David John Phillips

Acting

David John Phillips

David John Phillips is a film actor.

Acting credits

Dim the Fluorescents poster
4.6

A struggling actress and an aspiring playwright pour all of their creative energy into the only paying work they can find: role-playing demonstrations for corporate training seminars. When they book the biggest gig of their careers at a hotel conference, they commence work on their most ambitious production to date.

Dim the Fluorescents

2017

Almost Adults poster
6.1

A film about growing apart when growing up. Two best friends relationship strains when one deals with her newfound sexuality and the other with breaking up with her long term boyfriend.

Almost Adults

2016

Sugar poster
NR

A short film about childhood trauma and masculinity. A young craftwork apprentice accepts a dinner invite from his mentor and finds himself in a strange and uncomfortably intimate situation.

Sugar

2022

Sundowners poster
5.7

Filming weddings is a thankless job, so when Alex and Justin get the chance to shoot a destination wedding in Mexico, they take the opportunity to escape their sheltered lives – but with their boss playing fast and loose with the details, they’ll be lucky to even find it.

Sundowners

2017

Going In poster
4.7

Toronto, 1989. Five years ago Leslie and Reuben were inseparable best friends - until a toxic party lifestyle tore their friendship apart. Now, when their city is overrun by a deadly new drug epidemic and Reuben's kid brother is kidnapped, that same lifestyle is their only shot at staying alive.

Going In

2023

The Whipping Boy poster
NR

At Prince's birthday party, he is forced to confront the horrors he's conveniently ignored when his best friend gets punished for his own transgressions.

The Whipping Boy

2024

Blissed poster
NR

A film that explores the unspoken issue of LGBT domestic violence. It distills the tensions between classes in society, the plight of immigrants in Canada, the double-edge of charity, and the transference of violence from people’s fetish and fear.

Blissed

2014

Bogo the Clown poster
NR

Bogo, a self-deprecating stand-up comedian, struggles to find happiness in a life where his only value seems to be making other people laugh.

Bogo the Clown

2017