillyVoice, episode: "Cheers to the Tin Man"
Video games YearTitleRoleNotesSource2012DishonoredLord Treavor PendletonVoice 2013Aliens: Colonial MarinesCorporal Christopher Winter The Last of UsAdditional Voices2014Murdered: Soul SuspectOfficer Scott / Kurt Wehlander 2015Life Is StrangeMark Jefferson, Samuel TaylorBattlefield HardlineAdditional VoicesFallout 4Elder Maxson, Z2-47Rise of the Tomb RaiderAdditional Voices2016The Walking Dead: MichonneRandall 2020The Last of Us Part IIJerry AndersonVoice and motion captureCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarRaptor-1Voice2021Call of Duty: VanguardLt. 1st Class Wade JacksonVoice and motion capture2022The Last of Us Part IJerry AndersonVoice, re-used from Part II2023Mortal Kombat 1ReikoVoice 2024ConcordLennoxCall of Duty: Black Ops 6Raptor-1Voice2026Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark TiesHasebe
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