Background
Born and raised in County Durham in the north of England, he is the great-grandson of Mexican painter Diego Rivera and Russian-born Cubist painter Marie Vorobieff.
Born and raised in County Durham in the north of England, he is the great-grandson of Mexican painter Diego Rivera and Russian-born Cubist painter Marie Vorobieff.
Phillips" grandmother, Marika Rivera, starred in the original Fiddler on the Roof directed by Norman Jewison, The Girl on a Motorcycle alongside Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull, and later in Federico Fellini"s Casanova. Phillips previous work includes supporting roles in the films Kilimanjaro directed by Walter Strafford and Ass Backwards directed by Chris Nelson. He was originally cast in Steven Soderbergh"s 2011 film Contagion, however due to scheduling issues was unable to take his role which was subsequently cut from the film.
Phillips later acted as stand-in for Jude Law on table reads for Soderbergh"s Side Effects.
Phillips starred alongside Abigail Spencer in a television spot for Audi entitled "Suspect." The commercial aired at the 2012 Emmy Awards, an Audi-sponsored event and introduced the NFL season on National Broadcasting Company. Phillips currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, and has called the United States his home since 2005.
