Tim Phillipps

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| name = Tim Phillipps

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| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2006-present

| spouse = {{marriage|Jessica Lee Rose
|2017}}

| children = 1

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Tim Phillipps is an Australian actor perhaps best known for his roles in the soap opera Neighbours, drama series Bed of Roses and the movie Animal Kingdom. He has also appeared in the American television series Once Upon a Time and The Secret Circle. He provided the voice and motion capture for Dante in the video game DmC: Devil May Cry.

Early and personal life

Phillipps was born in Adelaide, South Australia.{{cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/tim-phillipps-lives-the-hollywood-dream/story-e6fredq3-1226007831878|title=Tim Phillipps leads the Hollywood pack|date=18 February 2011|work=The Advertiser|accessdate=14 April 2014}} He has a brother Josh, who is a television presenter,{{Cite web | url=http://www.joshphillipps.com/bio.html | title=About Josh | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814103104/http://www.joshphillipps.com/bio.html | archive-date=14 August 2018 }} and a sister Libby. Phillipps attended St Peter's College.{{cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/princely-role-in-life-of-summer/story-e6fredpu-1226391608048|title=Princely role in life of summer|date=11 June 2012|work=The Advertiser|accessdate=14 April 2014}}

Phillipps became engaged to actress Jessica Lee Rose in March 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au/news/articles/2016/3/neighbours-star-tim-phillipps-engaged/|title=Neighbours star Tim Phillipps engaged|date=7 March 2016|work=TV Week|accessdate=7 March 2016}} They married at the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron in early 2017.{{cite web|url=http://spy.nzherald.co.nz/spy-news/the-mccaws-in-melbourne-for-celeb-wedding/|title=The McCaws in Melbourne for celeb wedding|last=Simich|first=Ricardo|date=8 April 2017|work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=28 June 2017}} Phillipps announced on 8 July 2019 that he and Rose were expecting their first child.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a28320089/neighbours-tim-phillipps-wife-jessica-expecting-first-child/|title=Former Neighbours star Tim Phillipps is expecting first child with wife Jessica|last=Anderton|first=Joe|date=8 July 2019|publisher=Digital Spy|accessdate=10 July 2019}} Their son was born in September 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a29302243/neighbours-tim-phillipps-jessica-welcome-baby-son/|title=Former Neighbours star Tim Phillipps welcomes first child with wife Jessica|last=West|first=Amy|date=30 September 2019|publisher=Digital Spy|accessdate=30 September 2019}}

Career

In 2006, Australian teen magazine, Dolly, held a competition offering two readers a chance to win a three-month contract with the soap opera Neighbours. Phillipps auditioned, along with his best friend, Sam Clark, who eventually won the role of Ringo Brown. Phillipps was later cast in the recurring role of Fox, a figment of established character Paul Robinson's (Stefan Dennis) imagination.{{cite web|url=http://neighbours.com.au/933.htm|title=All Hail The King And Queen|date=6 March 2008|work=Network Ten|accessdate=14 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126144724/http://neighbours.com.au/933.htm|url-status=live|archivedate=26 November 2010}} Phillipps went on to appear in Bed of Roses, Rush and the Australian feature film Animal Kingdom.

Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, Phillipps landed his first lead role in the US feature film Liars All, playing a soccer player called Billy. Of the role, Phillipps said "This role gives me the opportunity to really break the mould and I will have the chance to be someone really different and push my limits." Phillipps voices the character of Dante in DmC: Devil May Cry.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisxbox.com/360/becoming-dante-developer-diary-3/|first=Kristian|last=Wingfield-Bennett|title=Becoming Dante – Developer Diary #3|date=22 November 2012|publisher=This Is Xbox|accessdate=14 April 2014|archive-date=29 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129160051/http://www.thisisxbox.com/360/becoming-dante-developer-diary-3/|url-status=dead}}

Phillipps was cast as Prince Thomas in ABC's Once Upon a Time. In January 2012, it was announced Phillipps had joined the cast of The CW drama The Secret Circle in the recurring role of Grant.{{cite magazine|url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/288973/the-secret-circle-casting-scoop-meet-the-preppy-new-guy-coming-to-town|title=The Secret Circle Casting Scoop: Meet the Preppy New Guy Coming to Town!|last=Bricker|first=Tierney|date=24 January 2012|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=13 April 2014}} Phillips made his debut as Grant in the episode "Lucky", which aired on 15 March 2012.

On 20 April 2014, it was confirmed that Phillipps had re-joined the cast of Neighbours in the role of Daniel Robinson, son of iconic couple Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell (Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue).{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/kylie-minogue-and-jason-donovan-meet-your-tv-son-on-neighbours-tim-phillips/story-e6frg6n6-1226889991015|title=Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, meet your TV son on Neighbours, Tim Phillips|date=20 April 2014|work=The Australian|accessdate=19 April 2014}} Phillipps hosted a documentary special celebrating the show's 30th anniversary titled Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia and the UK in March 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/02/airdate-neighbours-30th-the-stars-reunite.html|title=Airdate: Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite|last=Knox|first=David|date=28 February 2015|publisher=TV Tonight|accessdate=3 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s14/neighbours/news/a633173/neighbours-30th-anniversary-schedule-confirmed-by-channel-5.html|title=Neighbours 30th anniversary schedule confirmed by Channel 5|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|work=Digital Spy|date=4 March 2015|accessdate=5 March 2015}} On 16 April 2016, it was announced Phillipps would leave Neighbours, along with Ariel Kaplan on 26 April.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/news/a790744/soap-spoilers-imogen-and-daniel-leave-neighbours-and-theres-danger-for-kyle-in-home-and-away/|title=Soap spoilers: Imogen and Daniel leave Neighbours and there's danger for Kyle in Home and Away|last1=Kilkelly|first1=Daniel|last2=Dainty|first2=Sophie|date=16 April 2016|publisher=Digital Spy|accessdate=28 April 2016}} Phillipps revealed that it was not his decision to leave the show, and that the producers chose to write his character out.{{cite journal|last=Ellis|first=Sarah|date=23–29 April 2016|title=I'm still hoping to meet Kylie and Jason one day!|journal=Inside Soap|issue=16|pages=40–41}} Phillipps reprised his role of Prince Thomas during the sixth season of Once Upon a Time.{{cite web|url=http://www.spoilertv.com/2016/08/once-upon-time-season-6-bts-photos-tim.html|title=Once Upon a Time - Season 6 - BTS Photos & Tim Phillipps Returning|last=Anop|first=Nirat|date=4 August 2016|publisher=SpoilerTV|accessdate=28 June 2017}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
scope="row" \| 2007 \| Neighbours \| Fox \|
scope="row" \| 2008 \| Underbelly \| Damien \| Episode: "Earning a Crust"
scope="row" \| 2008–2010 \| Bed of Roses \| Sean Smithwick \|
scope="row" \| 2008 \| Rush \| Ben \|
scope="row" \| 2009 \| Home and Away \| Archie Maddock \|
scope="row" \| 2008 \| Rush \| Aden Geddes \|
scope="row" \| 2010 \| Animal Kingdom \| Constable Daniel Hordern \|
scope="row" \| 2011–2012 \| Chopper \| Eric \|
scope="row" \| 2011–2016 \| Once Upon a Time \| Prince Thomas/Sean Herman \| Episodes: "The Price of Gold", "Skin Deep", "The Other Shoe"
scope="row" \| 2012 \| The Secret Circle \| Grant \|
scope="row" \| 2012 \| PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale \| Dante \| Voice
scope="row" \| 2013 \| DmC: Devil May Cry \| Dante \| Voice and motion capture
scope="row" \| 2013 \| Liars All \| Billy \|
scope="row" \| 2013 \| The Cheerleader Diaries \| Harrison Simmons \|
scope="row" \| 2014 \| Chasing the Devil \| \|
scope="row" \| 2014 \| Lemon Tree Passage \| Geordie \|
scope="row" \| 2014–2016, 2023 \| Neighbours \| Daniel Robinson \| Regular role
scope="row" \| 2015 \| Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite \| Himself; host \| Documentary

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

scope="row" | 2007

| Neighbours

| Fox

scope="row" | 2008

| Underbelly

| Damien

| Episode: "Earning a Crust"