Graham Phillips (actor)

Graham David Phillips (born April 14, 1993) is an American actor, filmmaker and singer. Beginning his acting career at the age of nine, Phillips is known for a variety of film, stage and television roles; as Evan Goldman in the Broadway musical '' 13'', Ben Tennyson in the film '' Ben 10: Race Against Time'', Zach Florrick on the CBS television series ''The Good Wife'', as well as other leading roles in independent films like ''Staten Island Summer''. More recently, he has appeared in films like '' Blockers'' and '' XOXO'' and in the recurring television roles of Nick St. Clair in '' Riverdale'' and Nate in ''Atypical''. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2019 with ''The Bygone''.

Personal life

Phillips was born on April 14, 1993, in Orange County, California. His father is Layn R. Phillips, an attorney and former U.S. district court judge. He was raised Episcopalian, and during his K-12 school years, attended St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, California. He dated singer Ariana Grande from 2008 to 2011.

Phillips entered Princeton University in the fall of 2012, majoring in history while maintaining his acting career. His undergraduate thesis was on indigenous marginalization and resistance in the U.S. He graduated in 2017.

Career

Stage and music

Phillips starred as Evan Goldman in the musical comedy '' 13'' on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre which opened October 5, 2008 and closed January 4, 2009. It was directed by Jeremy Sams, choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, and its music and lyrics were by Jason Robert Brown and book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn.

Prior to his role in ''13'', Phillips played the title role in ''The Little Prince'' with the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center. The ''New York Times'' critic called Phillips' performance in the title role "smashing." From there Phillips went directly into the world premiere of ''An American Tragedy'' at the Metropolitan Opera where he played the part of Young Clyde, both opening and closing the opera with a solo.

Phillips' other professional stage credits include '' A Christmas Carol: The Musical'' on Broadway performed at Madison Square Garden where he sang the role of Tiny Tim to Jim Dale's Scrooge; '' The Ten Commandments: The Musical'' with Val Kilmer at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

Phillips, at ten years old, was the second youngest person to sing the National Anthem to open a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game (behind 9-year-old Jessica Tivens in 1990). He has also debuted original songs composed by Martin Charnin and John Kander in New York. He appeared twice on ''The Today Show'' as a soloist. Phillips recorded a solo composed by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for the film '' Noel'' starring Robin Williams and Susan Sarandon. He also was a soloist on Meat Loaf's 2006 album '' Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose''."It's Evening in America". '' Vanity Fair''. May 2012. p. 158.

Screen acting

Phillips had a co-starring role as Jordan Baxter, the middle son, in the feature film ''Evan Almighty'', starring Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman and Lauren Graham, which premiered June 22, 2007. In the fall of 2007 he completed working on the feature film '' Stolen Lives'' starring Josh Lucas. Phillips also played the lead role in '' Ben 10: Race Against Time''. His television credits include ''The Good Wife'', ''Crossing Jordan'', '' Judging Amy'', ''The King of Queens'', '' White Collar'', and the Hallmark film '' Love's Long Journey''.

Phillips, along with the rest of the cast of ''The Good Wife'', has received three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. He has also received three Young Artist Award nominations; Best Performance By a Leading Young Actor in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special for his role in '' Ben 10: Race Against Time'', Best Performance by a Supporting Young Actor in a Feature Film for his role in ''Evan Almighty'', and Best Supporting Young Actor in a TV Series for his role in ''The Good Wife''. He also plays Roger in the go90.com series ''Guidance''.

Phillips played Austin in the 2018 film "Blockers." He started alongside Kathryn Newton.

Phillips played Nick St. Clair in the second season of the teen drama television series '' Riverdale''. In 2019, Phillips played Prince Eric in ABC's '' The Little Mermaid Live!''

Directing and production

In 2014, Phillips co-founded a small production company Grind Arts Co. with choreographer-actor Eamon Foley. Foley, who co-starred with Phillips in ''13'', also was attending Princeton. With Grind, Phillips produced and acted in experimental adaptions of ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''The Last Five Years'', and directed a short film titled ''Color + Light''. Phillips also directed a Princeton production of the musical '' Once'' in 2016.

Since 2014, Phillips has run the independent film production studi
Phillips Pictures
with his brother Parker Phillips. As a writer-director team – billed as Graham & Parker Phillips – they have worked on a number of projects together. They released the original short film ''The Mediator'' in 2014. In 2019, the Phillips brothers made their feature filmmaking debut with ''The Bygone''. The film was distributed by Netflix. The brothers are currently signed to direct ''Rumble Through The Dark'', a film based on ''The Fighter'' by Michael Farris Smith.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

Discography

References

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1993 births
21st-century American male actors
American male child actors
American male film actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
American male musical theatre actors
American male television actors
Living people
Male actors from California
People from Laguna Beach, California
Princeton University alumni