Graham Phillips

Phillips worked across film actor, television actor, stage actor, voice actor and video game actor and 3 further recorded occupations. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Graham Phillips • Birth Name — Graham David Phillips • Born — 14 April 1993 • Birthplace — Orange County, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Actor • singer • filmmaker • Years Active — 2002–present • Father — Layn R. Phillips • Education — Princeton University

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.

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 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. Recent stage credits include Nick in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Geffen Playhouse (2022), starring alongside Zachary Quinto and Calista Flockhart. Phillips then played George in Sunday in the Park with George at Pasadena Playhouse (2023), directed by Sarna Lapine, and reprised the role in a 2024 production at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center, directed by fellow Princetonian and 13: The Musical alum Eamon Foley. In June 2025, Phillips returned to the New York stage in the Off Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors as Seymour Krelborn.

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 starred 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! In 2023, Phillips provided the voice and motion capture for Harry Osborn in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. He replaced Scott Porter, who provided the voice for the character in Marvel’s Spider-Man. He will appear as Matt Petersen in the upcoming Amazon series Scarpetta alongside Nicole Kidman.

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 studio 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 2015. In 2019, the Phillips brothers made their feature filmmaking debut with The Bygone. The film was distributed by Netflix. Their most recent effort, Rumble Through the Dark, written by Michael Farris Smith and adapted from his own novel, The Fighter, starred Aaron Eckhart, Bella Thorne and Academy-Award nominee Marianne Jean Baptiste. The project was released theatrically by Lionsgate November 10, 2023, and internationally by Universal Pictures.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2002 — data-sort-value="King of Queens, The" | The King of Queens — Winthrop — Episode: "Mentalo Case" • 2004 — Judging Amy — Tobie Carroll — Episode: "Legacy" • 2006 — Crossing Jordan — Jonah Wheeler — Episode: "Mace vs. Scalpel" • 2009–2016 — data-sort-value="Good Wife, The" | The Good Wife — Zach Florrick — Main role (seasons 1–5); recurring role (season 6); guest (season 7) • 2012 — White Collar — Evan Leary — Episode: "Upper West Side Story" • 2016 — Secrets and Lies — Liam Connors — 3 episodes • 2017–2018; 2020–2021 — Riverdale — Nick St. Clair — 6 episodes • 2018–2019 — Atypical — Nate — 5 episodes • 2019 — data-sort-value="Little Mermaid Live!, The" | The Little Mermaid Live! — Prince Eric — TV musical • 2026 — Scarpetta — Matt Petersen — Recurring role

• Year — Title — Role — Venue / Company — Notes • 2002 — Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day — Alexander — Laguna Playhouse • 2003 — data-sort-value="Christmas Carol, A" | A Christmas Carol — Tiny Tim — Madison Square Garden • 2004 — data-sort-value="Ten Commandments, The" | The Ten Commandments — Ensemble — Kodak Theatre — Original production • 2005 — Pippin — Theo — Reprise! Theatre Company — Reprise! concert performance • data-sort-value="Little Prince, The" | The Little Prince — The Little Prince — New York City Opera • data-sort-value="American Tragedy, An" | An American Tragedy — Young Clyde — Metropolitan Opera — Original production • 2008–2009 — 13 — Evan — Norma Terris Theatre — Pre-Broadway tryout • Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre — Original Broadway production • 2017 — Once — Lewis Center for the Arts — Director; Princeton University production • 2022 — Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Nick — Geffen Playhouse • 2023 — Sunday in the Park with George — Georges Seurat / George — Pasadena Playhouse • 2024 — Axelrod Performing Arts Center • 2025 — Little Shop of Horrors — Seymour Krelborn — Westside Theatre — Off-Broadway revival • 2026 — Rope — Richard Raglan — Theater at St. Clement's — Off-Broadway adaptation

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2023 — Spider-Man 2 — Harry Osborn — Voice; replacing Scott Porter

Graham Phillips was born on 14 April 1993 in Laguna Beach. Phillips held the nationality of United States. Phillips was educated at Princeton University. Recorded partner: Ariana Grande. Recorded father: Layn R. Recorded sibling: Parker Phillips. Phillips worked as film actor, television actor, stage actor and voice actor, and the authority record catalogues a further 4 occupations under the same name, among them video game actor, film director, film producer and film screenwriter. Phillips was active from 2002. Phillips worked in English.