Early life

Kevin split his adolescence between Moncks Corner, South Carolina and Brooklyn. In 2000, he decided to leave his basketball scholarship at SUNY-Cobleskill to pursue an acting career. Phillips got his start in an off-Broadway play “A Little Piece of Life” directed by William Hicks.

Career

His first film credit was a supporting role in Queen Latifah’s The Cookout (2004) opposite Tim Meadows. He has also had roles in 2005's American Gun with Forest Whitaker and Donald Sutherland as well as Rock The Paint which premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival.

In 2009's Notorious, the biopic of the Notorious B.I.G., Kevin played Mark Pitts, the co-manager of the late rapper.

In 2008, Kevin finished the street-fighting film, Blood and Bone, as well as the musical, Mama, I Want to Sing! starring R&B singer Ciara. Kevin is currently filming his starring role in the indie action film Sinners & Saints.

In January 2009, Kevin starred as the lead male role in R&B singer Ciara's "Never Ever" music video, making it the second time working with Ciara.

Kevin has starred in 2012's Red Tails.

Filmography

• Law & Order: Criminal Intent, 2004, as Ben Watkins (Mad Hops, 1 episode)
• The Cookout, 2004, as Jamal Washington
• Rock The Paint, 2005, as Antwon
• American Gun,2005, as Reggie
• Pride, 2007, as Andre
• Notorious, 2009, as Mark Pitts
• Blood and Bone, 2009, as Danny
• Sinners and Saints, 2010, as Detective Will Ganz
• Red Tails, 2012, Leon 'Neon' Edwards
• S.W.A.T.: Firefight, 2011, as Kyle Watters
• Mama, I Want to Sing!, 2011, as Luke

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